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How we Empower You
Consulting, Coaching & Communications for 21st Century Companies.
We help you turn vision and innovation into results.
We help you lead with confidence, plan business and global strategy, develop cutting edge solutions to problems, and tell your story.
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We provide consulting services to facilitate the launch and growth of 21st Century companies focused on health. We develop international collaborations, partnerships, and growth for innovative companies, investors and public-private partnerships in the Middle East, Europe, and the U.S. Our services enhance both financial returns and social impact long-term.
Leading innovation, ensuring sound strategy, and creating compelling communication are more critical than ever. With over 90 years combined experience, we provide consulting on business and global strategy, leadership coaching, and communications. We also provide interim and long-term CEO, CFO, and CTO services.
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We know how to listen well, tame chaos, turn vision into results, create partnerships, and empower others to be exceptional leaders.
We work with leaders and organizations in:
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Healthcare
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Health IT
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Tech
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Education
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Government, and
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Nonprofits
We partner with visionary leaders worldwide, including:
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entrepreneurs
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social enterprise innovators
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physicians,
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nurses
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hospital administrators
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technology experts
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educators
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government and nonprofit leaders
What We Do
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CONSULTING & STRATEGY
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COACHING & TRAINING
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COMMUNICATIONS
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CEO, COO, CFO & CTO SERVICES
How We support You
Business & Geopolitical
BUSINESS & global Strategy
The world is more complex, interconnected, and dangerous than ever. From hospitals facing funding cuts and shortages from disrupted supply chains to clinics trying to implement new technology and retain scarce talent, every business, NGO and government faces unprecedented risks and opportunities. We help you develop strategies to succeed, whether a business strategy for an entrepreneur, or geopolitical risk assessment for hospital supply chains.
Zeyad Alshammari, Ph.D.
Leadership & business
Coaching & Training
Leadership and business coaching is for professionals at all levels--C-suite to entrepreneurs. Leadership is a skill, a practice, & a mindset--not a title. Coaching is proven to improve performance, and leads to accelerated team and organizational success. Our ICF certified leadership coach can help you transform yourself and your organization to be confident and authentic, reduce stress, see new options, retain your staff, and achieve peak performance.
Carol Loftur-Thun
Marketing & Media
COMMUNICATIONS
Crises and change make communication more imperative than ever. Making sure your message is clear and compelling means telling your story visually and emotionally. Cutting through the noise to communicate authentically requires a keen eye and ear, plus a sharp pen and a confident voice. Our team can help you design a website, create a brochure, grow your social media presence, write an e-book, or speak with passion to an audience of one, or to thousands.
Carol Loftur-Thun
Our Team
We are CEOs, entrepreneurs, and educators. Our team comes from diverse disciplines and cultures, but share one vision - making our clients successful.
With our diverse expertise in everything from finance and marketing to communications, education, training, technology, and sales, we are versatile and nimble in helping partners and clients find and make the most of strategic opportunities. What we all share is a passion for building international relationships and partnerships, as well as growing both people and companies.
Our team has substantial expertise in 21st Century essentials, including health technology, finance, AI product management, Daml smart contracting, security risk assessments, systems transformation, change management, international relations, auditing, accounting, branding and website development.
Start-ups, Turnarounds & Nonprofits
501 (c) 3 Applications
Fundraising
Product & Services Development
Marketing
Media Relations
Board Relations
Financial Management
Federal Grants Management & Compliance
HR Policies, Procedures & Management
Workplans
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Interim CEO, CFO, CTO & COO ServiceS
Our CEO and our team has extensive experience in leading organizations in interim and longer-term positions:​
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20+ years as CEO leading local, regional, national, & international nonprofits
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Led regional mental health practice with over 4,000 clients and 90 employees.
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Led raising $31 million for nonprofits
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Led successful turnarounds, mergers, and re-starts for 9 organizations
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Expertise in healthcare, health IT, mental health, suicide, domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, hunger, and homelessness
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International Coaching Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach
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Certified Professional in Health Information Management Systems (CPHIMS)
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Born in Ecuador, lived in Lebanon and Britain, studied in India, Malta, Greece
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Advanced training in facilitation, mediation, and negotiation
“Minerva Medica salutes healthcare professionals around the world. These doctors and nurses were soldiers on the frontlines in this pandemic war. They are our heroes.
And this includes the researchers, entrepreneurs, administrators, technology experts, pharmacists, home health aides, and every other hero who helped win this global war.
Carol Loftur-Thun, CPHIMS, ACC
Minerva Medica LLC
CONTACT US
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ABOUT Minerva Medica
Minerva Medica
Roman Goddess of Wisdom, Medicine, Strategy, Commerce, Arts & Victory
Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, strategy, commerce, arts, victory and peace. Minerva's symbol is the owl, and she is often depicted with her spear and shield, the aegis. As goddess of healing and patron of physicians, she is known as Minerva Medica. The snake around her staff is the ancient symbol of medicine.
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Minerva Medica LLC grew out of 20+ years leading turnarounds as a nonprofit CEO, and 10+ years of working with governments, businesses and international organizations on strategy and partnerships, and well as media and social media.
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, we wanted to help healthcare workers keep themselves, their families, and patients safer. We provided leadership coaching and training for healthcare professionals during this historic changing and challenging landscape. We draw on our experience in building relationships, responding to crises, and leading organizations through turbulent times.
meet the team
Dr. Zeyad AlShAmmari
Vice President
A gifted diplomat and natural leader, Zeyad Alshammari is an international government relations and policy expert with a doctorate in political science, international relations and public policy. Zeyad was the first Saudi citizen to be a Congressional intern and worked for a senior member of the Florida delegation in the US House of Representatives. He has also worked at the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia, the American Bar Association, the Principality of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia, and in leading international media, law, and policy organizations. He is a published author with a focus on global trends, societal change, diplomacy and U.S.-Arab relations. Zeyad is an internationally ranked geopolitical analyst, and frequent commentator on France24 and other major media channels with over 30,000 Twitter followers. He teaches international relations at Northern Virginia Community College.
Carol Loftur-Thun
CEO
An entrepreneurial, strategic leader, Carol Loftur-Thun is Executive Director of Health Tech Access Alliance, an ICF Associate Certified Coach, and a Certified Professional in Health Information Management Systems (CPHIMS). For 20+ years, she has been a nimble and pragmatic CEO, leading organizations and turning crises into opportunities. She led successful efforts to raise over $31 million for nonprofits, and executed turnarounds, mergers, and re-starts for nine organizations. Carol led CrisisLink during the H1N1 epidemic and aftermath of Katrina, and is a member of a public-private partnership working to protect national security and critical infrastructure, including healthcare. She has led regional, national and international organizations focused on health technology, cybersecurity, domestic violence, sexual assault, mental illness, human trafficking, and suicide.