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Dr. Michael Le joins WellBe Senior Medical as President, bringing a wealth of value-based care clinical experience to the organization. Dr. Le will continue to grow and scale the care model to establish the standard of care for the most polychronic, mobility-limited, and high-needs patients across the nation.
Dr. Le was previously Chief Medical Officer of WelbeHealth, the fasted growing PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) organization in the country. He focused on caring for frail senior patients who are institutionally qualified through intensive interdisciplinary care at their comprehensive care centers. In the span of a little over two years, he has helped WelbeHealth decrease admits per thousand by 50%, while driving organizational clinical, quality, financial, and patient satisfaction outcomes.Â
Prior to WelbeHealth, Dr. Le was co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Landmark Health, founded in 2013 to provide 24/7 in-home, physician-led, multidisciplinary team-supported house calls to the sickest and frailest patients in the comfort of their homes. Landmark became the nation’s largest risk-bearing home-based medical group, growing to over 2,500 employees and clinicians, caring for 250,000 full–risk lives across 20 states with $160M in EBIDTA, by the time it was acquired by Optum in 2021 for over $3B.
After transitioning into Optum, Dr. Le became Chief Medical Officer of Optum Home & Community Care, a newly formed entity which combined Landmark and five other entities to deliver a seamless patient journey with the focus on providing care where patients desire it most: in the comfort of their homes. This unified platform, created to manage the highest risk patients in place, grew by 2023 to encompass over 16,000 employees and took full risk on 1 million patients in over 30 states.Â
Prior to starting Landmark, he served as Chief Medical Officer at Fidelis SeniorCare. He designed and implemented a new intensive clinic-based care model for high–acuity dual–eligible patients that became a health plan awardee for the Michigan Duals Demonstration Project.Â
Before Fidelis, Dr. Le was Senior Medical Officer at CareMore, where he was a practicing Extensivist in the hospital and skilled nursing facilities. He also oversaw all organizational high-risk programs, including Case Management, High Risk Clinic, Social SWAT Team, Palliative Care/Hospice Programs, and the House Calls Program.Â
He spent the first ten years of his career as a Hospitalist for HealthCare Partners, and became the Regional Lead Hospitalist overseeing inpatient outcomes in his Southern California Region.Â
Dr. Le received his Medical Degree from UCLA and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He also completed a leadership fellowship from the Institute for Physician Leadership at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Le lives in Irvine, California with his wife, Tita, who is an attorney, and their two daughters, Isabella (17) and Victoria (14).Â
Matt joined CPF in 2022. He has nearly 25 years of healthcare advisory and investment experience.
Prior to joining CPF, he was at J.P. Morgan in their Healthcare Investment Banking group for over 20 years. He served as a Managing Director advising senior healthcare executives on strategic initiatives, M&A, and capital markets in the healthcare services sector.
Matt earned his bachelor’s degree from the Boston College Carroll School Management in Finance and Information Systems.
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With the vision and focus that has made her an investment leader, Mary engages her extensive networks and investment acumen to strategically identify founders that are poised to transform patient care services and delivery.
She founded R1 RCM in 2003 and led the company’s growth for a decade as it evolved from an idea into a billion-dollar enterprise. She led with a team of seasoned industry professionals focused on revolutionizing patient access and revenue cycle processes for healthcare providers. The company grew to become a top provider of comprehensive end-to-end healthcare revenue cycle management services and population health management services infrastructure.
Between 2003 and 2010, Mary was the company’s Chief Executive Officer and served as Board Chair. She led the company’s IPO in 2010, earning it a $1.2 billion market capitalization.
Mary is an expert at building diverse and talented teams. Prior to founding R1 RCM, she was a Group Chief Executive at Accenture, heading up the $2.3 billion global operating group that was part of the $64 billion market cap global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.Â
Mary also helped lead the team responsible for successfully taking Accenture public in 2001, one of that year’s largest offerings on the New York Stock Exchange. She holds a BBA from Loyola University Chicago and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Carter Prince is a Lead Director at CVS Health Ventures working across investments both in CVSH Ventures’ early-stage venture and growth equity investment strategies. Prior to joining CVSHV, Carter led Growth for Syntegra, one of the first companies to use Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI in healthcare, where he led Syntegra’s seed financing and initial launch into the market. Prior to Syntegra, Carter spent his career across both health technology companies and Venture with previous roles at Aetion, Flare Capital, SymphonyAI, and Epic Systems, with a focus on data and analytics across these roles.
