Recent Accolades
DANIEL P. GARCIA, SVP & CCO, Kaiser Permanente
During my 14 year tenure as Chief Compliance, Ethics and Integrity Officer at Kaiser Permanente Paula was my direct report. I hired her and promoted her within the organization because of her talent and performance. Paula has an extraordinary background in Pharmacy Operations and information systems. She is a licensed pharmacist and also a compliance officer. During her 4.5 years serving in my department Paula played the leading role in helping the huge Pharmacy program at Kaiser achieve higher and consistent compliance outcomes. Her intimate knowledge of Pharmacy operations and pressures, her deep understanding of the myriad of state and federal laws and regulations affecting Pharmacy activity and her perserverence made a huge difference in changing the culture in that sphere to accept new laws and rules that have changed Industry practices. As her direct supervisor I witnessed her skill in identifying and alleviating operational risk with respect to compliance requirements. Her communication abilities are superior and she managed a large and changing Pharmacy/compliance structure with steadiness and professionalism. Her integrity and character are of the highest order.
Puala is an excellent talent. She has the sophistication and knowledge to assume duties far beyond pharmaceutical compliance. She and I discussed many strategic issues and I always found her insights valuable.
I unhesitatingly recommend PAULA BARTON for consideration as an exceptional employment candidate.
tina daha, mba, chc, cpc
I have been working as a Compliance Professional and Consultant for the past 10 years during which time it has been my pleasure to work with Paula Barton Mann on an engagement project. In March of 2020, I originally began working with Paula on a project. I was able to witness her strategic abilities to develop a solid set of deliverables paired with a roadmap for improvement and remidiation. I respected her core values of integrity and vision. Paul possesses the ultimate "can do" attitude while taking on challenging situations, especially working with virtual teams. Paula is very well organized. She is upbeat, easy to talk too and has all the intangibles that lead to success in an organization. It is my pleasure to write this recommendation for Paula because I am grateful for her contributions to the project we worked on together. Paula will add value to wherever she works.
mark larsen, VP, Wal-mart inc.
Paula has been an outstanding addition to the Walmart team. Her level of professionalism and intelligence in the health care field is outstanding and makes Walmart so much better. She leads by example and is extraordinarily thorough in her work, asking the hard questions and digging deep into the issues. Her ability to balance this with a solid strategic vision is an advantage for our organization. Personally she is a pleasure to deal with everyday and has potential to grow considerably in our organization in numerous areas. We are very pleased to have her on our team.
Dr. patti fletcher, Entrepreneur Media, transformational leadership
Having worked with countless transformational leaders, I have witnessed the best of the best. Paula is an exceptional example of a leader who is skilled at driving large-scale impact in highly regulated and high-stakes environments where driving change takes vision, grit, and engagement with stakeholders across the ecosystem and at every level of the business.
Mary cagle, clinical informaticist
Paula has deep knowledge of healthcare and how applying performance improvement can improve quality outcomes for patients. She is passionate not only about being a pharmacist but improving patient's lives and that passion drives her professional pursuits. In addition, Paula is incredibly articulate and has a sense of humor that makes working with her a fun learning experience.
Greg tenbarge, svp, network solutions and services, mckesson
Although we worked together briefly, I found Paula to be very knowledgeable and her varied background valuable to the compliance needs of our business. Her unique combination of a clinical background with a legal one allowed her to provide a high level of support to all of our needs as well as a broad assessment of our existing compliance program. She brought insight and energy to our team and I would recommend her for any compliance related opportunity.
Fabiana Lacerca-Allen, President, Ethiprax
Paula is a passionate leader, very knowledgable and eager to do the right things. She is very detailed oriented, she came to our first meeting very well prepared and with all documents needed. She is forthcoming and works well with others. The people that reported into her, were very positive about her leadership style.
Given the opportunity, we would like to work with Paula again.
olivia sigal, attorney at law, author
Paula and I met on Facebook of all places while I doing research on PTSD. On that platform she runs an amazing support groups for veteran. The community she has created and still manages has helped many and actually saves lives. We have since met in person. I have been nothing but impressed with her efficiency and the results she obtains in everything she does.
Rakesh Shah, Executive Director, Compliance
I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with Paula for the past 4 years and collaborating on several strategic initiatives. As a creative thinker who possesses a can-do attitude, Paula was always a pleasure to work with.
I was particularly impressed by her ability to handle even the toughest leaders and situations effortlessly. She always had a way to get people on board with ideas—even people who were initially on completely different pages. She successfully led compliance strategy and support for Kaiser's Pharmacy operations and was able to transform integration of risk management activities into daily operations, which was a first for Pharmacy.
