Executive Committee
Christobel E. Selecky
President and Chief Executive Officer
Steven S. Eisenberg, M.D., FAAFP
Senior Vice President and Chief Science Officer
Marshall Maran
Senior Vice President, Client Relations
Charles A. Peck, M.D., FACP
Senior Vice President, Market Development and Chief Medical Officer
Robert Slepin
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Senior Operations Committee
Elizabeth Christie
Vice President, Finance
Don Courville
Vice President, Technology Infrastructure
Nichola Denney
Vice President, Health Improvement Services
Joseph L. Donato, SPHR
Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development
Elise Giancola
Vice President, Innovation
Mary Jane Osmick M.D.
Vice President and Medical Director
Michael Taylor
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Harjit Sabharwal
Vice President, Engineering
Nancy Wilson-Ramon
Vice President, IT Client Implementations, Support, Data Quality
Christobel E. Selecky
President and Chief Executive Officer
An outspoken advocate of disease management, Ms. Selecky is regularly called upon to provide commentary and insight into trends, issues, and news affecting the disease management and healthcare industries. Ms. Selecky has led the industry's advocacy and lobbying efforts for the past four years. Ms. Selecky has testified before several legislative bodies, including the Subcommittees on Health of the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee of the United States Congress; work that ultimately led to inclusion of Disease Management in the Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act, which was signed into law in December of 2003.
As an industry ambassador, Ms. Selecky has continually managed to raise the bar by which others judge the disease management category. She is a thought leader and has been quoted in influential national business media including The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, and Bloomberg as well as in industry trade publications including Managed Healthcare Executive, Modern Healthcare, Healthcare Informatics, Healthplan, and Disease Management News. Ms. Selecky also maintains a rigorous schedule of speaking engagements and has lectured across the country and overseas about issues that significantly impact the disease management and healthcare communities.
Named by Managed Healthcare Executive as one of the Top 25 Disease Management Executives in the nation and by California's OC Metro Magazine as one of "Ten Orange County Women Making a Difference," Ms. Selecky has taken on entrepreneurial challenges throughout her twenty-three years in the healthcare industry. A veteran in the field of managed healthcare, Ms. Selecky began her healthcare career in the young and as-yet unproven HMO industry, where she started working for FHP International Corporation in the early 1980s when it was an entrepreneurial, privately held, staff-model HMO. For fifteen years, she served in a variety of senior management positions culminating in her role as president of its FHP/TakeCare California health plan, where she was responsible for statewide expansion and management of more than $2 billion in revenues and nearly one million HMO and PPO members.
Ms. Selecky received her MA in Mass Communications from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse (New York) University, and received a double BA in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Delaware.
Steven S. Eisenberg, M.D., FAAFP
Senior Vice President and Chief Science Officer
As Chief Science Officer, Dr. Eisenberg plays a leadership role in analyzing and providing the information necessary to demonstrate the value of LifeMasters' health improvement programs and to continually improve their effectiveness and efficiency based on a deeper understanding of critical success factors. He leads the informatics and analytic functions for LifeMasters and has accountability for outcomes reporting. He is focused on evaluating and enhancing the LifeMasters clinical program and ensuring that current and prospective clients have the information they need to better understand and address their own unique challenges in helping their constituents improve their health.
Dr. Eisenberg brings to LifeMasters more than 28 years of experience as a physician senior executive and medical infomaticist with broad based experience in medicine; healthcare administration; computer systems; development, use and interpretation of clinical data; and business administration. Most recently, he served as chief science officer at UnitedHealthcare, where he oversaw all clinical data, clinical information systems, and their transparency programs. He also held positions of Partner, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Phoenix Healthcare Intelligence, LLC; senior medical director of the Health Management Division at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota; medical director of the Department of Medical Management at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota; and medical director at Rapid City Community Health Center, which he helped establish from the ground up. Dr. Eisenberg also has an academic background and was an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Residency Program Director and Assistant Dean at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine.
Dr. Eisenberg received his medical degree from SUNY, Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and his bachelor's degree in biological sciences from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, NJ. He is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the American College of Physician Executives, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and American Health Information Management Association. He is also a professor, published author, and journal editor.
Marshall Maran
Senior Vice President, Client Relations
Marshall Maran is the vice president of client relations for LifeMasters where he leads a team of account executives and client integration managers. Mr. Maran is responsible for all aspects of client service, from initial implementation to the ongoing management of client accounts. Mr. Maran brings with him an extensive healthcare background. Most recently, he served as senior director at Take Care Health Systems (a Walgreens subsidiary) where he led the company's strategy and business development team. He also held positions at CIGNA Healthcare, and Genesis Health Ventures. In addition, Mr. Maran spent eight years as a healthcare consultant with VHA and Arthur Andersen, LLP, serving hospital system and physician practice clients. Mr. Maran received a master's degree in Management and Organizational Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and bachelor's degree in Health Policy and Administration from Pennsylvania State University.
