Transformative solutions require transformative leadership.

Our Executive Leadership Team, Board of Directors and Medical Advisory Board represent some of the most accomplished leaders, clinicians and investors in the healthcare industry

Leadership

Prior to co-founding Cohere, Siva was a founding partner of SCIO Health Analytics which served over fifty Fortune 500 healthcare organizations. Siva has more than 20 years of experience in utilizing technology and data to improve healthcare processes. He holds a master’s in computer science from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

CEO & Co-Founder

After practicing orthopedic surgery for more than 25 years, Dr. Brian Covino joined Cohere in  2020 after having served as a consultant since 2018.  During his years as a practicing surgeon, Dr. Covino was a partner at Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic/OrthoTennessee specializing in joint replacement surgery.  He holds a bachelor’s from Harvard University as well as an M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Covino received his surgical training at the University of Virginia Graduate School of Medical Education and completed a fellowship at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Chief Medical Officer

A technology leader in the healthcare and life sciences spaces, Niall most recently acted as Chief Technology Officer for Genospace, a cloud-based software company focused on delivering personalized medicine. Niall was a member of the founding team at Genospace which was acquired by Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA. Niall also held software engineering positions at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Fidelity Investments.

Niall earned a B.E. in Electronics and Computers from National University of Ireland, Galway and attended the Executive Education Program at the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.

Chief Technology Officer
Chief growth officer Krishna Kottapalli headshot

With more than 20 years of experience as a HealthTech executive, Krishna brings a broad range of experience to Cohere. Previously, he was the Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at SCIO Health Analytics which served clients across the payer, health systems, and life sciences segments. Krishna has held senior positions at Perot Systems, EXL Service and Abacus where he was responsible for creating go-to-market strategies and driving the commercial efforts.

Krishna holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University and an MBA from Stern School of Business at New York University.

Chief Growth Officer

During her three years at Cohere, Malissa has designed, developed, and scaled the customer success, contact center, vendor management, and production operations leadership teams moving from Senior Vice President of Operations to Executive Vice President to now the COO. Malissa’s leadership strengths include driving overall operational growth, including tactical execution of Cohere’s business objectives.

Prior to working at Cohere, Malissa held the title of Senior Vice President of Operations at both ModivCare and Circulation. She has also held senior positions at CareCentrix, JPMorgan Chase, Medco, and Express Scripts.

Chief Operating Officer
Kristen acted as a Senior Director of Finance and Accounting at TripAdvisor where she drove value creation across multiple business units. Kristen’s experience also includes serving as Manager of Financial Analysis for the Tribune Company and Senior Auditor at Crowe Horwath LLP.

Kristen holds a B.S. as well as an M.B.A in Business Administration from the University of Dayton.

Chief Financial Officer
Melinda Brown, General Counsel leadership headshot

Melinda has more than 20 years of experience as in-house counsel for technology companies.  Prior to joining Cohere, she was a partner with OutsideGC, a law firm that provides on-demand legal services, where she worked with a variety of software and technology companies. Previously, she served as general counsel for the Draper Laboratory, a research and development laboratory in Cambridge, MA, Sonus Networks, and Lotus Development Corporation.

Melinda received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her J.D from Suffolk University.

General Counsel

Before joining Cohere, Lindsay led talent acquisition at Starry, an internet service provider where she was responsible for recruiting strategy. Previously, Lindsay spent over five years at PatientPing, a health tech startup where she was part of a team that took the company from Series A-C and then to acquisition. In addition, Lindsay has worked in public relations, retail, and tech recruiting.

Lindsay holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Massachusetts.

SVP, People Operations
Samantha Roushan, SVP of Clinical Transformation leadership headshot

Samantha brings leadership experience in innovation and business building across the healthcare ecosystem. Previously, she led SCAN Health Plan’s I-SNP and mobile care delivery team, which ignited her passion for value-based care and drive to improve the UM experience. In prior roles, she was GM at Parsley Health, and she developed and launched digital health strategies, products, and businesses at BCG Digital Ventures, Continuum, and Medtronic Diabetes.

Sam earned two master’s degrees from Northwestern University: an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a Master of Engineering Management in Design. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.

SVP, Clinical Transformation

John has more than 20 years of diverse go-to-market leadership experience across health plans, health systems, physician organizations and healthcare IT vendors. Prior to joining Cohere, John led efforts to help grow the health plan UM businesses at McKesson/Change Healthcare, Cognizant Trizetto and InformedDNA.

John holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.

VP, MARKETING

Board of Directors

Chairman of the board Gary Gottlieb headshot

Dr. Gary Gottlieb most recently served as CEO of Partners in Health. From 2010 until 2015, he served as president and CEO of Partners HealthCare, the parent of the Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals. Dr. Gottlieb is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. He served as president of Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner Hospitals, as president of North Shore Medical Center, and as chairman of Partners Psychiatry. As a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, he earned an M.B.A with distinction in health care administration from the Wharton Graduate School of Business Administration. Dr. Gottlieb is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and serves on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Chairman of the Board
  • Former CEO of Partners HealthCare (now Mass General Brigham)
Board of directors member Michael Greeley headshot

Michael was the founding General Partner of Flybridge Capital Partners, and earlier in his career was with Polaris Partners, as well as held positions at Wasserstein Perella & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co.

Current and prior board seats include Aspen RxHealth, BlueTarp Financial, Circulation, Cohere Health, Explorys, Functional Neuromodulation, HealthVerity, higi, Iora Health, MicroCHIPS, Nuvesse, PolyRemedy, Predictive Biosciences, Predilytics, T2 Biosystems, TARIS Biomedical, VidSys and Welltok (observer). Additionally, Michael served on the board of International Data Group, the founding partner of IDG Capital, a leading venture capital fund in China and other important innovation centers in Asia, and is on the board of The Forsyth Institute, the leading Harvard-affiliated oral health research organization.

Board Member
  • General Partner, Flare Capital Partners
Board of directors member Dave Barrett headshot
Dave is a managing partner based in our Boston office who focuses on investments in healthcare and technology. He joined Polaris in 2000 after his first career as an operating executive and entrepreneur, and divides his time between Boston, San Francisco and New York City.He serves on the boards of Egnyte, NDVR, Notarize, OM1, SimonData, Sonrai Security, TauSight, and also works with Armorblox, Allstacks, Lob and Kensci.Previously, he partnered with other transformative  companies from inception through scaling, including: Archivas (Hitachi), Automattic/WordPress, Bitium (Google), Confluence (TA Associates), CliQr (Cisco), Imprivata (NASDAQ: IMPR, Thoma Bravo), Logentries (Rapid7), LogMeIn (NASDAQ: LOGM), MarkMonitor (Thomson Reuters), Phytel (IBM Watson Health), Q1 Labs (IBM), Recurly (AKKR), and vKernel (Dell).Prior to joining Polaris, Dave was chief operating officer of Calico. During his leadership, the company evolved from startup through IPO with $50 million in revenues and $3.5 billion in market value. Before that, he was senior vice president of worldwide operations for Pure Atria/Rational Software, a publicly-held market leader acquired by IBM for $2 billion. Earlier, in 12 years with Lotus Development in a number of leadership roles including vice president and general manager of sales and services, he helped the company become one of the two largest software companies in the world before it was acquired by IBM for $3.5 billion.Dave is an Always-On Venture Capital 100 and Venture Capital East 50 recipient and has been named an Always-On “Cloud Power Player” and “FinTech Power Player.” He’s been a mentor for TechStars, Harvard iLab and IBM SmartCamp, a guest lecturer at Harvard, HBS, and MIT, an advisor to Mass General Brigham World Medical Innovation Forum, and a founding member of the Microsoft Advisory Board. He serves on the board of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, on its investment committee, and as an advisor to their venture investment efforts. He holds a B.S. from the University of Rhode Island.
Board Member
  • Partner, Polaris Partners

Board of directors member Carrie Milby headshot

Carrie Milby currently serves as the Vice President, Healthcare Quality Reporting & Improvement with a focus on Risk Adjustment and Interoperability Strategy. Carrie oversees all aspects of Risk Adjustment for Medicare, Medicaid, ACA businesses and enterprise-wide interoperability functions. This includes, In-Home and Provider Programs, Retrospective Operations, Encounter Submissions, Dual-Eligible and Medicaid support functions, Payer-Provider EHR integration, payer-to-payer, and patient access requirements. Through her tenure, she has grown these programs 5X, while reducing unit cost by more than 200%, now covering more than 600K providers and 5.65M members in programs annually. Carrie also serves on the Board of Directors for Cohere Health.

