Mark Caron is the Chief Executive Officer of Geneia. He has more than 30 years of business and technology expertise with more than 25 years in healthcare traversing both healthcare delivery systems and health insurers. 

Prior to becoming CEO of Geneia, he was Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Capital BlueCross. His experience also includes senior leadership roles as the CIO of the Collaborative Care division of OptumHealth, Senior Vice President & CIO at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin, Senior Vice President & CIO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Chief Technology Officer at Catholic Health Initiatives (a 78 hospital system), and Vice President of Information Systems at Healthsource. 

He earned a bachelor‘s degree in Computer Science from Franklin Pierce College and has a MBA and a master’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Southern New Hampshire University. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), certified as a Healthcare Chief Information Officer through the College of Healthcare Information Executives, and is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and of the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS). 

In 2013, Mark was named by Insurance & Technology as a 2013 Elite 8 honoree. The Elite 8 recognizes the most successful and inspiring information technology executives in the insurance industry. 

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Heather Lavoie serves as Geneia’s President, with overall accountability for the leadership and day-to-day management of the company. 

During her 30+ year tenure in healthcare, Heather has led start-ups, health plans and provider organizations. She has directed initiatives for private and public organizations on strategy, transparency, diversification, product innovation, operations and analytics. Previous to Geneia, Heather co-founded and served as Vice President of Product Development, Delivery and Engineering for Choicelinx Corporation, through its successful exit to CIGNA Health Care. During her tenure, she co-authored an adverse selection actuarial model with Milliman USA, used for evaluating custom-design benefit plans. 

Heather is a graduate of Notre Dame College and received a Masters of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University. She is a sought-after national speaker on healthcare issues. 

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Kevin Schwartz leads operations for Geneia. He is responsible for product implementation and support, financial planning, facilities, and operations. 

Kevin has more than 25 years of experience building, improving, and managing business operations at product and services companies. Most recently, he was Executive in Residence at Dace Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in media, consumer marketing, and mobile service innovations. He also served as the President and Chief Operating Officer for one of the firm’s portfolio companies. Earlier in his career, he led administration and finance for an information technology and professional services organization serving the healthcare market. 

Kevin is a magna cum laude graduate of Plymouth State University's Business Administration program. 

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Steve Bennett is Geneia's vice president of business development. He is a seasoned entrepreneur who brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare information technology, business growth, and market recognition in population health and physician transformation. 

Most recently, Steve served as vice president of business development for Parallon, a Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) company. In this role, he developed service lines and revenue streams in community EHR and analytics, interoperability, implementation, and outsourcing. Prior to Parallon, he founded Concordant, a market leading HIT services company. As CEO, Steve was responsible for strategy and growth of the organization, and led the company to national recognition. Concordant was purchased in 2011 by Arcadia Solutions, in a private transaction. 

Steve received a Bachelor of Arts in Information Systems and Quantitative Methods from Babson College. 

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Fred Rahmanian is Geneia’s Chief Analytics and Technology Officer. He brings more than 20 years of experience as a healthcare data scientist and software architect and a track record of building applications that integrate diverse data sources to solve the most sophisticated problems in healthcare. 

Most recently, he was principal data scientist at IBM Watson Health. He also held leadership roles at KPMG and Siemens Healthcare. Rahmanian has been awarded patents for his work to improve patient data; two are granted and three are pending. 

He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer and information science and a master’s degree in software engineering from the University of Maryland University College. He also has a graduate certificate in health informatics from Columbia University. He continues to be a guest lecturer in Columbia’s HIT certificate program, and has served on many governmental and industry expert panels, including the HIMSS Task Force on Healthcare Quality Measure Development. 

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Lori Logan, Geneia’s chief product and client officer, brings a driving passion to improve healthcare by increasing transparency and innovating consumer-oriented solutions with more than 20 years of experience turning visions into pragmatic solutions.

Most recently, Logan was senior vice president, product and innovation, at venture-backed, direct primary care organization, Paladina Health. Prior to joining Paladina Health, Logan led the provider business at TriZetto, a Cognizant company focused on revenue cycle management. She also held leadership positions at UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, McKesson and Choicelinx Corporation. Lori also serves the wider community with her participation in Impact 100. Sitting on their grant committee, she helps oversees the funding of transformational grants to nonprofits in the Metro Denver area. 

Lori holds a Master of Science in computer information systems, innovation and technology from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Regis University. In her free time, Lori enjoys spending time in nature, skiing or hiking with her family.

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