Bob Winthrop
Biography
Robert Winthrop teaches Healthcare Financial Management and brings over twenty years of experience in healthcare strategy and finance. He has held senior leadership roles at Kaiser Permanente and Medically Home, where he led financial planning, Medicare strategy, and cost improvement initiatives across multi-billion-dollar business lines. His work centers on translating complex financial and regulatory data into clear, actionable insights that drive performance and affordability.
Before entering healthcare, he advised cities and states on budgeting and compensation at Public Financial Management and served as Director of Resource Planning and Analysis for the City of Portland Police Bureau. He is a Senior Fellow at Portland State University’s Center for Public Service, where he has led public sector compensation studies and co-authored several articles in Government Finance Review.
Winthrop holds a Master of Public Administration in Public Finance from New York University and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Education, Degrees
Master of Public Administration, New York University
Bachelor of Science, Math and Political Science, University of Wisconsin – Madison
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