Dr. Lisa Piercey served as Tennessee Health Commissioner during the COVID pandemic, seen here at her going away party in 2022 when she left state government to try her hand at entrepreneurship.
When Dr. Lisa Piercey left state government after guiding Tennessee through the pandemic, she decided to turn over an entirely new leaf. She was tired of working for someone else. So she got into the business of buying businesses. And even though she’s only a few years in, she also wrote a book about it. We talk about her journey to entrepreneurship, her hindsight on public service, and grappling with this new era in public health.
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