Catapult Health CEO and Leadership

Dr. Dan Mccoy is a physician, entrepreneur, and bold leader who is passionate about improving the way healthcare is delivered. As Chief Medical Officer of Catapult Health, Dr. McCoy provides clinical and strategic leadership during this pivotal time in Catapult’s success and strong growth trajectory. He believes in the power of communication to achieve excellence and understands the impact of effective data analysis to make decisions that positively affect the health of individuals and entire populations. Prior to joining Catapult Health, Dr. McCoy was the President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and was instrumental in the creation of the C1 Innovation Lab in Dallas, with the goal of uniting clinicians, members, advocates, and innovators to work together to generate solutions. He led BCBSTX to unprecedented growth in membership, underwriting margin, and revenue. Dr. McCoy was also a managing partner at Texas Dermatology Associates, medical director of the Melanoma Screening Clinic Cancer Center and Baylor University Medical Center’s Outpatient Cancer Center, and associate medical director at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System.

Rhonda Sanchez has spent her career providing financial leadership to entrepreneurial businesses beginning in their earliest start up days and eventually assisting in their public offering or venture capital financing transactions. Rhonda began her career with Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneurial Services Division earning the Senior Manager position prior to transitioning to Controller and VP-Finance positions with Valhi Inc (NYSE: VHI), OnRamp Technologies, NTT-Verio, SensorLogic and PeopleAnswers. Additionally, she has many years’ experience consulting on a one-to-one basis with entrepreneurs and start up entities in the internet and SaaS space. Rhonda has a Masters of Business Administration from Baylor University and a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from University of Illinois.

Chris Smith is a highly accomplished business executive with over 30 years of experience within the healthcare industry. Chris has led several multi-disciplinary teams focused on business growth through technology innovation, marketing, business partnership, and product development. Chris began his career as a management consultant with Arthur Andersen LLP, and later held executive leadership positions at several successful organizations including Express Scripts, Anthem/WellPoint, Walgreens, Life Line Screening and USAA. Chris has led efforts to make healthcare more accessible and affordable to consumers from redesigning retail pharmacies, to building health insurance exchanges, to launching new community-based health and wellness programs.

Chris is a strong advocate for the application of consumer psychology and behavioral economics to promote wellness and influence healthy choices. His experiences have led to new innovative approaches to promote higher medication adherence, optimize health insurance coverage for better financial security, and increase the use of preventive medicine such as annual health screenings.

Chris graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Management Information Services, and later an Executive MBA from Washington University’s Olin School of Business. Chris and his wife are both veterans of the United States Air Force, have four children and live in Austin, Texas.