The Force-Multiplier You Need
Without the Headcount

I help healthcare leaders reclaim time on the business. As an experienced marketing leader, I step in to partner with you in a fractional Chief of Staff capacity to drive high-priority initiatives and augment bandwidth during times of rapid growth and transformation. Flexible scope–less overhead. I help leaders scale.

Fractional Chief of Staff Services

Scaling Bandwidth and Impact

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Strategic Vision to Execution

Lean teams often struggle to secure new headcount for strategic initiatives. For complex rollouts across functions and stakeholders, I operate as both orchestrator and influencer—prioritizing and driving operational milestones at enterprise scale with judgment and leadership.

02

Brand Development & Advertising Campaigns

I bring expertise across the full spectrum of brand to operate as an extension of your team during periods of growth to deliver strategic execution for areas such as: brand re-positioning; visual/verbal identity; internal communications and education; and advertising creative development and campaign GTM.

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Senior Stakeholder Alignment

Executive-level alignment requires C-suite fluency. When no one owns the connective tissue for a strategic initiative and there’s no playbook, I ensure there is unified understanding and the executive communications cadence to maintain alignment and momentum.

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Thought Partnership & Advisory

As a sounding board and advisor, I work with executives on annual planning, resource management, OKRs, executive communications and thought leadership.

05

Agency Selection, Onboarding & Management

Tracking with an external agency requires incremental bandwidth for the term of the engagement. I bring an understanding of both client and agency business process, and the value of discernment and taste to steer the outputs. I can flex with your team to manage budgets, scope and deliverables at any phase of agency lifecycle.

Carolyn Suh
About

Hello. I'm Carolyn Suh.

I'm a solo business owner with over 20 years of marketing and communications expertise spanning healthcare, consumer brands, tech and innovation. My experience includes extensive work with health systems such as UCSF, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Rady Children's Health—as well as health tech startups. As a fractional partner, I embed with your teams to move strategy into action and drive large-scale initiatives forward with visibility, clarity, and accountability.

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Client Results

What clients are saying

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Carolyn is a trusted strategic partner to our organization. She has stepped in to drive numerous projects requiring problem-solving and leadership in ambiguous situations. She knows how to be heard, and brings a point of view and presence with senior leadership in ways that are consistently strategic, consensus-building and inclusive.

Executive Director, Enterprise Brand Academic Medical Center
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Carolyn seamlessly embedded herself across teams—business, clinical, and marketing—to drive alignment and deliver high-quality outcomes. She brings a rare combination of high-level strategic thinking, hands-on execution, and empathetic team mentorship—all of which make her a valuable asset to any CXO or executive team.

Co-CEO Precision Medicine Startup
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Ready to reclaim some of your strategic bandwidth?

Book at 20-minute conversation to discuss where your organization needs leverage.

San Francisco Bay Area · Available Nationally

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