I recommend Paula for a compliance leader position at any organization that chooses to take benefit from her diverse skills.
Robert Steele, Corporate director, clinical solutions
It is my honor and pleasure to highly recommend Paula Mann as a health care leader and professional. I had the pleasure of working with Paula during the inception , negotiating, build and design, testing , standardization and Go-Live of an EHR in a very large and complex system across the country.The wealth of knowledge, as well as her innate ability to easily gain the trust and credibility across the country was second to none and no easy task. She took what was perceived as the impossible and unthinkable, thought out of the box, used phenomenal people skills and made it a success. One of a kind in the country. Her knowledge of the healthcare marketplace stretches far beyond her documented educational accomplishments. "She gets it" ! from all aspects from the CEO, to the Provider , and most importantly at the level of the patient in the bed.... Bar none ... she would be an asset to any organization looking to discover new heights and levels of success.
Clinton allen, pharma compliance
Paula Barton Mann has built a career on successfully building, then leading high performing teams. Her tenure at Kaiser Permanente was the best example, culminating in a National Pharmacy VP role serving an organization with more than $6 billion in annual revenue.
michael seiden, MD, PhD, president, the us oncology network
I had the pleasure of working with Paula Barton-Mann during her time at McKesson when she led the compliance program for US Oncology, the nations largest collection of community-based oncology clinics in the country. Paula was dynamic, collaborative, and strategic partner in identifying the core components of a strong compliance program for a distributed set of practices that spanned the country. She successfully recruit strong contributors from both within and outside of McKesson to build the foundations of a strong compliance program. In addition, she was a important participation in my leadership team an formed a strong partnership with our legal team in improving the overall integrity of compliance program.
john klapperich, mba, pmp, proprietor, Bee Store
I have worked with Paula for several years in her capacity as a volunteer coordinator / leader / flag bearer for a variety of veteran affairs issues. Our initial interactions were through a mutual friend whose brother was killed in combat. As years went by, I watched Paula pull together highly functioning teams of like minded professionals who work outside of their incredibly busy and accomplished day jobs. While nearly impossible to quantify the impact of Paula's contribution to the mental health, wellness, and healing of both active duty military, veterans, and first responders who suffer from both physical and mental trauma, I know that she and her amazing community - of which she is the focal point - have prevented uncountable tragedies. I feel honored and privileged to be a part of her circle.
Dennis Scott, Vice President, Compliance Kaiser Permanente
Paula is an exceptional compliance executive with strong strategic and leadership skills. Paula has the ability to dive deep into the details and move to a higher level strategic vision as the situation dictates. Paul is excellent in sensitive and fluid compliance challenges where thinking on your feet is at a premium.
david titus, AVP, Amerigroup
I worked with Paula in the QM Department at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. She was my supervisor and was a great leader to work with. Shortly after Paula stepped into this role, she led initiatives that drove department efficiencies, which impacted patient safety, patient satisfaction, and how we approached our work. Departmental processes became clearer, more streamlined, and led to the consistent adoption across the organization.
Paula also developed strong working relationships with leaders across the organization. This broke down barriers and drove improvement, patient safety, and change. It is Paula’s strong work ethic that led to my pursuit of larger roles and helped make me the leader I am today.
erin cabelara, Director of compliance
I worked with Paula as a key partner on a variety of technology projects. She was a supportive and collaborative-but most importantly knowledgeable and professional-colleague that could be counted on to assist in helping us meet operational needs while balancing regulatory compliance requirements. She was always responsive and available for consult, and was often requested by other organizational partners as a trusted and respected subject matter expert.
Ron Chomiuk, SVP, Wal-Mart Inc.
I have had the pleasure of working with Paula over the past two years. I have found Paula to be passionate about her business and the associates that she works with. Paula has a high sense of urgency in resolving of issues, but more importantly has shown a keen ability to be forward thinking that has allowed our company to stay in front of emerging issues. I found Paula to be a person that will never sacrifice integrity and standards of quality in all that she does. Paula's depth of knowledge in the compliance field is one of the most rounded I have come across in my career. Paula would be an asset to any organization seeking a quality compliance officer.
jaison smith, senior manager, learning and awareness
I've had the pleasure of partnering with Paula and her team for just north of three years. Paula is a strategic leader driven for results and well versed at navigating political venues for team success. One of Paula's core strengths is her ability multitask and interface seamlessly to escalate and mitigate critical issues.
“Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost legendary. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Perseverance and determination alone are omnipotent. ”