Robin L. Portman

Robin Portman is a Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President based in Rockville, Maryland, who leads consulting and technology delivery engagements for the firm’s public sector health business. She directs a team of industry professionals who represent a broad and diverse set of clinical, public health, and biomedical research disciplines. Her key areas of expertise include:

Healthcare program planning, evaluation, and management
Healthcare organization development and optimization
Clinical healthcare services optimization and quality improvement
Health benefits evaluation and management
Biomedical informatics development and delivery
Health information technology integration and delivery
Health-related grants program development and management
Biomedical research program development

Ms. Portman has led efforts in health program planning and research support for organizations such as:

National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Department of Defense (DoD)
U.S. Military Health System
Commercial pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies

Ms. Portman is Booz Allen's leader and champion for all of our Wounded Warrior efforts. She leads our programs in both the VA and the Military Health System to address the entire Wounded Warrior continuum of care. Recently, she led the firm’s efforts in designing concepts for a DoD/VA joint inpatient electronic health record (EHR). She also leads many of Booz Allen's pro bono efforts to benefit our Nation’s heroes.

In addition, Ms. Portman has led health information technology and biomedical informatics program management, development, and integration efforts for both health and research domains, including clinical data management, research and clinical trials program support, collaborative science, and electronic health records systems. Her team specializes in development and support of new and innovative initiatives to transform efforts in biomedical research, translation science and research, healthcare delivery and quality, and healthcare benefits programs.

Ms. Portman received Booz Allen’s most prestigious honor, the Professional Excellence Award, in recognition of her outstanding client service for BP Amoco. A recognized thought leader, she has contributed to publications such as strategy+business, for which she co-authored the article “Research Meets Practice.”

Prior to joining Booz Allen, Ms. Portman worked as a systems program manager for TRW and a computer specialist and intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy. She has an M.S. degree in management information systems and a B.S. in education, both from the University of Maryland.

profile updated July 2009