Holly Meidl
Posted On: Nov. 30, 2008 12:00 AM CST
Managing Director and National Health Care Practice Leader
Marsh Inc.
Nashville, Tenn.
Age: 46
Holly Meidl is responsible for directing 550 Marsh colleagues who provide daily service to more than 1,900 health care clients. With more than 20 years of brokerage experience, she now focuses on helping clients identify key industry issues and then works with colleagues to develop solutions to address those risks. Ms. Meidl earned her Associate in Risk Management professional designation and is a candidate for the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter designation. She is a member of the Vanderbilt Owen School of Management Healthcare MBA program advisory board, the American Society of Hospital Risk Management and the Healthcare Financial Management Assn.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE INDUSTRY: "I actually chose this as a major in college. I received my risk management and insurance bachelor's from the University of Georgia, and then I went on to get a master's in corporate banking and finance (from Golden Gate University in San Francisco). (Initially) I was a general business major and I took an insurance course as an elective. I had wanted to go to law school, but when I took that course I found it was a marriage between legal issues as well as financing, so for me it was kind of a perfect fit."
THE BEST ADVICE YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED: "Keep your head down and work really hard. Everything you're hoping to achieve will eventually come to you if you do that."
ADVICE FOR THOSE STARTING IN THE INDUSTRY: "Try and tap into as many different aspects of the industry as you can to find what really ignites your passion and stay with that. Stay patient and stay focused. There are so many aspects to this industry. It's challenging and interesting and always dynamic, so there are a lot of directions people can go."
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE PROFESSIONALLY WHILE GROWING UP: "I really wanted to be a lawyer."