My Why: To improve the lives of veterinary professionals. From coaching existing practice owners and aspiring owners, to teaching, to matching up veterinary professionals with the right career opportunity for them, I believe we can mitigate many of the challenges facing our profession through helping our colleagues achieve success, whatever that means to them, in their hospitals and careers.
Champion Areas: Hospital financial performance; reading, understanding and leveraging financial statements and data
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Stith Keiser is the Chief Executive Officer for Blue Heron Consulting (BHC). His team of coaches collaborates with new and seasoned practices owners alike to improve their lives and the lives of their team members while simultaneously enhancing client experience, building sustainable practice profitability and elevating the quality of care for pets.
In addition to his role at BHC, Stith speaks internationally at veterinary conferences and writes for a variety of veterinary publications. He also collaborates on the development and delivery of professional development curriculum at several veterinary schools where he serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member. Relatedly, he served through Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences working under a federal grant to explore and design strategies for successful rural veterinary practice ownership.
Stith’s volunteer experience includes serving as past-Chair of VetCAN (Veterinary Career Advisory Network), terms as President of VetPartner’s Career Development and Practice Management Special Interest Groups, ongoing participation in Washington State University’s CVM “Diagnostic Challenge” and a seat on the former AVMA’s Economics Advisory Research Council Financial Literacy task force.
His passion for our profession extends into his role as managing partner in a handful of privately owned mixed and small animal veterinary practices. In partnering with veterinarians hungering for successful practice ownership and wishing to build a legacy, Stith contributes to team development and leverage, operations, financial management and general strategy.
In his free time, Stith enjoys spending time with his wife, a small animal veterinarian, adventuring in the outdoors with their daughters, dogs and horses.
