News Team Spotlight Team Spotlight: Mara Lucas Originally from Yorktown, Virginia, Mara Lucas has spent nearly a decade and a half helping to shape the Ambassador experience at SNOW. As SVP of Ambassador Services, she oversees the Ambassador Management, Coaching, and Recruitment teams—three groups united by a single purpose: ensuring every pat Written by Oliver Portmann October 23, 2025October 22, 2025
News Team Spotlight Team Spotlight: Nicole Gonzalez Born and raised in South Jersey, Nicole Gonzalez has now called Collingswood, NJ home for nearly two decades. Professionally, Nicole has had 11 years of experience as a foster care and adoption social worker. Her favorite part of that work was preserving children’s histories and helping them hold Written by Oliver Portmann October 16, 2025October 16, 2025
News Team Spotlight: Anna Cunningham Anna Cunningham grew up in Laurel Springs, New Jersey, and spent a decade in Portland, Oregon. Today she calls SNOW home—ten years strong this November. Her remit is wide and happily cross-functional: Design, Writing, the HUB, Editorial, Patient Worthy, and even a dash of Recruitment. If you’ve Written by Oliver Portmann October 8, 2025October 8, 2025
Creative News Newsletter From Outreach to Ownership: Why Co-Creation Can’t Wait Based on “From Outreach to Ownership: Why Co-Creation Should Start Now, And Never Stop,” by Linda Davis, published in PM360 September 19, 2025. Life sciences teams don’t just “reach” patients anymore. The goal is to build with them—early, often, and with intention. That’s the core argu Written by Snow Staff September 25, 2025October 23, 2025
Creative News Newsletter Stories Beyond Awareness: Modeling Shared Decision-Making in Patient Communications By Matthew Froestad, SVP, Client Services When patients struggle to see a clear, positive path forward, modeling a constructive journey can give them the confidence they need. When Coretta learned she had stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer, she was shell-shocked. She didn’t fit the profile, didn� Written by Snow Staff May 15, 2025October 23, 2025
News Newsletter Stories Publication Day! Brenda Snow’s “Diagnosed” Available Now It’s publication day, and Brenda’s book “Diagnosed: The Essential Guide to Navigating the Patient’s Journey” is officially available. Find it at your favorite bookstore or order it online by going to brendasnow.com. Brenda is giving all of her proceeds from this book to Written by Oliver Portmann March 18, 2025March 18, 2025
News Newsletter The Hidden Value of Patient Voices: Redefining Success in Healthcare By Amelia Eanes and Maggie Patry True patient engagement creates ripple effects that transform both clinical outcomes and business results in a measurable way. Measuring engagement isn’t just about numbers—it’s about the lives that are touched and the outcomes that are improved through Written by Amelia Eanes March 11, 2025October 23, 2025
News Newsletter Stories Too Bot to Touch: When AI Needs Humans to Reach Its Potential By Blake Shewey, as published in PM360, November 21, 2024 With AI transforming the healthcare industry at a rapid pace, identifying which functions should remain in human hands becomes essential. As I got home from my last Patient Ambassador® training, the overwhelming sense of connection, of that Written by Snow Staff November 21, 2024October 23, 2025
News Newsletter Stories Bot to Trot: AI Steps Up to Transform Healthcare By Oliver Portmann and Christina Kim, as published in PM360, June 24, 2024 When singer-songwriter Randy Travis survived a near-fatal stroke in 2013, he was left with numerous physical challenges, the cruelest of which was limited singing and speaking ability. Yet earlier this year, his voice could b Written by Oliver Portmann June 24, 2024September 3, 2025
News Newsletter Stories Unlocking Patient Engagement: The FDA Wants You to Know This Career highs and lows sometimes feel random: We often call a success “lucky” and a setback “unfortunate.” In biopharma, we may think of a drug launch that turns out to be a blockbuster as such a lucky break. But possible setbacks lurk all along the drug life cycle: The molecule might not mee Written by Oliver Portmann March 11, 2024March 13, 2024
Digital News Uncategorized Empathy in Digital Healthcare: A Compassionate Approach to Patient Well-being In the ever-evolving landscape of digital interactions, fostering empathy and applying the “human touch” to digital communication plays the foundational role in shaping positive user experiences. Nowhere is this more crucial than in the healthcare space, where patients grappling with illness des Written by Snow Staff November 28, 2023November 28, 2023
News Uncategorized Moving Beyond the Transactional By Jenn Mason, as published in PM360, November 13, 2023 (…) When those closest to you have difficulty empathizing with the patient’s journey, imagine the value in being able to reliably offer that empathy to those patients in the market for your company’s products. (…) The moment a p Written by Snow Staff November 13, 2023November 13, 2023