Prior to her current role, she spent her first 11 years with Humana in various operational roles including Medicare Enrollment, Grievance & Appeals, Member Communications, and Process Transformation focused on productivity and operational effectiveness. Prior to joining Humana, Carrie worked at GE Capital.

Board Member
  • Vice President of Healthcare Quality Reporting & Improvement, Humana

Board of directors observer Julian Harris headshot

Julian Harris, M.D., is a Partner on the Healthcare Services team at Deerfield and joined the Firm in 2019. Dr. Harris provides extensive research and analysis on individual companies operating in the healthcare industry. He also works with a variety of health care services and technology companies that are both current and potential investment partners. Before Deerfield, Dr. Harris was the founding President of CareAllies, Cigna’s family of multi-payer provider services and home-based care businesses. Previously, he led US Strategic Operations for Cigna and managed a $500M internal investment portfolio focused on technology and innovation. Dr. Harris was also an Adviser to Google Ventures (GV) focused on health care services. Before GV, he led the health care team in the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As the federal government’s chief health care finance official, he oversaw a $1 trillion budget and provided management and policy oversight for a range of programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, FDA, NIH and CDC. He also served as the chief executive of the $11 billion Massachusetts Medicaid program. Dr. Harris trained in internal medicine and primary care at Harvard Medical School’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital and practiced as a hospitalist at Cambridge Health Alliance and as a clinical consultant for BestDoctors. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Health Policy & Medical Ethics from Duke University and holds an M.Sc. from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He is also a graduate of the Wharton School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine, where he currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor. Dr. Harris is a trustee of the New York Academy of Medicine and a member of the advisory boards for the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics at Penn and the NYU Department of Population Health.

Board Member
  • Partner, Deerfield
Board of directors observer Steve Anastos headshot

Steve Anastos is a Principal at Deerfield and joined the Firm in 2020 to focus on early and growth stage investments in healthcare technology and services companies. Prior to Deerfield, Mr. Anastos served on the Leadership Team of Medicaid in Massachusetts (MassHealth) and led MassHealth’s Accountable Care Organization program. Representing over $5 billion of annual spend and covering approximately 900,000 members, the ACO program is Massachusetts’ largest effort to transition the Medicaid delivery system towards value-based reimbursement. Before MassHealth, Mr. Anastos was a Principal at Bain Capital Ventures, where he worked on early and growth stage investments in healthcare, B2B software and consumer technology. In 2017, he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Venture Capital. Prior to Bain, Mr. Anastos was an Associate at Blueprint Health, an incubator of digital health companies in New York, and began his career at Altman Vilandrie & Company, a technology-focused strategy consulting firm. He holds an A.B. in History with a minor in Economics from Harvard University, where he wrote his thesis on the creation of Medicare and Medicaid.

Board Observer
  • Deerfield

Board of directors observer Lynne Chou O’Keefe headshot

Lynne Chou O’Keefe is the Founder and Managing Partner of Define Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm focused on investing in digital health companies redefining healthcare that will change all our lives. Lynne’s experience includes both healthcare operating, investing, and finance roles. Previously, she was a Senior Partner at Kleiner Perkins focused on digital health and connected devices early stage investing. She worked with many portfolio companies, such as Livongo Health (NASDAQ: LVGO), Lumeris, and Oculeve (Acquired by Allergan). Before joining Kleiner Perkins, Lynne worked at Abbott Vascular and Guidant in multiple roles launching over ten product families in the US and internationally. Lynne was responsible for building the global commercial strategy and therapy development as well as playing a key role in the clinical, reimbursement, and operational strategy for these therapies. Earlier in her career, Lynne worked at Apax Partners with a focus on software venture capital investing. In addition, Lynne worked at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers and Acquisitions group and worked on multiple multi-billion dollar acquisitions and sell side transactions in various industries. Lynne earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Board Observer
  • Founder and Managing Partner, Define Ventures
Board observer member Michael Wert headshot