Charles A. Peck, M.D., FACP
Senior Vice President, Market Development and Chief Medical Officer
In his role as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Peck is responsible for all clinical programs and activities, including clinical quality, provider relations, and clinical product design. He focuses on ensuring that program offerings are evidence-based and that they result in better health outcomes and meet the needs of program participants and their physicians. He also provides the primary clinical interface between LifeMasters and its current and prospective clients and partners, and leads new business development efforts.
Dr. Peck is an internist and rheumatologist and brings to LifeMasters more than 28 years of healthcare experience as a clinician, scientist, medical school faculty member, administrator, medical director, and partner in a worldwide healthcare consulting company. Prior to joining LifeMasters, Dr. Peck was chief medical officer of Take Care Health Systems, a convenient care clinic operator, for which he ran the medical department. He has also held positions as president, Southeast and Northeast Regions, healthcare delivery, Aetna; partner, Arthur Andersen Business Consulting Practice; regional medical director, Aetna Health Plans; executive medical and administrative director, University Suburban IPA; and associate clinical professor of medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Dr. Peck received his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine and his bachelor's degree from Emory University. He is a published author and has been a featured speaker at national meetings of the Governance Institute, American College of Physician Executives, Healthcare Financial Management Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, and the American Association of Medical Colleges.
Robert Slepin
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Robert Slepin joined LifeMasters with 24 years of experience in information technology and extensive experience managing IT strategy and operations for health plans, hospitals, and medical groups.
Previously at Perot Systems, Mr. Slepin was the client executive for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford (Palo Alto, California) and the senior IT leader on a team that was responsible for implementing an independent network infrastructure and establishing a Program Management Office. Prior to working at Perot, Mr. Slepin served as chief information officer for WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (Tampa, Florida), where he contributed to the highly successful operational turnaround and initial public offering of the company. He also formerly served as vice president, computer operations for Deltanet, Inc. (Rancho Cordova, California), an IT affiliate of Delta Dental of California; and he held several leadership positions in the central region of Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.), including vice president of information systems/chief information officer, Sacramento/Yolo community service area IT director, and IT director for Omni Healthcare.
Mr. Slepin received his bachelor's degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Mr. Slepin formerly served on the board of the Northern California Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and was a founding member of the HFMA National Managed Care Forum Advisory Council.
Elizabeth Christie
Vice President, Finance
Elizabeth Christie is the vice president of finance at LifeMasters. In this role, Ms. Christie is responsible for the direct financial management, reporting, and compliance functions for the organization. Ms. Christie advises senior management on budget development and administration, prepares financial statements, and plays a key role in the development and implementation of LifeMasters' long-term capital strategy. She is also instrumental in creating scalable financial systems to support the company's growth. Prior to LifeMasters, Ms. Christie served as a financial director, controller, and senior accountant for several companies including ZC Sterling. Ms. Christie received a master's degree in Business Administration and a bachelor's degree from California State University.
Don Courville
Vice President, Technology Infrastructure
Don Courville is the vice president of technology infrastructure at LifeMasters. In this role, Mr. Courville is responsible for the planning, design, implementation, and maintenance of the company's data centers, networks, computing platforms, telephony, storage, end-user computing, database operations, and technology support services. Mr. Courville was previously at Perot Systems where he led the organization in transitioning new healthcare accounts to an outsourced model. Prior to Perot Systems, Mr. Courville held technology leadership positions with Pfizer and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Courville received a master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Nichola Denney
Vice President, Health Improvement Services
Nichola Denney is the vice president of health improvement services at LifeMasters. In this role, Ms. Denney is responsible for the overall management of the clinical call center and field community service operations. Ms. Denney is also responsible for vendor relations for participant services and ensuring that client performance commitments are met and satisfaction is maintained. Prior to LifeMasters, Ms. Denney held positions at Apria Healthcare Group, Inc., the New Mexico Medical Group, P.C. and Oxford Healthcare. Ms. Denney received a bachelor's degree in Management/Computer Information Systems from Park College.
Joseph L. Donato, SPHR
Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development
Joseph L. Donato is the vice president of human resources and organizational development at LifeMasters. In this role, Mr. Donato is responsible for strategic planning, recruitment, and policy and procedure development. Mr. Donato manages legal compliance, multistate operations, benefit and compensation administration, training, and organizational development. He is also responsible for employee relations, payroll, and human resource management systems. Mr. Donato has more than 25 years of human resource management experience and approximately 12 years of experience in the healthcare industry, both in the public and private sectors. He served as director of human resources for Magellan Behavioral Care (formerly American Biodyne, Inc.). Mr. Donato received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from University of Indianapolis and is certified as a senior professional in human resources by the Certification Institute of the Society for Human Resource Management.
