Anna Walsh
About Anna Walsh
Anna Walsh serves as the Associate Director of Training at BridgeBio, where she has worked since 2021. With a background in clinical specialization for rare diseases and experience in various roles at Genentech, she combines her expertise in training and stakeholder collaboration to meet customer needs.
Current Role at BridgeBio
Anna Walsh serves as the Associate Director of Training at BridgeBio, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she focuses on developing training programs that align with the company's objectives in the rare and orphan disease sector. Her responsibilities include collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure that training initiatives meet the specific needs of the organization and its clients.
Experience at Genentech
Anna Walsh has extensive experience at Genentech, where she worked in various roles related to rare diseases. She served as a Rare Disease Clinical Specialist from 2018 to 2020 in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Prior to that, she was a Training Coordinator for Esbriet, focusing on rare and orphan diseases from 2016 to 2018 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Additionally, she held the position of Sr. Training Coordinator in the Respiratory department for four months in 2018.
Educational Background
Anna Walsh studied at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where she earned degrees in Biology and Business Administration from 2012 to 2016. Prior to that, she attended Century College, where she studied Prosthetics for one year in 2011-2012. Her foundational education at Mahtomedi High School provided her with the groundwork for her higher education pursuits.
Previous Work Experience
Before her current roles, Anna Walsh gained experience as a Marketing Intern at LaunchPad Central for two months in 2015 in the San Francisco Bay Area. She also worked as a Senior Training Manager at BridgeBio from 2020 to 2021. Earlier in her career, she completed an Innovation Management Internship at Roche in Basel, Switzerland, for two months in 2013.
Leadership and Skills
Anna Walsh possesses strengths in communication, empathy, and significance, which are integral to her leadership style. She utilizes design thinking methodology to create customized account plans that focus on institutional and customer needs. Her collaborative approach ensures that diverse stakeholder perspectives are included, emphasizing a patient-centric strategy in her work.