Kyle M. Rose

Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) is a private equity firm founded in 1979 by Patrick Welsh, Russ Carson and Bruce Anderson. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The Health Management Academy LLC is a private company that has been cultivating a community of healthcare's most influential changemakers since 1998. The company is based in Alexandria, VA. The company provides peer groups, leadership development programs, and market insights to over 2,000 health system senior executives and 200 industry organizations. The Health Management Academy was founded by Sherrie Jones, Gerald E. Bisbee, and Renee DeSilva has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Part of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., Optum, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Eden Prairie, MN. Optum provides health solutions and care delivery services to mitigate rising costs, improve the consumer experience, and address the behavioral health crisis for employees. The company optimizes operations management, increase efficiencies, and improve outcomes for healthcare providers. Optum is committed to making healthcare work better by leading the way to better experiences, better health, and lower costs. The company addresses health holistically through customer-centered, compassionate interactions and simple, seamless physical and digital touchpoints. Optum improves health and financial well-being by transforming how people and organizations save, spend, invest, and pay for healthcare. The company uses real-world data and deep expertise to drive innovation and impact for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device sectors.