Alice Shade is a seasoned executive with nearly 30 years of expertise in business strategy and organization development. As the CEO & Founder of A-Team Partners, Alice provides businesses with the advice, access, action, and accountability they need to grow.

Through her customized support, she prepares teams in three key areas to accelerate their impact:

• Strategic planning and execution
• Executive coaching & leadership advisory
• Team development & optimization

Among her successes since founding A-Team Partners’ parent company, 4A Ventures, in 2019, is launching a multi-million-dollar independent physician practice. Alice was instrumental in securing financing, establishing systems and teams, and guiding the owners through strategic decisions during the planning, implementation, and growing phases.

CEOs turn to her to support their strategic execution efforts, developing the teams and accountability systems that position their companies to achieve exceptional profitability and become national industry leaders. In some instances, she serves as a board member, bringing her depth of experience to the boardroom.

Among her other current roles, Alice is a Vistage Chair, which includes leading a CEO Group, a Key Executive Group, and an Inside Group. As Chair, Alice facilitates monthly group meetings and executive coaches during one-on-one engagements to help members establish their visions and seek clarification to make optimal decisions that lead to true innovation, strong teams, organizations, and communities.

Alice also serves as chair of ed-tech company Clover Learning, an emerging leader in the educational technology sector. Additionally, in her previous capacity as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Louisville, Alice co-founded Awaken Digital Health Solutions, a digital health company developing applications to detect, prevent, and treat eating disorders, a top deadly mental health disease.