Michelle Ponte is an award-winning healthcare writer and editor with more than 20 years’ experience creating compelling and actionable content for diverse healthcare audiences, including senior executives, physicians, nurses, patients, and consumers.

She has served as senior editor and senior writer for HealthLeaders, an award-winning national b2b publication. She also oversaw media relations strategy for Kaiser Permanente’s growing clinical research program and led marketing and communications initiatives for a Nashville-based startup delivering healthcare news and information solutions to physicians and industry professionals. Before joining Amendola, Michelle ran a successful healthcare writing and content marketing business, handling custom content projects for many companies, including HealthLeaders-

HCPro, Bank of America, Healthgrades, GE Health, 3M, Optum, Elsevier, and Parallon. She regularly wrote and edited thought leadership packages, bylined articles, reports, case studies, and presentations on a wide range of topics, including healthcare finance, IT, operations, value-based care, patient experience, nursing, talent management, and education.

Michelle has developed a unique and truly client-centric approach to content creation, earning her the trust of countless clients, publishing companies, and CEOs alike. As a healthcare journalist, she won numerous national and regional awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors. Michelle holds a bachelor’s degree in English, with an emphasis in language studies, from San Francisco State University.