Alyssa Pepper

Alyssa leads strategy at a publicly traded imaging company that reported $1.023 billion in 2025 consolidated revenue across 192 imaging centers, including 88 in health system joint ventures.

In roughly 18 months at the North Carolina-based outfit, Alyssa has created a strategic analytics function that turns fragmented data into standardized information leaders use to evaluate markets, prioritize growth and make investment decisions. Working with clinical and operational leaders, she is advancing PET expansion and virtual MRI strategies to add capacity amid workforce constraints; company PET volume grew 23.2% year over year in the second quarter of 2026. She also leads payer strategy across more than 600 payer contracts and has taken on marketing, too.

Alyssa came to imaging after more than a decade in payer and provider contracting. At EmblemHealth, she rose from contract administrator to director of accountable care organization and shared-risk programs. At Optum Health, she led fee-for-service and value-based negotiations worth more than $1 billion a year and later served as president of risk-bearing entities for the East region, leading more than 250 employees with profit and loss accountability for $1.9 billion in revenue.

Colleagues describe her as a trusted thought partner who raises standards and builds teams.