Ananth has worked as an operating partner for Rubicon Founders (a healthcare private equity firm), Zing Health (a Medicare Advantage Health plan), and Landmark Health as its first Chief Technology Officer building an EHR and taking them up to their sale to Optum Health.
Ananth served as President of Germantown Technologies and Technology Operating Partner at Rubicon Founders, where he contributed to the development and growth of healthcare companies.
Mario is an accomplished financial executive with significant healthcare, technology, and financial services experience and a strong track record of building and scaling high-performing businesses.
Mario has worked in various capacities for CVS Health, from leading CVS Health International to serving as the CFO for CVS Caremark, a division of CVS Health and a leading Medicare Part-D and healthcare services provider. He also led CVS Health’s acquisition and integration of Aetna while acting as a strategic advisor to CVS Health’s CEO and the Board of Directors throughout the process.
With a distinguished career at CVS Health, Ramos brings a wealth of expertise to WellBe. Prior to joining the company, he served as CEO of RWA Wealth Partners, where he successfully fostered growth and expansion.
James “Jim” Reed is President and Chief Executive Officer of Lifetime Healthcare Companies, which include Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS), Univera Healthcare, Lifetime Benefit Solutions (benefits consulting firm and third-party administration) and MedAmerica (national long-term care insurance company).
Jim joined Excellus BCBS in January 1996, providing him an opportunity to become educated in virtually all areas of the organization. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales, and as Regional President in the Central New York region. As President and CEO, Jim assumes responsibility for the entire operations, including satisfying the mission of the company and maintaining the corporate culture. Jim also serves on multiple committees and boards in the regions, including CenterState CEO, ROCH2025, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, and BlueCross BlueShield Association.
Jim earned a bachelor’s degree in business and a master’s degree in business administration from Le Moyne College in Syracuse.
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Nancy Zaner serves as SVP, Clinical Services for WellBe Senior Medical and as the primary leader for the APP workforce. She focuses her work and leadership on supporting the APP teams. In her time at WellBe, she has established field leadership structure, and drives representation and development of the APP teams. Prior to her service at WellBe, she served as Interim General Manager of Aspire Health, where she led operational excellence and provided oversight to the Aspire Health Organization, a wholly owned subsidiary in the Anthem Diversified Business Organization. Nancy also served as the RVP for Carelon West Region. In this role, she provided operational and clinical leadership for both Aspire Health and Caremore clinical programs in California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada, and Arizona. Nancy has over 20 years of experience in clinical and operational experience with progressive P&L management. She served on the board of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) for four years, and previously served eight years as a state representative for AANP. She is an MBA graduate of Park University and an MSN graduate of Research College of Nursing. Nancy Zaner is also a board-certified family nurse practitioner and is a Fellow of the AANP.
Nancy has spent the past two decades focused on improving patient access, elevating the role of nurse practitioners in supporting patient care needs. She has a passion for developing and investing in others while removing barriers and stressing personal accountability. She has focused career efforts in a variety of start-up organizations, including the healthcare retail industry – which focused to create more options for urgent care, after-hours, and weekend care, and has helped to drive cultural change to address these issues. Nancy has also dedicated time to serving uninsured and disenfranchised patient populations and advocating for patients’ rights.
Through her dedication and leadership, Nancy has played a crucial role in shaping the landscape of healthcare in this country. Her journey has been driven by a passion for improving access to care and a love for geriatric patients, and she continues to work towards a healthcare system that serves the needs of all individuals.
Throughout his career, Dr. Jeffrey Kang has been on a mission to change the way care is delivered to older patients with chronic, complex conditions. He is currently the founding CEO of WellBe Senior Medical, a geriatric home care group.
