Key Contacts
Mariah Leeson
Account Manager
Meg McMahon
Account Manager
Shannon Miller
Account Manager
Brandon Perkett
Account Manager
Kate Woodside
Account Manager
Sandra Skov
Sales Support Specialist
Ben Ashe
Client Support Specialist
Caitlin Foreman
Client Support Specialist
Julie Gonzalez
Client Support Specialist
Keoki Hallford
Client Support Specialist II
Jacob Smith
Client Support Specialist
Jordan Smith
Client Support Specialist
Sarah Summers
Client Support Specialist
Lisa Crawford
Provider Relations Manager
Theresa Enos
Provider Relations Manager
Jaime Iverson
Provider Relations Manager
Rachel Stilson
Provider Relations Manager
Ashley Real
Project Manager
Mike Krause
Operations Manager
Seymour Van Schoick
Manager, Cost Containment Solutions
Alberta Berhannan
Director of Clinical Audits
Dani Vincent
Transplant Claims Manager
Chris Henderson
Medical Claims Director
Kim Otanic
Contracts Manager
Dana Roser
Contracts Manager
William Slocum IV
Contracts Manager
Tracy Siegel
Director of Provider Relations
Alicia Coupens
Client Experience Manager
Katie Hardage
Client Experience Manager
Amy Parrill
Client Experience Manager
Michele Maupin
CSS Operations Manager
Brian Miller
Implementation Director
Business Development Team
Will Slocum
Vice President of Business Development
Will is an insurance industry veteran and a pioneer in the reference based pricing space. With decades of self-funding experience as a broker consultant, he is in a unique position to bring significant added value to 6 Degrees’ clients, as well as help shape solutions for tomorrow. He will be working with new and existing clients to implement our core products: reference based pricing, transplant & specialty networks, and claim cost containment. Will is based in Louisiana and holds a degree from Louisiana State University at Shreveport.
Brian Glock, MBA
Vice President of Business Development
Brian has been with 6 Degrees Health since January 2019. He started as Regional Director of Business Development and contributed significantly to the growth of the MediBridge suite of services. In his new role as VP of Business Development, Brian continues to contribute to the exponential growth of the company in the areas of RBP and Cost Containment. Brian is a graduate of Michigan State University with an MBA in Healthcare Administration from Oregon Health and Science University.
Staci Branham
Vice President of Business Development
Staci is a healthcare veteran with 27+ years of experience. She has served in many roles throughout her healthcare career, including ten years as Director of Health Services at a large Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, and Alabama-based TPA. She also served as Director of Clinical Management/Health Services for RxBenefits, and Regional Director of Sales for Southern Scripts. Staci will be responsible for leading business development opportunities and executing growth strategies to develop value partners.
Jeff Diekema, CEBS
Vice President of Business Development
Jeff has been in the benefits industry for 30 years, in roles ranging from sales and sales/marketing management to Third Party Administration operations and product development. Before joining 6 Degrees Health, Jeff held positions at a national Third Party Administrator as VP, Underwriting & Sales Support, and VP, Sales. His experience is in self-funded and alternative funding arrangements with an emphasis on transparency and innovative payment and savings initiatives. Jeff will be responsible for leading business development opportunities and executing growth strategies to develop value partners.
David Slepak
Vice President of Business Development
David’s mission is to play an active role in scaling strategies and solutions that fix our healthcare system. He mentors, collaborates, and strategizes with Advisors and consultants to implement these fixes including transparency, cost containment, and increasing access to care. David is a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters and has taken on many leadership roles in his local Phoenix chapter, including recently as Chapter President.
Executive Team
Heath Potter, MBA
Chief Growth Officer
Heath has been involved in healthcare since 2004. As an industry expert, he actively participates in speaking engagements across the country. Prior to joining 6 Degrees Health, he led sales initiatives as Vice President of Sales & Development for a national Centers of Excellence (COE) network. In his role as Chief Growth Officer, Heath is responsible for all growth initiatives, business development, client relations, and strategic partnerships for 6 Degrees Health. Heath holds a business degree and an MBA from Washington State University, Carson College of Business.
Donald Lee
Vice President of Strategy & Underwriting
Donald started his healthcare career nearly two decades ago in the underwriting and actuarial field. Donald is an expert in healthcare risk financing and alternative risk strategies. His underwriting, actuarial and broker experience will take our understanding and integration with the risk financing market to the next level. He holds a degree in Mathematics, with an emphasis on Statistics and Computer Science.
Neal Franzer
Vice President of Operations
Neal has ten years of experience as a Project and Operations Manager for Cardinal Health. He was the fourth employee at 6 Degrees Health, and currently oversees claim repricing and cost containment negotiations. Neal is also active throughout the business development process and with the implementation of new clients.
Jill Miller
Vice President of Contracting
Jill has over 15 years of healthcare experience in claims and managed care contracting. Prior to joining 6 Degrees Health, Jill worked in varying leadership positions at a national transplant Centers of Excellence network where she developed and implemented contracting strategies. At 6 Degrees, Jill’s primary responsibility is network development and contract negotiations.
Bonita Hatchett-Bodle, Esq.
General Counsel
Bonita is an accomplished ERISA and benefits attorney with over 25 years of experience in a variety of settings, from a large international law firm to General Counsel for a leading independent employee benefits organization. Bonita received her B.A. from the University of Michigan, her J.D. from the Rutgers Law School, and her LL.M. and Certificate in Employee Benefits Law from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Doug Hanson
Chief Operating Officer
Doug is an operations veteran with over 20 years of leadership experience. He has built a career accelerating growth and driving operational efficiency across a variety of companies, including Amazon, Microsoft, Grubhub, and VividSeats. He brings extensive experience in sales, marketing, operations, and customer service. Doug’s unwavering focus on the customer while using data to make decisions has been vital to his success.
Danielle Cole
Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO
Danielle started her career in Human Resources due to her curiosity for human motivation. She developed this into sales and negotiations roles where she used this passion to establish relationships with customers. In her current role as Chief of Staff, she will assist the CEO with business objectives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization, combining her passion for business strategy and employee motivation.
Scott Ray, JD
Chief Executive Officer
Scott is the founder of 6 Degrees Health and an experienced attorney, accountant, and business executive. He started his career as an accountant and lawyer for Arthur Andersen and KPMG. After leaving the traditional legal practice, he dedicated his career to healthcare, devoting seven years as an SVP and General Counsel for a national transplant Centers of Excellence (COE) network. Today, he collaboratively leads 6 Degrees Health in pursuit of bringing creative and effective cost containment strategies to market.