The Story of Spark Health Group
Our Mission
To build trusted peer connections that harness social learning among healthcare leaders, transforming individual challenges into shared victories.
Built on a Simple Belief
Spark started in healthcare IT because the stakes are high and isolation is real. Leaders were surrounded by noise, pitches, and surface-level networking… but starved for real peer connection.
Why Spark Exists
Spark was built to create a different kind of room:
- Curated matching (no random)
- Facilitator-led conversations (no open-mic chaos)
- Confidentiality as a standard (not a slogan)
- A culture that values authenticity over self-promotion
What We Believe
- Authenticity over self-promotion
- Community over competition
- Results over rhetoric
- Relationships over transactions
- Confidentiality as the foundation
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Why “Health” (Industry-Open)
“Health” is bigger than an industry. It’s the health of leadership, organizations, and communities. Spark serves leaders in healthcare—and beyond—who want a better way to solve hard problems.
Our Team
Andy Baker
Garret Harrington
Garret Harrington
Founder & CEO
Garret Harrington
Garret Harrington
Garret Harrington
Director of Operations
Amber Leeb
Garret Harrington
Julie Ghazarian
Retreat & Events Manager
Julie Ghazarian
Garret Harrington
Julie Ghazarian
Travel Liaison & Event Team
Anu Mercy
Wade Brewer
Zach Kohls
Administrative Support
Zach Kohls
Wade Brewer
Zach Kohls
Sponsor Relations
Wade Brewer
Wade Brewer
Wade Brewer
Sponsor Relations
Co-Founder & CEO
VENSEARCH
Spark Health Group and VENSEARCH
The Spark and VENSEARCH partnership formally started in 2022, but it has roots well beyond that. When Andy Baker, CEO and Founder of Spark Health Group met Wade Brewer, CEO and Co-Founder of VENSEARCH, Wade was a client of Andy’s. In fact, Wade sat in the hospital leadership seat at a hospital in Georgia. Just like the idea for Spark started by addressing a need for better connections among hospital IT leaders, the idea for VENSEARCH came from the need for better knowledge sharing between vendors and hospital IT leaders. The team at VENSEARCH comes with a deep knowledge and understanding of hospitals, technology and how to bridge that ever-widening gap. VENSEARCH is a technology advocate, working at no cost to the hospital to further empower HIT Leaders so they can focus on what matters – the people. Simply put, Spark connects hospital IT leaders with each other and VENSEARCH connects hospital IT leaders to solutions.
