Hugh Lytle
Founder, Chairman, 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. Read More »
Mark Hillard
Chief Performance Officer
A pioneer in Arizona healthcare, Mark Hillard has been a transformational leader in for-profit, nonprofit, and government organizations including health plans, hospital systems, and physician groups. Driven by a mission to help underserved populations access quality healthcare, Mark and his team are making a lasting impact on the industry by creating the first pathways to integrated clinical, behavioral, and social care. Read more »
Jeffrey Butcher
Chief Financial Officer
Jeff joined Equality Health with 20+ years of financial leadership experience in healthcare and is setting a new standard for how the company aligns its strategic and financial goals. His passion for serving the most vulnerable people in our communities lead him to dedicate his entire career to the healthcare industry, which includes a broad range of healthcare experience spanning health insurance, hospital networks and physician practices. Read more »
Doug Duskin
President, HealthBI
In his role as President of HealthBI, Doug works the executive teams and staff to drive growth strategy and client retention initiatives, and direct next level business development opportunities. Doug brings over 25 years of experience as a high-performing executive leading global healthcare and information technology organizations. Read more »
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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Koorosh Yasami
Chief Strategy Officer, HealthBI
Koorosh Yasami brings over twenty-two years of management, product development, public and private sector experience to HealthBI. Before becoming Health Business Intelligence Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yasami served as a CIO, Vice President and Product Architect and owner in various industries. Read more »
Lisa Stevens Anderson
President, Q Point Health
Lisa is a healthcare veteran who has served in executive leadership roles in the Valley for 25+ years. She made the switch to Equality Health because she wanted to “align her personal and professional mission and values to improve the health of the community” with a like-minded organization. She’s excited about providing the resources that allow people to control their own destinies. Read more »
Brandon Clark
Senior Vice President, Business Integration
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. Read more »
Mark Wright
President, Equality Medical Group
After 25 years of medical operations experience and 20 years in the Valley of the Sun, Mark saw a national opportunity to revolutionize healthcare by giving independent physicians the tools, resources and technology needed to manage patients in a culturally sensitive way. He’s excited about growing a comprehensive, culturally competent network of trained providers. Read more »
Mark Stephan, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Q Point Health
A mission-driven physician, Mark believes the greatest impact to be had is helping those who have the least. He says patients should “drive their own bus” and feels strongly about providing patient advocacy and education. His intense interest is in improving integrated medicine and care delivery systems for providers and patients. Read more »
Jason Ahn, MD
Chief Development Officer, California Market
A Harvard-trained emergency medicine physician, Jason is a leader in value-based healthcare delivery, policy and innovation. Committed to making an impact for the populations who need it most, Jason says at the end of the day, he’d like to look back on his life and see that he gave his all to make the world a better place, especially for the underserved. Read more »
Anabell Castro Thompson, NP
Senior Vice President, Health Equity
A 20-year industry veteran and Latino advocate, Anabell was previously founder and director of the Hispanic program within the largest non-profit Hospice in the nation. She currently is the Immediate Past President of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. Her vision encompasses transforming healthcare delivery for vulnerable populations through advocacy, public policy and implementation of culturally congruent models of care—all with the goal of fostering healthy, equitable communities.
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Tomás León
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Strategy
Tomás has been a lifelong advocate for advancing diversity and inclusion, bringing more than two decades of experience in community mobilization, health equity, policy advocacy, and marketing communications to his role at Equality Health. He says the company mission aligns with his purpose in life—advocating for people left behind—and his role allows him to “bring all of who he is to work.” Read more »
Monique Delgado
Senior Vice President, Network and Operations
Monique is a multi-disciplined professional with more than 20 years of experience within the healthcare industry. She’s responsible for building a high-performing provider network at Equality Health. She previously served as the Payer Relations Director for OrthoArizona, one of the largest Orthopedic groups in the Southwest. Read more »
Chandra Merica
Senior Vice President, Analytics
Chandra’s focus is implementing and developing the data and analytics to support and drive Equality Health’s business goals. She has more than 20 years progressive experience in healthcare and healthcare software—from computer programming to cost accounting to contract modeling. Her passion is turning big data into meaningful and actionable stories to support the organization’s strategic direction.
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Kim Samuel
Senior Vice President, People and Culture
Kim has been with Equality Health since the company was just a dream. Having gone from working at a company that sold things “people didn’t need” to one that’s “filling a need” was very intriguing. She says it was like walking into a “green field” where you could create something special from the ground up—in this case, a whole new approach to wellness that also solves social issues. Read more »
Laurie Susie
Executive Director, Equality Health Foundation
A fund-raising professional since 1994, Laurie is now putting her talents to use at Equality Health Foundation. Previously she served as vice president of development for Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and was responsible for three foundations at Catholic Healthcare West (now Dignity Health). Her compassion for the underserved has led her to volunteer with several local charities. Read more »