Vasanta Pundarika is a financial advisor focused on behavioral health and women’s health. Her specialty is working with founders of healthcare services companies, advising them on financial and capital markets activities. Her high-touch approach is to demystify the financial aspects of healthcare for founders, while maximizing their business goals, without sacrificing their healthcare purpose. Vasanta was a healthcare services investment banker for nearly two decades, starting her career at Raymond James (and predecessor firms Morgan Keegan and Shattuck Hammond Partners), before Co-Founding and Heading Healthcare at Matrix CMG. Vasanta is a frequent panelist or moderator, both live at healthcare conferences and on virtual webinars, often speaking about the behavioral health industry. She is a Member of CHIEF and WBL (Women Business Leaders of the US Health Care Industry Foundation). Vasanta is a passionate advocate for innovation in behavioral health.