Full Name
Mrs. Leticia Boatman
Job Title
EVP, Global External Affairs and Healthcare Access
Current Employer
Siemens Healthineers
Speaker Bio
Tisha Boatman is a passionate advocate for patients and screening to ensure diseases are caught as early as possible when they are most treatable. Since April 2022, she has been the global lead for Healthcare Access, where she works together with her team on Siemens Healthineers purpose to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare for everyone, everywhere, sustainably. Additionally in October 2024 Tisha took on the responsibility as head of global Government Affairs for Siemens Healthineers. Tisha believes high quality healthcare is a human right and knows that collaboration between the public and private sector is the key to make a substantial impact in global health development.
Prior to becoming Head of External Affairs and Healthcare Access, Tisha held various leadership positions within Siemens Healthineers in the areas of Portfolio Management, Marketing, and Business Development and Strategy. Tisha has spent over half of her 19 years with Siemens Healthineers living and working in Europe and Asia including serving as the Managing Director for the Siemens Healthineers business in the Nordic and Baltic countries for four years based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Tisha is also a Global Board Member for Movement Health Foundation since May 2023.
Tisha is a breast cancer survivor and has experienced the full patient pathway first-hand having undergone chemotherapy, mastectomy and radiation therapy after finding a lump in her breast during a self-exam in April of 2020 at the age of 45 years. Through this experience, she solidified her patient and customer (provider) first perspective, which drives much of her focus as a senior leader at Siemens Healthineers.
Tisha is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and holds an MBA from Haas Business School at the University of California Berkeley. She is an American citizen and served five years as a logistics officer in the US Army with assignments in Germany and Egypt before entering the medtech industry first working for Stryker Endoscopy and since January of 2006 has been employed by Siemens Healthineers.
Prior to becoming Head of External Affairs and Healthcare Access, Tisha held various leadership positions within Siemens Healthineers in the areas of Portfolio Management, Marketing, and Business Development and Strategy. Tisha has spent over half of her 19 years with Siemens Healthineers living and working in Europe and Asia including serving as the Managing Director for the Siemens Healthineers business in the Nordic and Baltic countries for four years based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Tisha is also a Global Board Member for Movement Health Foundation since May 2023.
Tisha is a breast cancer survivor and has experienced the full patient pathway first-hand having undergone chemotherapy, mastectomy and radiation therapy after finding a lump in her breast during a self-exam in April of 2020 at the age of 45 years. Through this experience, she solidified her patient and customer (provider) first perspective, which drives much of her focus as a senior leader at Siemens Healthineers.
Tisha is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and holds an MBA from Haas Business School at the University of California Berkeley. She is an American citizen and served five years as a logistics officer in the US Army with assignments in Germany and Egypt before entering the medtech industry first working for Stryker Endoscopy and since January of 2006 has been employed by Siemens Healthineers.
