PHILLIP BERRY

Entrepreneur

An accomplished business builder, Phil has built branch offices for national IT consulting firms, acquired, renovated, and sold a 170,000 sq ft GM factory, built his own sales consulting practice, led business development for three startups, and facilitated more than a dozen acquisitions — including operations rolled into Northwind Health Company – a healthcare platform that has unified chronic disease management, pharmacy fulfillment & benefit management, and third party administration to produce health in members while controlling costs for health plan sponsors. Phil drives vision and strategy for Northwind which has grown exponentially over the last six years. 

Author

Phil has written hundreds of posts on leadership, healthcare, sales/business development, problem solving, career development, communication, and self-improvement topics. His writing can be found on LinkedIn and here on PhillipBerry.com. He has published four books: Stones Across the River, a collection of essays on personal growth, problem solving and leadership,  Every Day is Game Day, a collection of essays focusing on the importance of “showing up,” and Traveler, a collection of poems telling a layered story of love, loss, struggle, hope, and aspiration. Phil’s latest book, Nexus of Care: Fulfilling the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Health Centers, challenges employers to tackle healthcare cost and outcomes problems by embracing a “nexus of care” model to influence the care employees receive.

Leader

Phil coached youth basketball, softball, and soccer for over 12 years. His experience as a coach and developer of talent informs his writing and outlook on life. Phil blends his athletic coaching experience with his business ventures in an ongoing effort to help the individuals on his teams become the best version of themselves.

Phil is a 2015 graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program through Babson College and served as a Business Advisor for several later cohorts of that program. A supporter of the Word on Fire Apostolate of Bishop Robert Barron, Phil will graduate in May 2027 with a WOF inspired Masters of Culture & Evangelization through the Catholic University of America.

Phil is currently Chair for the American Diabetes Step Out Walk Indiana, Board Member for the Indianapolis Chapter of Legatus, Parish Council member for St. Louis de Montfort Catholic Church. He formerly served on boards for the National Association of Workplace Health Care, Timmy Global Health, Gennesaret Free Clinics, Butler University’s College of Business, and St. Lawrence Catholic Church.

Personal

Phil, and his wife of 35+ years, Sally, live in Indianapolis near their four grown children and seven grandchildren. A graduate of Butler University, this Bulldog loves his family, history, active living, travel, and the joys of his Catholic Faith.