Strive Health Expands Executive Team to Support Next Phase of Growth
Author : Strive HealthDENVER — Oct. 1, 2026 — Strive Health, the national leader in value-based kidney care, today announced three additions to its executive leadership team to expand its national footprint and deepen its partnerships with payors and providers.
Susan Ray has joined Strive as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sarah Berry, Ph.D., as Chief Network & Engagement Officer (CNEO) and Dan Heslin as Chief Growth Officer (CGO). Together, they will lead three critical areas of Strive’s next phase of growth: delivering its care model consistently at scale, strengthening the performance and engagement of its national provider network and expanding access to value-based kidney care through new and existing partnerships.
“Scaling value-based care requires strong execution, deeply engaged provider partners and solutions that deliver value for our patients and customers,” said Paul Marchetti, Strive’s President. “Susan, Sarah and Dan bring proven expertise in building and leading complex healthcare organizations. Their leadership will help us continue to improve how care is delivered for people with kidney disease and comorbidities as we reach more patients nationwide.”
As COO, Ray will lead Strive’s market operations and central services, overseeing customer relationships and the teams responsible for executing the company’s care model at the point of delivery. Ray brings deep experience across value-based care, operations, client management and organizational transformation. Most recently, she served as COO of Rippl Care, where she helped build and scale a care model for individuals living with dementia. She previously held senior leadership roles at Honest Health, naviHealth, Evolent Health and Accolade.
Berry will oversee the company’s network of more than 6,500 provider partners as CNEO, along with engagement functions that connect patients with timely local care and Strive’s clinical and social needs programs. Berry most recently served as SVP of clinical service operations at Ventricle Health, where she led the scaling and performance of its advanced heart failure cardiology network and clinical operations. Previously, she held senior network and operational leadership roles at Aetna (a CVS Health Company), Innovation Health and Evolent Health.
As CGO, Heslin will lead Strive’s business development strategy, strategic partnerships, marketing and market expansion, with a focus on bringing the company’s population health solutions and partnerships across payors, providers and other healthcare organizations. Heslin joins Strive following an extensive career at Elevance Health, where he held leadership roles spanning enterprise growth, product strategy and business development and most recently served as president of the company’s specialty business. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Roche Diagnostics and in technology strategy consulting.
The appointments strengthen Strive’s leadership across the full lifecycle of its value-based care model — from building new partnerships and engaging provider networks, to delivering care consistently for patients and customers nationwide.
To learn more about Strive’s value-based kidney care model, visit StriveHealth.com.
ABOUT STRIVE HEALTH
Strive Health is the nation’s leader in value-based kidney care and partner of choice for innovative healthcare payors and providers. Using a unique combination of technology — including AI — care interventions and seamless integration with local providers, Strive forms an integrated care delivery system that supports the entire patient journey from chronic kidney disease (CKD) to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). To help patients, Strive partners with commercial and Medicare Advantage payors, Medicare, health systems and physicians through flexible value-based payment arrangements, including risk-based programs. Strive serves over 165,000 people with CKD and ESKD across 50 states and partners with over 6,500 providers. Strive’s case management and population health programs are accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and its technology platform, CareMultiplier™, is certified by HITRUST. To learn more, visit StriveHealth.com.
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