Blanca Lesmes
President of BB Imaging & Healthcare Consulting
Blanca Lesmes is the Co-founder and President of BB Imaging & Healthcare Consulting. The company’s goal is to make healthcare more accessible to women by providing sonography services at their respective OB offices. Her management style is centered on creating an organization that honors each individual’s strengths. In 2015, her company opened a consulting arm that focuses on operational efficiency and lean management.
In 2017, Blanca joined health tech start-up ConfirmX as the Chief Operating Officer. The company aims to be the “LinkedIn of Healthcare” focusing on connecting everyone in healthcare to simplify the patient referral process. BB Imaging and ConfirmX allow her to follow her passion for increasing the accessibility of premium healthcare.
Blanca graduated with an MBA from the University of Texas. In 2011, she received the Deans Leadership and Service Award. In 2017, she also received the Tower Award for Visionary Community Engagement from UT. She continues in this passion by working with women entrepreneurs and small business owners while mentoring at the Austin-based accelerator, DivInc and at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. Blanca also currently serves on multiple non-profit boards, including The Gift Economy in Action, an educational non-profit, and the Burke Center for Youth, a residential treatment center for boys.
Away from work, Blanca enjoys spending time with those she loves most, her husband, her teenagers “Squeaky” and Geena-Luise, and their dog Luna. She is completely in her element hosting fabulous dinner parties for friends.