Key Contacts

Mariah Leeson
Account Manager

Meg McMahon
Account Manager

Brandon Perkett
Account Manager

Kate Woodside
Account Manager

Sandra Skov
Sales Support Specialist

Ben Ashe
Client Support Specialist

Everett Bumgarner
Client Support Specialist

Erin Clark
Client Support Specialist

Caitlin Foreman
Client Support Specialist

Jade Fredrickson
Client Support Specialist

Julie Gonzalez
Client Support Specialist

Keoki Hallford
Client Support Specialist

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

Greg Lacke
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 Specialist

Bill McNabb
Director of Product

Tracy Siegel
Director of Provider Relations

Alicia Coupens
Client Experience Manager

Katie Hardage
Client Experience Manager

Michele Maupin
Client Experience 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.
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.

Rob Archibald
Chief Information Officer
Rob is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur. He began his career at Intel developing software and technology solutions for users throughout the world. He later served as Chief Technology Officer for EndFirst creating custom business software. Rob is passionate about building tools that delight customers and make life easier and more fun. He is thrilled to be at 6 Degrees Health building secure and reliable solutions for affordable, high-quality healthcare.

Doug Hanson
Chief Operating Officer

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.