Mike Butler is an Operating Partner on the Healthcare team, having joined WCAS in 2020. Mike works on investment opportunities in the health system provider space, focusing on ancillary clinical and physician services, administrative and technology services, and home and community services. Mike’s focus is on commercialization and co-investment strategies with health system and physician partners. He works with portfolio companies to define and execute their go-to-market strategies and the product growth components of their Value Maximization Plans. Mike currently serves as a Board Director for Leiters, EnableComp and The Health Management Academy. Before joining WCAS, he served as President at Providence, leading strategy, operations and innovation for the third-largest health system in the U.S. Mike received a B.S. from California State University, Fullerton.
In the community, Mike works with Medical Teams International and is passionate about improving the health of rural, poor communities in the Pacific Northwest and South America. Through Medical Teams International, Mike has helped bring water, latrines and ventilated stoves systems to a dozen communities in Guatemala. Mike lives with wife Patti in Sammamish, Washington. He has two adult children and one granddaughter living in Seattle, Washington. When he isn’t working, Mike’s family travels, gardens, fishes, snowboards and surfs together.
Associated with WCAS. Receives no compensation from WCAS or the WCAS Investment Partnerships.