Barbara Ladon
Managing Partner
Barbara Ladon is a national expert in business transformation, evaluation management, and program development. She sold her business to United Healthcare and has extensive experience leading state-wide and public-sector initiatives in strategy, evaluation, and policy analysis.
Previously, Barbara served as the Managing Director of CBV Consultants LLC and co-founded Newpoint Healthcare Advisors. In these roles, she focused on strategic and operational assessments, developing future state models and roadmaps, and collaborating with client teams to design and implement business solutions.
Barbara was also the founding Director of the Colorado CHIP program (CHP+) and a member of the senior management team at the Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing, where she provided executive-level policy and program oversight.
In her role as Vice President of Government Services for United Healthcare corporate, she managed, designed, and implemented innovative solutions to serve underserved and minority communities nationwide.
Additionally, Barbara has served as a research faculty member at the University of Virginia, supporting multiple federal and state evaluation contracts related to human capital planning and other community planning efforts.
Ladon holds a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Virginia and a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University.