About Chris Bevolo
Chris Bevolo is a healthcare marketing change agent. His mission: Inspire, persuade and support hospital and health system leaders to transform their approach to healthcare marketing.
A nationally recognized futurist, author and speaker on healthcare marketing, strategy and branding, Chris helps organizations better understand key trends in healthcare competition, branding and consumerism. He then helps marketing leaders devise strategies that will effectively leverage those trends. He is best known, however, for helping healthcare organizations re-envision what their marketing could be, renergizing management and inspiring staff to think bigger and act differently.
As an educator and bridgebuilder, Chris not only helps healthcare marketing executives build and strengthen communications with top leadership and key influencers but also assists with practical advice and support on specific healthcare marketing challenges.
Chris is a frequent keynote speaker and featured presenter at national healthcare conferences on the topics of marketing, branding, innovation, the patient experience, and consumer trends. He is the author of three books: the just released “Joe Public Doesn’t Care About Your Hospital,” “A Marketer’s Guide to Measuring Results“ (2010) and “A Marketer’s Guide to Brand Strategy” (2008), as well as numerous articles and papers on healthcare marketing and branding. Chris earned an M.B.A. at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis and holds a B.S. in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University.
In addition to consulting work, Chris is president and founder of Interval. Since 1995, Chris and his team have developed successful marketing campaigns, brand strategies, patient experience innovation and more for healthcare organizations such as Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Allegiance Health, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Woodwinds Health Campus, North Memorial Health Care, Hudson Hospital, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Hospital Association.