Last week took me to Detroit, Michigan – a city I’d not visited prior to work on this initiative- and which I’m learning to love. Like many formerly thriving manufacturing hubs, Detroit has faced well-documented financial decline and disinvestment, with significant population loss and adversity in the last several decades.

Karen Dale, CEO of AmeriHealth Caritas DC, emanates deliberate joy in her work which she approaches with unbounded creativity, intense focus on results, and a collaborative, team-centric spirit. Here is what she told Quantified Ventures CEO Eric Letsinger in a recent interview.