Archives: Spotlights
June 2023 – Emi Bennett Vo, MPH
Emi Bennett Vo, MPH, Manager, Government Programs, HealthPartners What is your current role? I lead a team that supports our HealthPartners Medicaid health plan product management functions. This includes product strategy and planning, partnering with internal operations teams, ensuring compliance with state and federal requirements, and maintaining relationships with regulators and community partners to ensure…
May 2023 – Rachel Henely Metz
Rachel Henely Metz, Vice President, Government Programs Strategy, Optum Rx What is your current role? I work with Optum Rx’s direct government programs clients to provide consultative leadership for all regulated markets. I positively influence trends with well-defined and executed bid management strategies and effective product solutions. I joined Optum Rx in September 2022 with…
May 2023 – Tammy Lee, MBA
Tammy Lee, MBA, CEO, Xena Therapies What is your current role? I founded Xena Therapies in late 2019 and we began manufacturing in February 2020 – the month before we had to shut down in response to the global pandemic. We make wearable therapies that utilize plant-based cooling technology in Red Wing, Minn., under the…
April 2023 – Jessica Hendrickson, CPA, MSA
TRUST Associate Board Jessica Hendrickson, CPA, MSA, Director, Treasury & Insurance Risk Management, Prime Therapeutics What is your current role? I started at Prime Therapeutics five years ago after spending several years in the paint and coatings industry. In my current role as the Director of Treasury and Insurance Risk Management, I am responsible for…
April 2023 – Kristine Williams, MA
Kristine Williams, MA, Research Operations Administrator, Mayo Clinic What is your current role? I have had the honor to be a leader at Mayo Clinic for 13 years enabling world class researchers to cure, connect, and transform the future of healthcare. My primary focus is strategic oversight and development of new and novel research core…
March 2023 – Sarah Torres, MHA
TRUST Associate Board Sarah Torres, MHA, Program Director, Medicare at Prime Therapeutics What’s your current role? I have been with Prime Therapeutics for roughly 10 months. As Program Director, Medicare, I drive strategy within the Networks Management team related to our Medicare book of business. When did you join the Women’s Health Leadership TRUST and…
March 2023 – Megan Betterman, MBA
Megan Betterman, MBA, Senior Director, Content Strategy & Operations Chief of Staff, MOBE What is your current role? MOBE focuses on health outcomes by offering a one-on-one health coaching model to health plan members and employees at large organizations. After nine years in digital and content-related roles at HealthPartners, I joined MOBE in 2020 to…
February 2023 – Lisa Richards Diebel
Lisa Richards Diebel, SVP People Team, Optum What’s your current role? My current role is SVP People Team at Optum, which is part of UnitedHealth Group. I have been with the company since 2011 and work with teams across the globe who perform clinical, health operations, technology and corporate work with a mission of helping…
February 2023 – Vivian Anugwom, MHA, MS, CHES
Vivian Anugwom, MHA, MS, CHES, Director – Health Equity & Patient Education, Allina Health What is your current role? I have the privilege of leading health equity system strategy development and the patient education department at Allina Health. Our goal is to ensure that healthcare delivery is inclusive and equitable and that our patients can…
January 2023 – Lindsey Niswanger, MHA, MPH
TRUST Associate Board Lindsey Niswanger, MHA, MPH, VP Digital Experience, Prime Therapeutics What’s your current role? I’ve been with Prime Therapeutics for one year, supporting the consumer digital strategy, including our member portal, digital application programming interfaces (APIs) and member- and provider-facing cost transparency programs. I’ve spent most of my career in health care operations,…
January 2023 – Kathleen Hustad
Kathleen Hustad, Founder & CEO, Bloom44 What is your current role? I am the CEO and Principal Consultant of Bloom44. Bloom44 is a socially conscious marketing company dedicated to helping health and well-being companies grow. My company focuses on companies bringing change, innovation, and personalized solutions to patients, clinicians, and caregivers. It’s hard for anyone…
December 2022 – Dawn Simonson, MPA
Dawn Simonson, MPA, President and CEO, Trellis What do you do in your current role? I have the privilege of serving as the chief executive officer for Trellis, a nonprofit organization that provides services, information and connections that help people age well. Trellis is an innovator in the field of aging, and I lead our…