Maya Thornton

Learning & Development Manager

Maya Thornton — Learning & Development Manager Maya Thornton . About Programs Approach Experience Let's talk Learning & Development Manager I build learning systems that change how work gets done. Maya Thornton · Denver, Colorado Twelve years designing onboarding, leadership programs, and learning technology for healthcare and financial-services teams. I care less about courses completed and more about what people do differently on Monday. M.Ed. Adult Learning CPTD certified 6,500 employees supported See the programs Get in touch MT 38% Faster time-to-competency for new nurses 240 Managers through Manager Essentials $1.2M Annual learning budget managed 92% Average program completion rate About Learning that starts with the business problem I lead a team of five at Cascade Health Network, a regional system of four hospitals and thirty clinics. My job is to make sure 6,500 people have what they need to do their jobs well, from a nurse's first week to a director's first budget cycle. Before healthcare I spent four years at Meridian Financial designing compliance and sales-enablement learning for 1,800 advisors. Both worlds taught me the same lesson: training is only worth building if you can name the behavior it should change and the number that will move when it does. I'm at my best turning a vague request ("our managers need help") into a measurable program with an owner, a timeline, and a scorecard the executive team actually reads. Current role L&D Manager, Cascade Health Ne