As chief medical officer at Cigna, he led the development of several initiatives designed to improve patient care while managing costs. And, as senior vice president of Walgreens health and wellness services and solutions, Dr. Kang ran the company’s emerging healthcare businesses. Most recently he was the President of ChenMed a primary care medical group for disadvantaged seniors.
Dr. Kang holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, a Doctor of Medicine degree from UC San Francisco and a Master’s in Public Health from UC Berkeley. He completed his clinical training at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston and remained on the clinical faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kang currently serves on the board of directors of NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance); BlueCross Blue Shield of Minnesota, and ChenMed.
Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
NCQA, National Committee for Quality Assurance
ChenMed
Harvard
MD UC San Francisco
MPH UC Berkeley
My mother died 10 years ago of esophageal cancer at the age of 86. She was a kind woman and loved life. She was strong and made it through many of life’s ups and downs. She lived through three previous cancer diagnoses, and this last one finally caught up with her.
Through her last six months, I would see her at home and in the hospital. She had her own oncologist and her own primary care doctor, but as a doctor myself, I spent a lot of time taking care of her and ensuring that she understood the endless tests, drugs, and treatment options that filled her days. As so many caregivers do, I guided her through the many difficult decisions she had to make and was fortunate to have deep knowledge of her condition and options. I was both her son and her trusted, personal physician, Dr. Marcus Welby. As I spoke with other clinician friends about caring for their families, I heard over and over how fortunate they felt to be able to provide their loved ones with the care they believed was so important to better health. It showed me how important it is to have someone you trust visit you in your home or anywhere you are, whenever you need it. It inspired me to create WellBe, and it’s what we are all about – because we believe every person, every patient, should have a Dr. Marcus WellBe in the family – a doctor, a friend, they trust to take care of them where and when they need it.
Bill Leister is a strategic and operational executive with experience in advanced analytics and data platforms. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Data and Clinical Solutions at WellBe Senior Medical.Â
Bill has experience leading the design and implementation of mission critical systems with annual budgets exceeding $250 million, re-engineering processes, workflows and technology solutions for healthcare systems and networks.
Traci is a Human Resources enthusiast who believes an organization’s success is driven by its people and its people strategy. She is known for her executive leadership experience and developing strong human capital teams, while driving innovative talent strategies and business solutions.Â
As our Chief People Officer, Traci is focused on creating the conditions that enable every team member to be at their best.Â
Daniel is an experienced healthcare executive with over 12 years of progressive leadership and management experience. He is a proven operations and sales leader with a passion for building a positive staff experience improving quality care delivery, and enhancing the patient experience.Â
Dan was most recently the VP of Clinical Innovation and Technology at AccentCare, Inc where he launched the CMS Bundled Payment Care Improvement program, managed relationships with strategic partners across the country, and established the first telemedicine platform and operations in home health.Â
Regina is WellBe’s Regional Market President for our Illinois, Georgia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Utah markets. She obtained her RN degree from the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, and an MSN in Executive Leadership. Before joining WellBe as the Regional Market President, Regina was responsible for regional operations for four markets across three states at another value-based care organization. She was also the Chief Clinical Officer for the Hamilton Health Center.
She is experienced in launching new markets, building clinical integration teams, and has worked with multiple health plan partners over the years. Regina is familiar with the geographic alignment of teams and the effectiveness of scheduling, quality programs, and metrics.Â
Greg Sawchyn is an accomplished value based care healthcare executive, and currently serves as WellBe’s Regional Market President of Ohio, Oregon, and New York.
Dr. Sawchyn’s career has focused on managing large value-based care programs. At Sound Physicians, he managed $2 Billion of full-risk Medicare spend in hospital-based episodes. He also cultivated strategic partnerships with major payers like United Healthcare and Humana, optimizing outcomes for both plans and members. Driven by his expertise in analytics, population health management, and financial optimization, he led key areas of the OhioHealth Clinically Integrated Network as Senior Director of Product Strategy & Innovation at OhioHealth.
