Troy Groenke
CEO & finance
Chicago Booth MBAOur story
So many people are counting on you.You can count on us.
Addiction, mental health challenges, and other forms of chronic disease have touched generations of my family. I wish they were easier to talk about. People we love are struggling, often quietly, and they deserve good care without shame or judgment.
That makes the work you do deeply important to me. It also makes me care about what it takes for you to keep doing it.
I started Arden Clark because I kept seeing good leaders stretched too thin to see their most important work through. We built the firm around one core belief: A strong business foundation gives you room to care for people well.
Getting the fundamentals right helps you support your staff, grow your programs, and build for the future.
We focus on the work we know best:
- Independent SUD treatment center owners who want to grow a sustainable bottom line, strengthen operations, or prepare for a future sale.
- Larger healthcare teams working to launch a service, improve performance, or get a stalled project moving.
We get into the work alongside you, strategically and operationally. We connect financial plans to daily operations. When we take on implementation, we stay until your internal leaders have the tools, authority, and confidence to take the lead.
If something you’re working on could use a fresh perspective or some temporary help, I’d love to hear about it.
Troy
Let’s talkOur team
Know exactly who is in your corner
We’re experienced operators and seasoned executives who have solved challenges like yours before.
Principals
Scott Palmer
Growth, access, and operations
Johns Hopkins · Master’s in Health Care Management
David Hawn
Turnarounds & interim leadership
Fractional CEO and COO
Kate Agnew
Technology & AI
MIT MBA
Monica Silva Gutierrez
People & organization
Experience at Google and Meta
Amy Day
Major gifts & capital campaigns
FAHP · CFRE
Strategic partner
Bob Poznanovich
Operating performance & governance
Bob works with us to connect patient access, daily operations, and financial results. He previously served as Chief Business Growth Officer at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. He is also the author of The Delta System.
Meet our wider healthcare team
Chief of Staff
Karina Marquez
Team coordination & operations
Builds teams and operating systems that turn plans into action.
Senior consultant
Nora Bergman
Elder care & social services
Clinical care management and program leadership experience at CJE SeniorLife.
Senior consultant
Trevyr Meade
Financial modeling & business planning
Builds financial models and business cases to support planning, funding, and operating decisions.
Strategic advisor
Veronica Descotte
Healthcare strategy & partnerships
Leadership experience at Medtronic and Exact Sciences, spanning acquisitions, partnerships, and integration.
Senior consultant
Claire Duvallet, PhD
Health data & public health
MIT-trained computational biologist; led data science at Biobot Analytics to inform public health policy.
Senior consultant
Alexis “Lexie” Lehmann
Life sciences & regional partnerships
Built partnerships around Birmingham’s Biotechnology Hub and helped launch Station 41 for life sciences startups.
Senior consultant
Alexis Nunez
Healthcare analytics & informatics
Former Director of Data Analytics at Optum, with public health experience at the Minnesota Department of Health.
Consultant
Emma Tinsley
Government funding
Grant strategy and application management for healthcare, human services, and other mission-driven organizations.
Strategic advisor
Andrea Westerfield
Healthcare operations & transformation
Former COO of Mental Health Cooperative, with expertise in Medicaid, managed care, and value-based reimbursement.
You get broader expertise than a single advisor, with a lean team built around your work. The senior people you meet stay involved in delivery.
Where to start