Vera Whole Health CEO and Leadership

Ryan Schmid, Co-founder, President and CEO of Vera Whole Health, is set on transforming our reactive sick care system into the life-giving, life-empowering industry it was meant to be. He believes that health, as defined by the World Health Organization, is a “... state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” And he believes that at the foundation of this new, transformed healthcare system is empathy.

Ryan is also the co-founder of Hope Central Pediatric and Behavior Health and Rainier Health and Fitness, non-profits dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people in low-income areas.

Ryan earned an M.B.A. at Seattle University and holds a B.S. in Business, with a focus on Entrepreneurship and Management, from the University of Oregon.

Jennifer Sargent has over 20 years of experience in healthcare including leadership roles in client management, sales and marketing along with product management and development. Currently Jennifer serves as Chief Commercial Officer for Vera Whole Health, a leader in Advanced Primary Care. Previously, Jennifer served as Senior Vice President of Client Solutions at Optum working with large national employers on healthcare strategy. She has also held roles at Life Time Fitness, U.S. Preventive Medicine and Matria Healthcare. Jennifer holds a B.S. and M.S. in Exercise Physiology and her MBA from the University of Minnesota.

Kevin is Chief Medical Officer at Vera, leading our Quality and Provider teams. Central to Kevin’s role is enhancing the Vera Whole Health clinical roadmap and improving quality, patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, and clinician satisfaction.

Kevin has previously worked at DaVita Medical group, Evolent Health, and Huron Consulting Group where he successfully designed and implemented population health clinical interventions across diverse healthcare landscapes including health plans, academic medical centers, employer-based clinics, integrated delivery systems, large physician groups, and independent community hospitals.

Kevin’s training was in the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, an affiliate of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Kevin holds a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from New York Medical College.

Ashley Smith Carson is Chief People Officer and leads Human Resources, Learning and Development, and Recruiting. Core to her role is building and developing a clinical care team with the right fit for both Vera and the customer’s organizational culture. Ashley believes that investment in an organization’s workforce is the key to unlocking true business potential.

Ashley holds over 15 years of experience in Human Resources with an emphasis on organizational growth, change management, and process improvement. She spent 10 years at Alere Wellbeing (a behavioral change healthcare organization now part of Optum), leading the development of performance management and coaching tools for staff development.

Ashley is a Certified Professional Coach. She holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from Eastern Washington University and is pursuing a Leadership Executive M.B.A at Seattle University.

Ashley invests in the local Seattle community as a board member of a nonprofit and as an Advisory Board Member of the HR Management Certificate Program at the University of Washington.

Sarah Cole is a Chief Financial Officer at Vera Whole Health.

Ryan Schmid, Co-founder, President and CEO of Vera Whole Health, is set on transforming our reactive sick care system into the life-giving, life-empowering industry it was meant to be. He believes that health, as defined by the World Health Organization, is a “... state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” And he believes that at the foundation of this new, transformed healthcare system is empathy.

Ryan is also the co-founder of Hope Central Pediatric and Behavior Health and Rainier Health and Fitness, non-profits dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people in low-income areas.

Ryan earned an M.B.A. at Seattle University and holds a B.S. in Business, with a focus on Entrepreneurship and Management, from the University of Oregon.

Ryan Schmid, Co-founder, President and CEO of Vera Whole Health, is set on transforming our reactive sick care system into the life-giving, life-empowering industry it was meant to be. He believes that health, as defined by the World Health Organization, is a “... state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” And he believes that at the foundation of this new, transformed healthcare system is empathy.

Ryan is also the co-founder of Hope Central Pediatric and Behavior Health and Rainier Health and Fitness, non-profits dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people in low-income areas.

Ryan earned an M.B.A. at Seattle University and holds a B.S. in Business, with a focus on Entrepreneurship and Management, from the University of Oregon.