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Leadership

André Blackman

Founder
André is a pioneering strategist with deep ties into the public health/healthcare, social innovation, and strategic communication landscapes. He is dedicated to building the future of health through an inclusive lens. André is a sought-after advisor to companies building the future of health and brand builder for the leaders who run them. His work and insights have been featured in CIO, Fortune, Forbes, NPR, Reporting on Health, U.S. News and World Report.

Tai Chung

MBA, Esq, Corporate Development and Partnerships Advisor
Tai is passionate about health care access, equity, and inclusion. He is focused on the future of health care and digital health startups aimed at transforming the patient experience. At Onboard Health, Tai advises on corporate development and strategic partnership initiatives
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Advisors

Jane Sarasohn Kahn

Health economist and advisor
Jane is a health economist, advisor and trend-weaver to organizations focused at the intersection of health, technology and people – especially consumers, patients and caregivers. Jane founded THINK-Health after working with healthcare consultancies in the US and Europe. Jane’s clients span the health/care ecosystem: technology, pharma and life sciences, providers, plans, retail, financial services and consumer goods. She founded the Health Populi blog in 2007. Jane advises on strategy via environmental analysis, scenario and strategic planning. She sits on many advisory boards and on the Board of Directors of The Clinic, a free clinic for residents. Jane is a frequent speaker, listed with AHA’s Speakers Express and Executive Speakers Bureau. Jane also contributes to the Huffington Post and Tincture. Jane holds an MA (Economics) and MHSA (Health Policy) from University of Michigan. While Jane loves her work, she is even more passionate about family and home, Slow Food and her local CSA, and living a full and balanced life.

Robert Egger

Equitable food access pioneer
Robert is the founder and CEO of L.A. Kitchen. He has been a leader in the food recovery/job training/social enterprise movement since 1989, when he founded the D.C. Central Kitchen, which he led for 24 years. Collectively, these businesses have used donated food to produce over 40 million meals, and helped over 1,600 men and women gain full-time employment. Robert is an award winning author (Begging for Change, HarperCollins), and a sought after speaker on subjects ranging from innovation, leadership, the role of nonprofits and social enterprise.

Katie Drasser

CEO, Rockhealth.org
Katie Drasser is the Chief Executive Officer at RockHealth.org (Rock Health’s social impact arm). Katie was previously the Managing Director of the Aspen Global Innovators Group. At the Aspen Institute, she led global efforts to address poverty alleviation, human rights, and social justice. Drasser has worked nationally and around the world on initiatives including HIV/AIDS treatment strategies in Romania, private health services delivery in Myanmar, and the scale up of Kenya’s national emergency medical system. She also spent time building a range of start-ups, designing a network of charter schools, and helping to build an ecosystem of social impact efforts like Good Capital, The Hub Bay Area, the Social Capital Markets Conference and Opportunity Collaboration.

Carlos Rodarte

Founder & MD, Volar Health
Carlos Rodarte is the Founder & Managing Director of Volar Health, where he helps innovative health companies refine their product strategy and rapidly commercialize their solutions. As a leading voice in digital health, he often discusses the need for human-first approaches, involving patients and consumers in their health, and the importance of accounting for context and everyday behaviors in health management. He previously founded HealthRhythms, a AI-driven digital health startup that utilizes smartphone sensors to better understand human behavior; early team member of PatientsLikeMe, where he oversaw the development of the companies sensor-research capabilities, strategic partnerships with life sciences organizations, and created their enterprise-focused subscription revenue model.

Dr. Ivor Horn

Director, health equity & product inclusion, google
Ivor B. Horn, MD, MPH is currently the Director of Health Equity and Product Inclusion at Google. Previously, she was the Chief Medical Officer at Accolade. Dr. Horn has over 20 years of experience in healthcare serving in leadership positions academic, clinical and technology settings throughout her career. Dr. Horn is a board-certified pediatrician. Prior to her role at Accolade, she served as Medical Director of the Center for Diversity and Health Equity at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. In addition to experience practicing as a community-based primary care pediatrician, Dr. Horn has also been an NIH-funded investigator, whose research focused on healthcare communication and health disparities with an emphasis on how health information technology can be used to improve child health disparities. She has appeared as a medical expert on the Today Show, Good Morning America.
“Onboard Health has been invaluable in connecting us to a diverse professional pool that both expands the breadth of candidates but also our ability to reimagine the work and the possibilities in front of us.
— DR. ALETHA MAYBANK, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
“Onboard Health is addressing a historical talent gap in the public health and healthcare industry while building a community of health innovators.
The power of Onboard Health is that they’re aligning diverse talent – with a mindset towards innovation – into an industry that needs out-of-the-box thinking to expand its effectiveness. Ultimately, the work of Onboard Health is to help us reach health and human equity."
— Antionette Carroll, ceo and founder, Creative Reaction Lab
“Onboard health has been an instrumental partner to me as we’ve continued to build out the Bento team.
Most recently, Andre and his team at Onboard helped us identify and bring on a Director of Strategic Communications. This cornerstone hire for us has directly led to our ability to secure more enterprise healthcare customers, state healthcare grants and accolades such as Time Magazine’s Top Inventions of the year.”
— Adam Dole, Bento (Not Impossible Labs)
“Onboard Health was incredible at working closely with our team in understanding the profile of our unique VP Equity & Population Health.
From making sure we were able to speak to enough candidates to understand our needs and providing high caliber talent. Moreover their investment in understanding our story completely helped ensure all candidates were excited and aligned with our vision."
— Jessica Hovick, BIG HEALTH
“I was approached by Onboard Health for a recruitment opportunity. From point A to Z - the process was a pleasure. The recruiter was well informed about me even before he called. He had done his homework.
He was able to share details of the opportunity, why I was being considered, and what I could expect from engagement with Onboard Health. And then he delivered. Onboard gave great guidance, support and extra care as we navigated through interviews, presentations, negotiations and more. Excellent service from a caring recruiter who understood exactly what the client wanted as well as what I wanted/needed as a prospective candidate for the position. I was highly satisfied and feel like I’ve gained long-term friends and partners at Onboard Health as I step into my new job."
— Celeste James, Big Health