Leadership
Hugh Lytle
Founder, and Chief Executive Officer
A serial entrepreneur and self-described healthcare rebel, Hugh has a passion for disrupting an undesirable status-quo. With more than 25 years of executive healthcare leadership experience, he’s focused on developing groundbreaking healthcare solutions like the work being done at Equality Health.
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Garrett Black
Chief Operating Officer
Garrett brings an exceptional track record of developing high-performing, diverse leadership teams and managing large-scale clinical and business operations within both provider and health plan organizations to Equality Health.
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Brandon Clark
Chief Strategy Officer
An accomplished community health executive, Brandon brings more than a decade of experience in healthcare strategy, finance, and operations to Equality Health. He was drawn to Equality Health because of its disruptive vision, diverse team, and passion to transform the healthcare experience for underserved populations.
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Mark Besh
Chief Growth Officer
Mark focuses on thoughtful and profitable “quality growth” strategies at Equality Health with a particular focus on value creation. His impressive track record in the healthcare sector has led to the formation of publicly traded companies, and his stewardship in the institutional investment business helped skyrocket the growth of assets under management.
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Mark Stephan, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Mark Stephan serves as the Chief Medical Officer for Equality Health. Prior to joining Equality Health, Dr. Stephan served as the Vice President of Clinical Integration for Physician Integration at Dignity Health where he was responsible for the development and expansion of clinically integrated networks across the enterprise. Previously he was the Chief Medical Officer for Arizona Care Network (ACN), the Dignity Health-Tenet ACO. Read more »
Ruth Gutierrez Hafoka
Chief Human Resource Officer
Ruth is a business leader who advocates for talent and takes pride in her ability to translate business strategies into innovative yet pragmatic talent strategies. Throughout her career, she has successfully led significant cultural transformations that enable growth, while ensuring that personnel decisions advance an inclusive and innovative environment.
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Todd Galloway
Chief Actuarial Officer
With a penchant for turning complex challenges into intuitive understanding and opportunities, Todd has inherent expertise in optimizing health plan performance. His accumulated knowledge from managing physical, behavioral and long-term care products in the Medicaid, Medicare and commercial markets and experience in operational, financial, medical and marketing departments has shaped his firm belief that healthcare entities cannot run optimally without integrated business intelligence solutions among departments.
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Brian Fischer
Chief Financial Officer
Brian Fischer, a certified public accountant and expert in managed-care finances, has thrived during his 25 years in healthcare management. He has extensive insight into developing, evaluating and operating Medicaid, Medicare and commercial managed care organizations and contributed to the award and start-up of numerous health plan ventures and the evaluation and acquisition/sale of multiple health plans.
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Alice Raia
Chief Information Officer
Alice Raia is an accomplished leader who thrives on pushing the boundaries of technology to create an outstanding experience for people at some of their most vulnerable times. Built on family and personal experience, she has an innate sense of empathy, a fascination with technology, and a collaborative style.
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Romey Murphy
General Counsel and Government Affairs Director
Romey Murphy, Esq. is the General Counsel and Government Affairs Director of Equality Health. Purpose-driven with a passion for building diverse and engaged teams to help drive growth, Romey has an extensive background in healthcare, litigation, regulatory strategy, mergers and acquisitions, product innovation, risk management, corporate governance, and compliance.
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Lisa Stevens Anderson
Regional Market President
For over three decades Lisa has dedicated her career to supporting providers navigating the complex healthcare landscape. In her current role as Regional Market President of Equality Health, she oversees the Arizona and Texas markets leading teams focused on delivering solutions that enhance care management and member experience for providers and payers.
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Benjy Green
President, Texas Market
Benjy brings nearly two decades of managed care experience across several states to his role as President, Texas Market at Equality Health. He is decisive health plan leader with a proven track record navigating complexities spanning payers, providers, and health systems to improve financial performance.
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Craig Gaites
President, Emerging Markets
For over a decade, Craig Gaites has collaborated with key players from across the healthcare landscape to develop and implement strategies for value-based care transformation. In his role as President, Emerging Markets, Craig leads the national expansion of Equality Health’s value-based care model.
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Tomás León
President, Equality Health Foundation
With over two decades of collective experience in diversity and inclusion, community mobilization, business development, health equity, policy advocacy, philanthropy and marketing communications, Tomás brings an innovative, purpose-driven approach to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in healthcare to underserved communities.
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Sally Szumlas
Senior Vice President of Practice Performance
Dr. Sally Szumlas serves as the Senior Vice President of Practice Performance. A clinically trained critical care nurse, she brings over 30 years’ experience leading health care operations, clinical quality, performance improvement and population health innovations across the acute care, primary care, home, and community-based settings.
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Sharla Fisher RT (R)(M)
Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO
With over 25 years of healthcare experience and a passion for making a difference, Sharla brings an accomplished record of building large-scale strategic partnerships, developing and leading executive level teams, creating innovative value-based solutions, and a relentless pursuit to delivering an elevated and unique brand experience to her role as Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO for Equality Health.
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Claire Zimmerman Nichols
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Product
Claire Zimmerman joined the Equality Health team in 2018 and serves as Vice President of Product Innovation. She works closely with Equality Health’s partners to drive product strategy and ensure successful delivery and adoption of Equality Health’s technology solutions throughout the U.S.
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