Spencer Morrissey, MS

Director, PXI Center & Executive Office  |  smorrissey@nhcouncil.org

Spencer Morrissey is the Director of the PXI (Patient Experience + Innovation) Center & Executive Office at the National Health Council (NHC), where he works at the intersection of patient advocacy, health policy, and emerging technology. In this role, Morrissey leads the organization’s efforts to advance patient partnership in health AI and digital health, architecting the PXI Center as a national model for embedding patient voice into the design, development, and deployment of emerging technologies.

Morrissey convenes cross-sector leaders -including patient organizations, technology companies, policymakers, and researchers – to ensure that patient perspectives are meaningfully integrated into the systems shaping the future of care. He leads NHC’s AI-focused programming, including the AI Affinity Group, AI Connect – an online platform for conversations that move past the 9-5, and equips patient organizations with the knowledge, tools, and partnerships needed to engage with AI in ways that are responsible, equitable, and impactful. His work focuses particularly on patient-facing and patient-impacting technologies, with an emphasis on trust, transparency, and real-world usability.

In his leadership of the Executive Office, Morrissey supports enterprise-wide strategy, Board engagement, and executive operations, helping to align organizational priorities with opportunities for innovation and impact across the health ecosystem.

Prior to his current role, Morrissey completed a Government Relations and Policy internship with the American Psychiatric Association. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Southern Maine and a Master of Science in Addiction Policy and Practice from Georgetown University. He was also a co-founder of Hoyas for Recovery, Georgetown’s Collegiate Recovery Program.

Morrissey’s interests patient-centered innovation, improving access to addiction treatment and harm reduction, building recovery capital, and advancing policies that improve outcomes for underserved and underrepresented people.