
Before healthcare partnerships and enterprise software, Patti Betts spent nearly a decade selling weddings at the San Diego Zoo. The scenery changed. Her working idea did not: people commit when an ambitious system begins to feel personal.
Marina Kusserow is an Operating Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) on the Bio+Health team, where she leads healthcare business development strategy across payers, providers, and large employers. A health policy graduate who cut her teeth at Oxeon Partners, then became Chief of Staff for Walmart Health's clinical delivery team, then tackled M&A at Unite Us, Marina now serves as connective tissue between a16z's portfolio companies and the broader healthcare ecosystem. She splits her time between New York City and Nashville, Tennessee.