Bo Nemelka

Bo is an experienced health care strategist working with many of the nation’s largest health organizations. He has significant expertise in strategy development and implementation, health innovation and growth, and payment reform analytics and modeling. In his role as a managing director at Third Horizon, Bo leads strategy and growth initiatives with clients across the country. Bo is part of the founding team of Our Circle - a platform to connect families raising children with support needs. Much of Bo’s experience and work is helping advance financial and social health initiatives.

Prior to joining Third Horizon, Bo worked in leadership at two community-based, not-for-profit health systems: Intermountain Health and Sanford Health. Bo’s work focused on advancing access, affordability, and quality working with each organization’s strategic stakeholders and executive leadership teams. Prior to his work with health systems, Bo spent nine years with Leavitt Partners. As managing principal for the Salt Lake City office, Bo led a team of consultants delivering strategy engagements for clients looking for help improving healthcare, public health, and value-based care. Additionally, Bo helped start the Leavitt Partners Chicago Office and then assisted the firm in merging with Health Management Associates in 2021.

Bo has a Master of Public Health in health management from Yale University and a bachelor’s in business from Utah State University. Bo manages a rare genetic heart condition called Dilated Cardiomyopathy and sits on the Dilated Cardiomyopathy Foundation Board of Directors. Bo is married to his high school sweetheart – they have five children and enjoy working on their family farmhouse in South Dakota.