With an MD and an MBA, Dr. Sawchyn combines clinical knowledge with business acumen to navigate the complexities of Medicare Advantage. Committed to continuous improvement and a holistic approach, he remains at the forefront of industry trends, transforming the Medicare Advantage experience for plans and beneficiaries alike.
Founder, entrepreneur, payor, investor, and advisor—Larry applies more than 30 years of experience in every aspect of the healthcare and managed care industries to his work at CPF. His track record of success reflects his commitment to helping healthcare companies and those that serve them achieve superior levels of performance while leveraging new and innovative strategies, technologies, and business models. Â
Guided by a passion to provide more democratized healthcare that delivers both improved outcomes and affordability, Larry has been an influential force behind a number of companies’ leading advances in digital health and managed care. He was a key driver in building the successful consulting practices at both Towers Perrin (now Willis Towers Watson) and Accenture.Â
Larry co-founded the Employer Health Innovation Roundtable, a coalition focused on accelerating and adopting innovations that improve employee health, wellness, and productivity. Their scope has expanded to now include cohorts of leading health plans and health systems. He also devotes significant time, energy, and personal resources to encourage and support innovation across multiple academic institutions, industry collaborations, and one-on-one mentoring. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of California-Los Angeles Anderson School of Management.
Matt Mainelli joined Chicago Pacific Founders as a Partner in June 2022. Prior Matt served as a Managing Director in Healthcare Services Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan for over 20 years.
Matt graduated from Boston College with a B.S. in Finance.
Brian assesses where the highest value opportunities are within and across CPF’s portfolio companies, and applies analytics and AI to drive the most impact. He uses data, analytics and AI to source new strategies and companies in the healthcare sector while consistently elevating CPF as a recognized thought leader in healthcare data and technology.Â
Before joining CPF, Brian co-led the global Analytics Transformation and the Knowledge Development agenda for McKinsey & Company Analytics. At McKinsey he focused on enhancing the firm’s capacity to call upon cutting-edge approaches to Artificial Intelligence in support of decision-making in the C-suite and at every level of the business. As an advisor to senior executives, Brian helped define a compelling vision for digital and analytics, enabled transformations based on that vision, and led the resulting change journey across industry sectors. Prior to McKinsey, Brian worked for more than two decades at Accenture. Among his top accomplishments were the launch of Accenture Analytics and serving as the Head of Financial Services Analytics and the Head of Analytics Strategy and Transformation.Â
He holds two patents for innovative applications in the areas of analytics and value management and continues to write and publish extensively. He holds a B.S. and M.S. from University College Cork-National University of Ireland.
Jackson is passionate about helping CPF’s owner-operator partners navigate the challenges in transforming services delivery and leading initiatives to create new service lines, and accelerating the expansion of existing services. His experience in transaction advisory, business development and across a continuum of investment strategies enables him to consistently merge innovative ideas with forward-thinking strategies.Â
Before joining CPF, Jackson was an investor with Audax Private Equity and Madison Dearborn Partners, where he evaluated investment opportunities across the healthcare services and medical products sectors and supported management in executing acquisition-driven theses and various operational initiatives.Â
He began his career with the Mergers and Acquisition Group at Credit Suisse, where he advised global pharmaceutical and medical device clients across various financial transactions. He holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Griffin Rigg joined Chicago Pacific Founders as a Senior Associate in August 2023. Prior to his current role, Griffin served as a Private Equity Associate at Longshore Capital Partners and Investment Banking Analyst at RBC Capital Markets.
Griffin pursued a dual major in Finance and Economics and graduated with honors from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.
Madhav Rajan is Dean of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting. His primary area of research interest is the economics-based analysis of management accounting issues, especially as they relate to the choice of internal control and performance systems in firms. He has carried out analytical, empirical, and field-based research on the role of information in incentive contracting, the value of nonfinancial and subjective performance measures, and the structural properties and usefulness of common financial ratios.
Before joining Booth, Rajan spent 16 years on the faculty of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business where he was the Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting, with a courtesy appointment in the Law School. He served as senior associate dean for academic affairs from 2010-2016, overseeing the school’s MBA program. From 2002-2010, he was area coordinator for the accounting faculty group. Previously, he served on the faculty at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, from 1990-2001.
