President & CEO

Leonard Achan is a Healthcare Executive from New York with over 20 years of experience within a variety of leadership roles spanning clinical, operational, communications, crisis management, digital transformation, merger and acquisitions, branding, innovation, new ventures and commercialization and turn-arounds. He is currently the President and CEO of LiveOnNY.

Achans diverse leadership experience has no boundaries, and he has served in several executive C-suite roles. Prior to his recruitment to LiveOnNY, Achan served as President of the Innovation Institute at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). He has also served as a Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Communications Officer, Chief Access Officer, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at HSS and Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) respectively and as the Senior Associate Dean for Global Communications, Branding and Reputation at the Icahn School of Medicine. Achan is a Registered Nurse and Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and began his career as a Medical ICU Nurse at Mount Sinai before moving into leadership roles.

He is also co-founder and chairman of Quality Reviews Inc., a digital health company serving tens of millions of patients a year in the United States. Achan advises public and private companies and serves as a board member of several nonprofit organizations, including appointments to the Board of Trustees of Help USA, Adelphi University, Federation of Organizations, The Hagedorn Little Village School and Healthcare Leaders of NY (HLNY). He has also been appointed to the American Hospital Association (AHA) Center for Health Innovation Leadership Council. Achan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Adelphi University, received his Master’s Degree and his Nurse Practitioner from New York University, Post Master’s in Administration from Villanova University and is an alumni and Fellow of The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Achan has won awards for clinical excellence and executive leadership as well as community service, including the William H Barfoot Award, the highest honor given by the New York State Troopers. He is the recipient of the 2020 “Award of Distinction”, the highest honor given by the Healthcare Leaders of New York of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He has also been included in Crain’s New York Business “Notable in Healthcare 2020” for work during the Covid Crisis in NYC and was recognized as a civic hero in Crain's New York Business inaugural "Diversity and Inclusion Awards 2021" In 2022, he was recognized by the Citadel Church of NY with the “Man of Distinction Award” for lifelong community service, by Blue Cross Blue Shield as a 2022 “Empire Whole Health Hero” for innovative leadership, and was also awarded the “2022 Corporate Healthcare Leadership Award” by Federation of Organizations for service within the behavioral health sector. He was most recently recognized with the “Award of Distinction” by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), NYC Chapter for his community work and advancement to nursing as a profession.

He shares his wealth of knowledge locally and abroad. He has taught and lectured at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, Adelphi University School of Business and Columbia Business School. He has taught internationally as adjunct faculty at the City University of Hong Kong, the University of Macau and the University of San Carlos. He is also an honorary senior naval professor in the Philippines. Achan is a contributor to Forbes and Huffington Post. His unorthodox career trajectory has been the subject of several books as well as publications including articles in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Inc. and Newsday. He has also been featured as a guest on Good Day New York, NY1, ABC, NBC, CBS, Pix11, and written op-eds and quoted in hundreds of articles for advocacy work including CNN, USA Today, NY Times, Daily News, US New and World Report and Newsweek to name a few.

In his private life, he is a contemporary and street artist. He is married with two children and resides in Nassau County, NY.