Paul Campbell
Silos drive me crazy. Decades of experience across overlapping and interconnected disciplines and cultures – government, business, law, and academia has taught me cross-stakeholder collaboration will build innovative and sustainable solutions.
I started my career as a federal agent investigating public corruption and procurement fraud. I served as a prosecutor and then in private practice representing businesses as a Partner at DLA Piper.
To build on my business experience, I earned my MBA at Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. I then joined the leadership team of Central Management Services (CMS), a $12B state agency in Illinois. As Director, we built many successful cross-sector partnerships and worked to institutionalize private sector best practices into government operations.
In 2007, I returned to the private sector with UnitedHealthcare to build a new business-to-government (B2G) capability for state and local government. A government relations role working nationally on political, business and legal issues. I also worked as a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, began teaching as an adjunct professor at Kellogg and finally became full-time faculty and Executive Director of Healthcare at Kellogg (HCAK) in 2019.
Healthcare is an interconnected web of public and private payers, providers and producers all operating within layers of government regulation. We teach students and practitioners to make better decisions by understanding the wider organizational, strategic and market ecosystem.
My work as a federal agent, prosecutor, commercial litigator, state chief administrative officer, director with UnitedHealthcare, a senior fellow at UPenn, and now Executive Director of Healthcare at Kellogg and Clinical Associate Professor helps me understand the intricacies of the public-private nature of healthcare.
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MBA, 2000, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
JD, 1992, Law, John Marshall Law School, cum laude
BS, 1984, Marquette University -
Director, United Healthcare, 2007-2019
Senior Fellow, Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania, 2013-present
Director, Illinois Department of Central Management Services, 2005-2007
Assistant Director, Illinois Department of Central Management Services, 2003-2005
Partner, DLA Piper, 2000-2003
Senior Associate, DLA Piper, 1997-1999
Litigation Associate, Ungaretti & Harris, 1994
Assistant State's Attorney, Illinois State's Attorney's Office, 1996-1997
Litigation Associate, Adler, Kaplan & Begy, 1991-1994
Special Agent, General Services Administration, 1986-1990
Healthcare Consulting Strategy and Operations Lab (STRT-947-0)
The Healthcare Consulting Strategy and Operations (HCSO) Lab is an experiential course that applies your core functional knowledge to real-world challenges faced by leading organizations across the healthcare ecosystem. Students work directly on client engagements addressing a diverse set of issues, including corporate and business strategy, operations improvement, marketing, digital health, and care delivery innovation. Historically focused exclusively on strategy, the Lab now includes a select number of operations-focused projects in response to student demand. These engagements are also designed to help all students bridge the critical gap between strategic intent and operational execution. The class meets five times as a full group and the focus of the lab is client work. Student teams of three to five work directly with senior leaders at client organizations, gaining exposure to executive decision-making and industry-specific constraints. Class sessions are used to strengthen project planning and problem-solving skills; while also sharing insights across teams so students can learn from one another’s client experiences. Clients span all major sectors of the healthcare industry. Students will rank project preferences and be assigned to engagements aligned with their interests. The final deliverable is a presentation with actionable recommendations delivered to the client. Students may be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement depending on client requirements.
Students who have not completed the prerequisite but believe they are a good candidate for this class should contact Prof. Campbell.
Field Study (STRT-498-0)
Field Studies include those opportunities outside of the regular curriculum in which a student is working with an outside company or non-profit organization to address a real-world business challenge for course credit under the oversight of a faculty member.
Health Systems Management: A Practicum with Northwestern Medicine (HCAK-957-5)
This practicum-based class will be a partnership between Northwestern Medicine (NM) and Kellogg. This partnership is designed to educate students about the challenges of leading a large health system and its role in an ever-evolving healthcare ecosystem. In small teams, Kellogg students will work on NM key strategic initiatives in conjunction with NM administrative staff and leadership over the course of the Fall and Winter Quarters. This class is similar to a lab-class where most of the work in the class will be on your projects with some class time for didactic lectures and guest speakers.
Class topics and speakers are designed to give students a view into running a large healthcare system. Potential class topics include Healthcare Financing, Healthcare Strategy, Healthcare Operations, Healthcare Innovation, and broad trends facing the healthcare ecosystem (such as alternative payment models, health equity, workforce recruitment and retention, consolidation).
The class will be a total of 1 credit, taken over 2 quarters. You will enroll in 0.5 credits in the Fall over 10 weeks and 0.5 credits in the Winter Quarter over 10 weeks.
Who should take the course? We hope that students interested in healthcare systems and the broader healthcare ecosystem enroll in this class, recognizing the outsized role that healthcare systems play. As the healthcare system evolves, a wide view of the value chain is critical to understanding how healthcare fits together as a cohesive business. This class aims to provide a unique opportunity to understand healthcare systems and the market no matter your future role in the ecosystem.
This class will be application based and open to 1Y, MD/MBAs, JD/MBAs, and 2nd year 2Y students. E&W students who are interested can reach out Professor Paul Campbell and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
While there are no formal perquisites for the class, it is recommended that you have background in healthcare and understanding of the healthcare ecosystem and/or have taken Healthcare Economics STRT-444-0 or Healthcare Strategy STRT-443-0.
Field Study (HCAK-498-5)
Independent Study
Field Study (HCAK-498-0)
Field Studies include those opportunities outside of the regular curriculum in which a student is working with an outside company or non-profit organization to address a real-world business challenge for course credit under the oversight of a faculty member. This course is for 1 credit unit.