While at Stanford, Rajan received the Robert T. Davis Award for Lifetime Achievement and Service (2017), and the Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award (2004). He also was the recipient of the David W. Hauck Award for Outstanding Teaching at Wharton (2000) and the Alexander Henderson Award for Excellence in Economic Theory (1990).
Rajan has served as editor of The Accounting Review, as well as Associate Editor for both the Accounting and Operations areas for Management Science. He has twice been a plenary speaker at the AAA Management Accounting Conference. He is coauthor of Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, whose 16th edition was published by Pearson Prentice Hall in January 2017. He is also coauthor of Managerial Accounting, whose first edition was published by Pearson in January 2013. He is a Director of Cavium, Inc. and iShares, Inc. and a Trustee of the iShares Trust.
Rajan received his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Madras, India, and an MS in Accounting, an MS in Industrial Administration, and a PhD in Accounting from Carnegie Mellon University.
Bob Badal is a veteran of the healthcare industry, with a proven track record of executive success across health plans, provider organizations, and consulting service lanes. In 2018, Bob joined forces with New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a global venture capital firm with over $24B in invested capital across 500+ organizations, to cofound Strive Health. As co-founder, Bob is responsible for identifying and working with Strive’s health system, provider, and medical group organizations to design and establish the partnerships that drive value-based care in kidney centers of excellence nationwide. Strive’s mission is to disrupt the renal care industry status quo…and to dramatically improve clinical outcomes for chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease patients, healthcare providers, and insurers.
Building upon Bob’s desire to identify and deploy disruptive solutions to improve patient care, he co-founded in 2017 a digital health care company, Treatment Technologies & Insights (TTI). TTI Partners with payors, pharma organizations and providers, to improve chronic disease Outcomes, and reduce the total cost of care. TTI achieves these goals through the deployment of its leading patient-facing engagement mobile application, WaveHealth, and robust risk management care portal, which, when combined, drive enhanced real-time clinical intervention Opportunities.
Bob currently serves as a Board Member for multiple organizations including i) WellBe Senior Medical, a leading senior care company specializing in comprehensive medical care delivered in The home; ii) Lightfully Behavioral Health, a mental health provider organization providing Residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive and virtual outpatient programs; iii) Prism Vision Holdings, a leading administrative service organization (ASO) for eye care professionals across 67 locations and 122 providers; and iv) Commons Clinic, a Los Angeles-based specialty health System with center of excellence programs for spine, orthopedics, sports medicine and pain Management. Additionally, Mr. Badal serves as Principal of Robert Badal & Associates, a Healthcare strategic consulting organization that provides managed care, operations and Business development strategy support for numerous national provider-based organizations.
Bob earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and law from Trinity University in San Antonio Texas. Following his undergraduate degree, Bob worked in the healthcare field for over 10 Years, in health plan network development and hospital administration roles, before earning his MBA from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.
Alex is an Executive Director, Partner and founding member of CVS Health Ventures. Alex manages a $800M portfolio including both direct and LP investments. He leads capital deployment planning and strategy across multiple investment vehicles, as well as investment operations. Additionally, Alex led growth equity investments in Carbon Health and Array Behavioral Care, where he currently serves as a board observer.
Alex has 13 years of experience in the healthcare industry across multiple segments as an active investor and strategist. Prior to joining CVS Health, Alex was a healthcare focused management consultant for over 10 years, most recently in Deloitte Consulting’s Healthcare M&A practice. His industry experience spanned the healthcare and life sciences ecosystem, serving companies in the Health Plan, Pharmacy, Medical Device and Care Delivery segments.Â
Alex earned his MBA from Cornell University and his B.S. in Economics and Mathematics from Syracuse University. He currently lives in New York City.
Late in 2006, excited to solve its challenges and move healthcare forward by sharing best-in-class innovations with the industry’s leadership, record-setting sales executive Richard Lungen founded Leverage Health. Today, with many longtime colleagues on his team, Richard continues to act as an industry connecter and leader, and as an advisor to the most respected companies in healthcare.
