Avant Founder and CEO, Shari Sandifer was diagnosed with viral encephalitis at 13 years of age, losing much of her motor coordination. But the challenges she faced and overcame so early in life were just preparing her for the journey ahead.
By the time she became a professional, practicing nurse, Shari not only understood the gravity of illness as a patient but she had become intimately familiar with the day-to-day struggles of providing patient care with increasing staff shortages.
Inspired by the challenge, years later, Shari transitioned to a position of nursing staff provider. It was then that the need for a more efficient and workable solution to this ongoing problem became her passion.
Because of that passion, Shari founded Avant Healthcare Professionals in 2003 as an answer to the highly specialized needs and challenges surrounding professional healthcare staffing.