Elise Giancola
Vice President, Innovation
In her role as Vice President of Innovation, Ms. Giancola is instrumental in leading the company's market-leading new product development and for creating integrated technology solutions. She serves as a liaison between call center operations, clinical teams, and technology and helps these teams articulate their vision for future enhancements and solution. She has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including positions at IDX Systems Corporation where she was responsible for creating solution designs for new business and providing oversight for all implementations and client relationships during the implementation phase. Additionally, Elise was responsible for technical consulting work for many multi-state healthcare entities. Ms. Giancola received her BS degree from State University of New York, College at Fredonia, and was awarded an MPH degree from the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health.
Mary Jane Osmick M.D.
Vice President and Medical Director
Dr. Mary Jane Osmick is the vice president and medical director for LifeMasters, leading the clinical product team in the design and implementation of the company's clinical programs, and directing quality management within the company. As part of her role, Dr. Osmick collaborates directly with health improvement services and quality management staff to assure that LifeMasters programs are designed and implemented according to evidence-based guidelines and focused on appropriate clinical outcomes. Prior to LifeMasters, Dr. Osmick served as president of a start-up healthcare technology company that leveraged e-learning, game theory, and game engines to produce online healthcare improvement applications. In addition, she served as the national medical director of disease management for CIGNA Health Plan, chief medical officer of its Medicare Plus Choices Program, and medical director for Crozer Keystone Health System, where she directed the quality management and case management programs. She also served as medical director for health plans including Delaware Valley HMO and AmeriHealth. Dr. Osmick led a five-year initiative to develop and implement provider-sponsored disease management programs and has authored a book on the topic. Dr. Osmick has a medical degree from Temple University Health Sciences Center in Philadelphia and bachelors of medicine and surgery from the University of Delaware. She received her internal medicine training at Graduate Hospital. Dr. Osmick is board-certified in internal medicine and practiced in this field from 1984 until 2003. She also served as an internal medicine consultant for a geriatric assessment team from 2001 to 2003.
Michael Taylor
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Michael Taylor is the vice president of sales and marketing at LifeMasters, where he is responsible for conceptualizing and implementing the company's strategic marketing plans. He oversees business and market development, as well as brand management, advertising, public relations, marketing research, and RFP production. Mr. Taylor was most recently at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) where he led strategic marketing and communications for UPMC's Insurance Services Division, an integrated portfolio of commercial group health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, EAP, workers' comp, and behavioral companies ($2 billion, 1.2 million members). Prior to that, Mr. Taylor worked at Lumenos, Inc. (Alexandria, Va.), a leading consumer-driven healthcare company. At Lumenos, he held senior management positions in information technology, business development, and marketing. He has presented nationally on the subjects of healthcare consumerism and employer cost containment, and was formerly an award-winning political journalist with Congressional Quarterly and U.S. News & World Report. Mr. Taylor has a master's degree from the University of Maryland, a bachelor's degree from Flagler College, and completed postgraduate work at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. He is conversant in Mandarin Chinese.
Harjit Sabharwal
Vice President, Engineering
Harjit Sabharwal is the vice president of engineering at LifeMasters. In this role, Mr. Harjit is responsible for the development and maintenance of the company's suite of applications, reporting packages, and database systems. Mr. Harjit has more than 24 years of progressive experience in enterprise software and technologies including e-Commerce, e-Marketing, database management system, data mining, and security. Mr. Harjit is a seasoned software management professional who built and led several engineering teams at top-tier software companies including Tandem, Sybase, Informix, and ShopEaze. Prior to joining LifeMasters, Mr. Harjit served as technical chair at the SQL Access Group, an industry consortium standardizing the application programming interface and protocol for database access. He collaborated with ANSI, ISO, and X/Open standards committees to achieve convergence of parallel efforts in this field and led the U.S. delegation to several ISO meetings. He was also a key contributor to the standards specification. Mr. Harjit received a master's degree in computer science from University of Wisconsin, Madison and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur (India).
Nancy Wilson-Ramon
Vice President, IT Client Implementations, Support, Data Quality
Nancy Wilson-Ramon is the director of information technology (IT), client implementations, support, and data quality at LifeMasters. In this role Ms. Wilson-Ramon serves as a liaison between clients and the company's information technology group, including data and reporting analysts. She identifies system requirements, including data transmission, claims analysis, and reporting capabilities. Ms. Wilson-Ramon has more than 20 years of experience as an IT systems manager with 13 of those years within the healthcare industry. Previous to her position at LifeMasters, Wilson-Ramon held positions with Orion Health, Verilet/AboveHealth, SeeBeyond Technology, CAP, Gemini, Ernst and Young, and Scripps Health. Her expertise includes strong knowledge base in gap analysis, risk assessment, evaluation of potential impacts, development of solutions, and implementations with specific emphasis on interoperability. Ms. Wilson-Ramon is the immediate past co-chair of the HL7 special interest group, an international healthcare standards organization and is current chair of HL7 Process Improvement Committee. Ms. Wilson-Ramon received a master's degree in systems management, information systems from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor's degree in Experimental Psychology with minors in Math and Physics from the University of California, San Diego.