Before founding Leverage Health, Richard oversaw sales and business development in tenured positions at several outstanding enterprises, including HealthPlan Services, where, as senior vice president of business development, he led the company to achieve new levels of success. Prior to HealthPlan Services, Richard cemented his position as an exceptional driver of sales in organizations like MedAvant Healthcare Solutions, PlanVista Solutions, and National Preferred Provider Network (NPPN).
Richard continues the work he founded Leverage Health to do, directing the world-class team through healthcare’s busiest intersections while driving aspiring innovators to solve industry challenges. When colleagues—whether they represent a PPO, a health plan, a pharmacy, or a self-insured provider—look for solutions, they turn to Richard and Leverage Health to connect them to the up-and-coming companies that can take them forward. By founding the industry’s only Venture Catalyst, Richard has created a framework for solving some of healthcare’s most pressing problems.
Before joining Element3 Health as a board member and CEO, Doug was the co-founder and CEO of Prospero Health, a home-based medical care provider company he launched and grew from three Northeastern states with 1,700 patients to 29 states and over 30,000 patients in just three years’ time.
A former attorney, Doug began his career at Wiggin & Nourie, P.A., where he specialized in commercial litigation and health care compliance and regulation. He transitioned to healthcare, serving a successful 16-year tenure as a C-suite executive with Anthem. He also served as acting CEO of Privia Health.
Doug is motivated by the philosophy that great quality care should be organized around the needs of patients and their families, not the customs and preferences of the system itself. It is an organizing principle forged through his experience with his father Vin’s affliction with cancer and his own experience as a 25-year Hodgkin’s disease survivor.
Doug received his B.A. from Boston College, his JD from Suffolk University Law School, and his M.S. from The Dartmouth Institute at Dartmouth College.
Josh is a professional financial and operational auditor with Sarbanes-Oxley experience and legal education. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner. He brings both corporate compliance and accounting leadership skills as well as CPA knowledge to the table at WellBe.
Brie is a healthcare professional with a broad range of operational delivery experience, with special emphasis on helping provider organizations scale and systematize operations in order to best support our clinical team. Prior to joining WellBe, Brie served as Senior Vice President of Customer Onboarding and Integration at R1 RCM – a leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of healthcare providers – where she led the onboarding of over $30B in Net Patient Service Revenue and oversaw the integration of acquired entities into the broader R1 portfolio. Brie brings deep experience in process optimization and leveraging technology to achieve consistent value creation.
Dr. Kothari is on a mission to make healthcare better for every patient across the United States. From an early age, Dr. Kothari realized that healthcare needs to be better. He saw the challenges that patients face and he knew the system needed to evolve. He pursued medicine to create positive change in healthcare, and during his endeavors realized the biggest impact he could make was improving the healthcare system.
Dr. Kothari has a rare blend of consumer-based knowledge alongside a depth of patient care and behavioral change knowledge that enables him to shape care models, enhance service delivery, and optimize the patient experience in the healthcare vertical.
Dr. Kothari advises several state and federal health-related initiatives including the relationship with the State of Michigan and the Michigan Economic Recovery Council (MERC) COVID-19 task force, the Michigan Task Force for Office Re-Entry, the Innovation Institute for Fan Experience, Bloomfield Hills School District and Youth Social Solutions Hackathon.
He is the founder of Renaissance Health, which grew to become a national leader in healthcare innovation by combining the precision of data science with the power of relationship-based care. He spearheaded large-scale implementations of value-based and full-risk models of care and reimbursement for large employers, government products, unions, health plans, and health systems. He was a co-developer of the Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit model and complex care programs that are used across the United States.
Jake has spent his career building world-class health systems by leveraging data and analyzing it in a meaningful way. Most recently, he worked with Optum, Molina, and CareMore. Jake finds connections between seemingly disparate information and operationalizes new processes to shift the trajectory of healthcare organizations. Jakes’s focus is drawn to utilization management, quality measurement, and HCC reporting and tracking. To date, Jake has improved patient care for thousands by locating the right levers to create lift and momentum within health plans and providers. Jake holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BS from St. Ambrose University.
