Jody Thompson

Senior Vice President, Rare Disease at Soleo Health

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Jody Thompson is a seasoned healthcare executive with more than 20 years of leadership experience spanning rare disease, patient access, site of care strategy, market access, and commercial operations. She is currently Senior Vice President of Business Development, Rare Disease at Soleo Health, where she leads the strategic vision, partnerships, and market expansion of SoleoRare®.

Jody is widely recognized as a visionary and authentic leader who builds high-performing teams and drives measurable business outcomes. Throughout her career, she has led large national organizations of up to 300 professionals across patient services, hub operations, site of care networks, reimbursement strategy, patient engagement marketing, and market access. Her expertise lies in designing and executing comprehensive patient access strategies that increase speed to therapy, improve adherence, and optimize the patient and provider experience.

Prior to Soleo Health, Jody served as Vice President of Patient Access, Rare Disease at Amgen/Horizon Therapeutics, where she built and executed the national access strategy across six rare disease brands. She also played a key leadership role in acquisition integrations, including Horizon’s acquisition by Amgen and Alexion’s acquisition of Portola.

She holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, a BA from Eastern Michigan University, and a PMP certification in Strategic Organizational Design and Change Management from the Levinson Institute at Harvard University.

Known for her direct yet approachable leadership style, Jody is a trusted advisor to internal and external stakeholders alike, committed to advancing innovative, patient-centered solutions in rare disease and specialty care.