About us

Kelly Barnes joined the board in May 2021. Kelly worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1988 to 2020, most recently as Global Health Industries Leader from 2018 to 2020 and U.S. Health Industries Leader from 2009 to 2020. She currently serves as a Member of the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board for the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, from which she earned her BSBA in Accounting and MSA in Accounting. Kelly brings to the board her extensive financial and accounting experience.

Bryan E. Roberts, Ph.D. joined the board in April 2013. Bryan is a Partner at Venrock, the venture capital firm he joined in 1997. Prior, he worked in the corporate finance department of Kidder, Peabody & Co., a brokerage company. Bryan serves as Chair of the board of directors of Castlight Health, Inc. (NYSE: CSLT), a provider of health navigation solutions he co-founded, as a director of 10X Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXG), a life sciences technology company, and as a director of several private companies. Bryan previously served on the boards of Achaogen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from 2004 to July 2019 and Hua Medicine (HKG: 2552), a drug development company, from 2010 to 2018. Bryan holds a BA in Chemistry from Dartmouth College and a PhD in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Harvard University. He brings to the board his experience facilitating the growth of healthcare, healthcare IT, and biotechnology companies.

Robert R. Schmidt joined the board in August 2020. Robert is a Managing Director on the U.S. Buyout team focused on private equity investments in the healthcare sector at the Carlyle Group, where he has worked since August 2011. He also serves on the boards of 1Life Healthcare Inc. (Nasdaq: ONEM), a membership model-based healthcare company, and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings plc (Nasdaq: OCDX), a provider of in-vitro diagnostics, as well as several privately held healthcare companies. Robert earned a BS in Economics from The University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He brings to the board his experience investing in the healthcare sector, and as a director of healthcare companies.

Michael joined the Board in November 2022. Michael ‘s experience includes over three decades in senior leadership roles in healthcare and consumer-facing organizations, and proven strategy and operational experience. Most recently he was the president and chief executive officer of Eyemart Express and before that he worked at Walmart as chief operating officer of global e-commerce. He previously served as president and general manager of retail and alternate care at Cardinal Health. Michael received his BA in economics at Stanford University and MBA from Northwestern.

Kathleen Sebelius joined the board in December 2015. Kathleen founded and is Chief Executive Officer of Sebelius Resources, LLC, a strategic consulting firm advising private companies, non-profit organizations, and financial investors. She served as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from April 2009 to June 2014, Governor of Kansas from January 2003 to April 2009, and Insurance Commissioner of Kansas from January 1995 to January 2003. Kathleen serves as chair of the board of Humacyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUMA), a biotechnology platform company, and as a director of Exact Sciences Inc. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a cancer diagnostics company. She also serves on the boards of Devoted Health, Inc., a healthcare company, and several private health sector interests. She continues her policy work with the Kaiser Family Foundation and co-leads the Health Strategy Group for the Aspen Institute. Kathleen previously served on the boards of Myovant Sciences Inc. (NYSE: MYOV) and Dermira Inc. (Nasdaq: DERM). She earned a BA in Political Science from Trinity Washington University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Kansas. She brings to the board her distinguished work in healthcare, tenure in the public sector, and experience with regulatory process and policies.

Owen Tripp co-founded and grew the startup that has become Included Health, today’s first integrated navigation and virtual care company. He previously co-founded and grew Reputation.com into the global leader in online reputation and privacy management, and before that held leadership positions at eBay and Accenture. Owen got his BA with honors from Trinity College and MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He’s one of the World Economic Forum Global Technology Pioneers, Goldman Sachs Top 50 Builders + Innovators, Rock Health Most Beloved CEOs, and regularly voted a top CEO by employees on Glassdoor. He brings to the board his experience running Included Health.