Samantha Murphy is the Vice President of Strategy and Partnerships at Availity, where she leads efforts to develop strategic partnerships and initiatives aimed at improving healthcare delivery through technology and collaboration. Samantha began her career on the front lines of healthcare as an EMT and behavioral health clinician working in crisis intervention, homicide victim advocacy, addictions and mental health counseling which served as a foundation for her passion to be a force of change in improving the US healthcare delivery system. Previously, she has held leadership roles on both the payer and provider sides where she focused on provider network infrastructure, clinical operations and new models of care, new market development, M&A integration, and the cultivation of key stakeholder relationships for the purposes of getting the high-quality care to the people who need it at the right time.

Most recently, she was the Global Head of the Healthcare Industry Go To Market Team at Salesforce, leading a cross-functional effort to bring advanced solutions to market for payers, providers, payviders as well as leading efforts to influence national policy discussions on technology, AI, health equity and interoperability in healthcare.

Outside of work, Samantha resides in Lancaster, PA, with her three daughters and two dogs.