Myra Norton

President & Chief Operating Officer Arena

Myra Norton joined Arena in November of 2012 after a rich career in data and analytics. Norton has

extensive academic experience as an administrator and professor in mathematics and statistics at

Temple University, Towson University and the United States Naval Academy. She has been featured

as a presenter, speaker and facilitator at several industry events such as the AHA Leadership

Summit, several Modern Healthcare events, and other AHA symposia. She has collaborated with

researchers from Harvard University, Babson College, University of Virginia, the National Institutes

of Health, University of Maryland, and the University of Chicago.

Norton graduated from the University of Alabama as a Faculty Scholar, earning a BS in Math

Education. She was then awarded a Future Faculty Fellowship and earned an MA in Mathematics

and an MS in Statistics at Temple University. Following her work as a faculty member and

administrator in the College of Science and Technology, Norton worked as a labor analyst at

Northrop Grumman, helping to develop novel techniques for estimating labor costs and demands.

She left Northrop Grumman to help launch Community Analytics, a start-up focused on applying

social network analysis to drive sales and marketing effectiveness. Norton was named CEO of

Community Analytics in 2007, and led all aspects of the organization until her move to Arena in

2012.

In the community, Norton serves as a member and past chair of the Industrial Advisory Board for

the College of Engineering and Information Technology at UMBC; the current VIce Chair of the

Board of Directors for TEDCO; the Chair of a Maryland task force to increase the support of women

entrepreneurs in the state; and the Chair of the BmoreSTEM infrastructure workgroup, working

with public and private entities to increase access and retention of students in STEM fields. She

mentors college students and young professionals in the Baltimore area, and she works with high

school students through the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).