Marissa Gencarelli

Brainstormer, Change agent, Concerned citizen, Explorer, Foodie, Idea generator, Parent, Technologist

Marissa Gencarelli specializes in strategic development at the edge with medical professionals and consumers to produce the best health + care experience possible. She leads product development efforts for Medical Home ACO model and oversees Cerner Healthe Clinics technical infrastructure at the Health Experience Center. Prior to her role in the Health Experience Center, Gencarelli led multiple projects converting them from vision to reality: Collaboration Center USA, UK, Australia and Innovation Campus. Collaboration Centers are a simulated environment of defined care settings that showcase current and future state offerings, helping hospitals to think through strategic issues, explore Cerner solutions and services and refine key deliverables over the lifecycle of a project. Before joining Cerner, Gencarelli worked as a court interpreter and legal translator. She speaks native Spanish and English and fluent Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. She graduated with honors from the University of Arizona in 2004 with a BA in International Liberal Studies, Global Political Economy and Italian Literature. She has lived in Mexico, Italy, and the United States and enjoys traveling around the world. She is a board member of Mattie Rhodes Center, Kansas City Health Department and First Hand Foundation. In her off time, she enjoys traveling with her family, having picnics in Loose Park and catching up on global affairs. Gencarelli resides in Kansas City with her husband Mark and her son Santiago.

Transforming the health experience: its been too long and we can no longer continue with this type of healthcare culture...let's not focus on checking the boxes but transforming the experience.

Experience Design, Health and Care, Product Development - Software

Cooking, I have a deep relationship with food and greatly enjoy cooking. If I'm not working or running, I'll be cooking with my 4 year old.