As a business development executive and growth strategist, Mike has spent his entire career driving commercial strategy and ensuring partnership success. He is passionate about serving complex, vulnerable populations and making a meaningful impact on personal health and well-being. Throughout his career, Mike has led sales and revenue growth for a range of early-stage venture startups and established healthcare companies focused on technology, population health, and value-based care delivery.
Prior to joining WellBe Senior Medical, Mike was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Somatus, successfully leading business development and establishing the company as a market leader in kidney care. Prior to Somatus, Mike led partner development initiatives at Evolent Health serving health plans and providers through value-based care models. Mike began his healthcare career with commercial roles at Kyruus, Skadden Arps, and The Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C.
Outside of work, Mike spends time with his wife traveling, boating and crabbing on the Chesapeake Bay, and planning their next DIY home renovation project.
Mike holds a BA in International Relations and Political Science from Brown University.
Dedicating his career to healthcare marketing, Brian is passionate about improving the lives of patients through storytelling and building brands that change lives. Developing new strategies, processes and resources that create value fuels Brian. Throughout his career, Brian has worked across several care models including physical therapy, occupational therapy, home health, and value-based medicine. During his time at Athletico Physical Therapy, he led the integration of over 300 physical therapy clinics consisting of seven brands and organically opened more than 100 clinics throughout 15 states. Working at a business-to-business marketing agency, Brian focused on multiple verticals and clients ranging from building products to medical equipment.
Being part of the healthcare delivery system evolution is important to Brian – Integrating powerful care models and impactful brands alongside clinicians that practice at the top of their license allows each day to be filled with inspiring moments that lead to improving the lives of patients and communities.
Outside of work, Brian is an avid foodie, traveler, and always has an ear out for new music. Brian’s greatest joy in life comes from spending time with his family.
Brian holds a BA in Integrated Marketing Communications from Illinois State University.
Illinois State University, Integrated Marketing Communications
A dedicated leader, Sara has been a nurse for over 20 years finding her passion as a Nurse Practitioner in providing home based geriatric and palliative care. She has experience working in academic, local and community-based organizations focusing on the most critically ill and vulnerable populations of adults. Sara brings this career long commitment to improving the care delivery for older adults to WellBe Senior Medical where she will train and develop the clinical teams to provide the highest quality of care with unsurpassed levels of compassion and knowledge.
Sara completed a fellowship in Nursing Leadership at Duke University in 2017 and continues her training through the American College of Healthcare Executives. She mentor’s healthcare professionals in palliative care and communication through the Coleman Foundation led by the University of Chicago. Sara is also involved in the American Association of Home Care Medicine and continues to see patients in the Chicago market.
Duke University
Rush University
University of Rhode Island
A dedicated healthcare executive, Caroline Khan has a record of improving patient care. Throughout her career, Caroline has focused on building programs that enhance quality care for patients and create a better experience for clinicians, while improving overall efficiency. She has served in key leadership positions in managed care, fee-for-service and government funded programs and now brings the depth of her experience and talent to the chief operating officer position at WellBe Senior Medical.
Caroline also served as vice president, Clinical Transformation at HealthCare Partners; chief operating officer at Cigna Medical Group; vice president and chief of staff at Molina; and chief operating officer, West Region, for Prospect Medical Holdings.
She holds a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of LaVerne and is working toward a doctorate in Public Administration. Caroline has served on several boards, including Talbert Ambulatory Surgery Center and College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific.
Talbert Ambulatory Surgery Center
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
MHA University of LaVerne
Candidate, PhD Public Administration
A committed physician, Dr. Iyad Houshan began his professional life teaching aspiring doctors what medicine could be. He has worked through his career and now joins WellBe Senior Medical to make that vision a reality, delivering the highest quality care to patients, while meeting or exceeding the business goals associated with healthcare delivery.
