Katie Roemer on Neurodiversity as a Compliance Asset [Podcast]

Katie Roemer on Neurodiversity as a Compliance Asset [Podcast]

From Compliance Perspectives by SCCE

December 16, 2025 · 10 min

About this episode

Katie Roemer discusses how neurodiversity can be leveraged as an asset in compliance teams.

By Adam Turteltaub Neurodiversity tends to be spoken of as an issue to be recognized and, quite often, as a barrier to overcome. Katie Roemer , Vice President, Compliance & Privacy Officer at Alta Hospital Systems see it differently: as an asset to your compliance team. In this podcast she points out that many neurodivergent people excel at pattern recognition and system level thinking, as well as root cause analysis, all of which are of great value to compliance teams. They can also help us to communicate better. Meeting their needs can help with general workforce training. Some examples include: Avoiding densely packed slides with light fonts that are hard to read Breaking the learning up into discreet pieces Previewing what is going to be learned and the length of training Letting the audience know what is the most important part of the training Giving key takeaways and highlighting key points To leverage the neurodiverse fully, she recommends creating a psychologically safe environment that encourages everyone to speak up without fear of consequences. This enables the expression of a diverse range of ideas from the entire team. Listen in to learn more about the how the…

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Host: Adam Turteltaub

Guest: Katie Roemer

Topics covered

  • neurodiversity
  • compliance
  • workforce training

Keywords

  • pattern recognition
  • system level thinking
  • root cause analysis
  • psychologically safe environment

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