Mr. Wert is a Managing Director at Longitude Capital. Mr. Wert was previously with Longitude Capital from 2008 to 2012 and rejoined in 2016. Before that, he was a Vice President at Warburg Pincus, where he focused on healthcare investments. Prior to joining Longitude Capital, Mr. Wert worked in the Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Merrill Lynch. Mr. Wert currently serves on the board of Cortica, On Belay Health, and WelbeHealth, and is a board observer at Cohere Health and Murj. He previously served as a board observer at California Cryobank (acquired by GI Partners and now known as Generate Life Sciences) and Somatus, and was also actively involved in Longitude Capital’s investments in IntelyCare and NOCD. While at Warburg Pincus, Mr. Wert served as a board observer at Silk Road Medical (SILK), Outset Medical (OM), and Accriva Diagnostics (acquired by Werfen). Mr. Wert holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow and received a Certificate in Social Innovation and Public Management. He received his dual-degree BA in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology (BBMB), and Economics with honors from Whitman College, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

Board Observer
  • Managing Director, Longitude Capital

Medical Advisory Board

Medical advisory board member Akhilesh Sastry headshot
  • Drexel University College of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • LifeBridge Health Sinai Hospital, Fellowship in Joint Preservation and Reconstruction
  • Director of Robotics Surgery, Portsmouth Regional Hospital
  • Atlantic Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
  • Instructor, MAKO Robotic Training Program, Stryker
Orthopedic Joint Surgery
Medical advisory board member Vijay Yanamadala headshot
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurosurgery
  • Virginia Mason Medical Center, Fellowship in Complex Spine Surgery and Spinal Deformity
  • MBA, Harvard Business School
  • Neurosurgeon and Director, Center for Surgical Optimization, Montefiore Health System
  • Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • Member, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • Member, North American Spine Society
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
Medical advisory board member Oladapo Babatunde headshot
  • Columbia University, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Stanford University, Fellowship in Sports Medicine
  • Medical Director, City Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
  • Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedics at Mount Sinai Hospital
ORTHOPEDIC SPORTS MEDICINE
Ellen Rosenquist, MD medical advisory board headshot
  • The University of Iowa Roy J. And Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Anesthesiology
  • The University of Pennsylvania, Fellowship in Pain Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western University 
  • Staff Physician, Center for Spine Health and Pain Management at the Cleveland Clinic
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Medical advisory board member Renee Duncan headshot
  • MBA, Haslam School of Business, University of Tennessee
  • Director of Physical Therapy and Ancillary Services at OrthoTennessee
  • Chair, Therapy Advocacy Subcommittee, The OrthoForum
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Medical advisory board member James Heckman headshot
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine Specialist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Primary Care
Medical advisory board member Mary O'Connor headshot
  • Chief Medical Officer, Vori Health Inc.
  • Former Chair Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic Florida
  • Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine
  • Former Chair, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Diversity Advisory Board
  • Former President, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
  • Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology
Orthopedic Surgery
Medical advisory board member Luke Oh headshot
  • Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery
  • Massachusetts General Hospital, Fellowship in Orthopedic Sports Medicine
  • Mayo Clinic, Fellowship in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
  • Orthopedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine Specialist, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Orthopedic Sports Medicine
Medical advisory board member Brian Kwon headshot
  • Spine Surgeon, New England Baptist Hospital
  • New England Baptist Hospital, Fellowship in Spine Surgery
  • University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical advisory board member Sandeep Jauhar headshot
  • Northwell Health, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Director, Heart Failure Program
  • Journalist and New York Times Bestselling Author
Heart Failure Cardiology
Medical advisory board member Ankeet Bhatt headshot
  • Duke University Hospital, Internal Medicine
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School – Cardiovascular Disease
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School – Critical Care Medicine
  • Master of Science in Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Cardiology Critical Care
Medical advisory board member Jonathan Reiner headshot
  • Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at The George Washington University Hospital
  • Professor of Medicine at The George Washington University Medical Center
  • Fellowship in Cardiology at The George Washington University Medical Center
Interventional Cardiology
  • Experienced wound care physician at Steven A. Kagan Consulting
  • Mayo Clinic, Fellowship in Vascular Surgery
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Medical advisory board member Carter Newton headshot
  • President and Investor at CardioSpark LLC
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology and Cardiology at The University of Arizona Health Services
  • Medical director at Virtual CME
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Fellowship in Cardiology
Clinical Professor of Radiology and Cardiology
Medical advisory board member Michael Ragosta headshot
  • Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of Virginia Health System
  • Fellowship in Cardiology at University of Virginia
Interventional Cardiology
Medical advisory board member Ania Garlitski headshot
  • Medical Director, Rhythm Management at Boston Scientific
  • NYU Langone Medical Center, Fellowship in Cardiology and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Executive Master of Science in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in Cardiovascular Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science
Cardiac Electrophysiologist

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