As chief medical officer at Health Essentials, Dr. Houshan led his clinical team to design treatment offerings around the specific patient needs to eliminate fragmented care, improve costs and enhance patients’ quality of life. As the company expanded, Dr. Houshan and his team ultimately served 1,000 patients in home hospice and facility-based care, with operations at seven sites across three states. In addition to his work at Health Essentials, Dr. Houshan developed a comprehensive at-home care program as senior medical officer at Alignment Health and expanded community care centers to six states and 7,000 members as senior medical officer for Care More Health plan. At every health plan he was part of, focus on quality of care was reflected in a 4-STAR rating or better.
Dr. Houshan is a sought-after speaker with the American College of Physicians (ACP), has served as a preceptor, a researcher, and has published articles focused on cardiac surgical procedures.
Dr. Houshan received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from University of California San Diego, and his medical doctorate from the Ross University School of Medicine.
American College of Physicians
(ACP)
University of California San Diego
MD Ross University of Medicine
Dr. Master has devoted his career to reimagining healthcare for the most socially and medically vulnerable populations. His approach to medicine is grounded in fundamentally changing value systems, altering financial approaches, and empowering multidisciplinary care teams on the front lines delivering care. From 2003 to 2016, Dr. Master co founded and led the non-profit care system Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA) as President and CEO. CCA become widely recognized as one of the finest examples of health care transformation in the nation.
Since retiring from his post, Dr. Master continues to practice and see patients as a hospitalist on the CCA service at Boston Medical Center. Prior to CCA, Dr. Master founded Community Medical Alliance as well as Urban Medical Group (UMG), both focused on complex delivery of care models. It was at UMG where Dr. Master established a professional relationship with WellBe CEO, Dr. Jeff Kang, and realized they share a common purpose of caring for frail, polychronic and often underserved patients. In the 80’s, Dr. Master gained an understanding of the finance and policy changes that were needed to transform delivery of care systems while directing the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. In 2009, a storied career led to Dr. Master to be recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) with the National Health Quality Award for his leadership in improving the quality of care for vulnerable populations.
Dr. Master serves as an advisor to WellBe Senior Medical.
Late in 2006, excited to solve its challenges and move healthcare forward by sharing best-in-class innovations with the industry’s leadership, record-setting sales executive Richard Lungen founded Leverage Health. Today, with many longtime colleagues on his team, Richard continues to act as an industry connecter and leader, and as an advisor to the most respected companies in healthcare.
Richard continues the work he founded Leverage Health to do, directing the world class team through healthcare’s busiest intersections while driving aspiring innovators to solve industry challenges. When colleagues—whether they represent a PPO, a health plan, a pharmacy, or a self-insured provider—look for solutions, they turn to Richard and Leverage Health to connect them to the up-and-coming companies that can take them forward. By founding the industry’s only Venture Catalyst, Richard has created a framework for solving some of healthcare’s most pressing problems.
Founder and Managing Member of Leverage Health
Aperture Health, Board Advisor
VIM, Board Advisor
HCEG, Board Member
State University of New York, Buffalo
With more than 30 years as a healthcare executive, Leeba Lessin has transformed health delivery systems and established a proven ability to execute strategic plans from ideation to implementation. Her vision and leadership have generated positive results at more than 20 organizations and has shaped the model of care delivery for patients throughout the nation. Lessin pioneered models of care for complex, polychronic patients by leveraging a dynamic group care model focused on patient satisfaction and outcomes, while reducing medical waste. Leeba is passionate about creating access to care that improves patients’ lives.
Leeba regularly speaks at industry conferences and her interviews can be found in various publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Fox Business News.
Lessin received her bachelor’s degree in History from Westmont College, and master’s in business administration from University of Washington. Amongst her academic accomplishments, Leeba Lessin has received several distinguished accolades including the Mathias Award for Excellence in Health Care Leadership, awarded by the Partners in Care Foundation.
Leeba Lessin serves as an advisor to WellBe Senior Medical.
Westmont College, BA and
University of Washington, MBA
Mathias Award for Excellence in Health Care Leadership
Awarded by the Partners in Care Foundation