
Donna Lecky, JD,MBA
Executive in Residence
Chief Financial Officer/Founder
General Counsel
Donna Lecky is the Chief Financial Officer & Co- Founder of HealthVenture Corporation, Managing Director of HealthVenture Capital and the Co-Founder/Board Director of HealthHavenHub a digital health care accelerator. Previously she was Vice President, Chief Tax Officer and Tax Counsel at Omnicare, a CVS Company. She also served as the Treasurer and Chief Benefits Officer. Prior to Omnicare, Donna held similar positions at HealthSouth Corporation. Before HealthSouth, for approximately 20 years, she operated in various roles with KPMG, Ernst & Young and Deloitte where she supported healthcare and financial services clients in the areas of finance, tax restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, due diligence, strategy and business development.
Donna holds a BS in Accounting from Temple University, a Juris Doctor from Howard University School of Law, completed the Emory University School of Law LLM Taxation program and the University of Oxford Private Equity Program and graduated from Yale University School of Management where she received her MBA (honors), with a concentration in healthcare.
Activities/Awards
2019, Yale University Pierson College Fellow
2019 Board Member Junior Achievement
2018 Women’s Award: Excellence in Business Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce
2018 Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Technology Advancement Award
Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Member, The Links Incorporated
Member, Atlanta Feed the Children Project
Relevant Publications/Teaching
Lecky, D., & Mwale, S. (2020, September). Investing in Digital Health and Related Solutions During COVID-19.
Lecky, D., & Mwale, S. (2020, April). Why Digital Health and Related Solutions Are Critical in The Time of COVID-19.
Lecky, D (May, 2019) Featured in ForbesWomen, Meet The Women Investors Supporting Early Women's Health Innovators: The Importance of Diversity in Investing.
Lecky, D (2018), Teaching Assistant for Dr. Greg Licholai, Sustainable Innovation in Healthcare: Managing Continuous Improvements in Products and Services
Relevant Presentation/Program Creation
Lecky, D (2017-2020). HealthVenture Bootcamps, CT, Beijing Pitch Competition, China, Bangalore, LeadHERs Competition, Bangalore, India
also, various investor/judges panels and class instruction
Lecky, D (2017-2020). Yale University School of Management, New Haven CT, Accelerate Yale, various panels
Lecky, D (2019). LeadHERs Summit: An exclusive global program designed to advance the role of women entrepreneurs in launching transformative digital
health innovations.
Lecky, D (2018). iHaven: A collaboration between the City of New Haven Economic Development Corporation and the HealthVenture which is an immersion program designed for student entrepreneurs representing underserved and underrepresented communities.