Hamilton Baiden
President
Kevin James, RPh, MBA, CCHP
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Rich Jones, MA, MBA, LCAS, SAP
EVP & Executive Director, Heritage CARES
Paul Worsfold, MBA, CMR
SVP, Strategy & Business Development
Dan Riser, CPA
VP Finance
Craig York, MBA, MS
VP Information Technology
Alisha Stottsberry, RN
VP Corrections
Anthony von Reichert
Director of Human Resources
Tim Urlocker
Director of Partner Relations
Je Ewing
Director of Marketing
Brigette DaBiere, LCSW
Director, Specialty Programs
Vanessa Garcia, BA, CPhT
Program Manager, V.A. Programs
Dawn Snow, BA, CPhT
Program Manager, USMS Programs
Caroline McLean
Quality Program Manager
Hamilton Baiden
President
Official: President
Unofficial: Big Thinker
With almost three decades of experience in the healthcare industry, Hamilton brings both a vision and passion for creating innovative solutions to complex problems. As President of Heritage, his focus is providing transparent leadership and expanding upon Heritage’s vast portfolio of services and solutions. His strategic direction and initiatives will cement Heritage’s status as one of the industry’s top Integrated Health Care Managers. Prior to Heritage Health Solutions, Hamilton served as the Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Avella Specialty Pharmacy.
Hamilton is tasked with all aspects of growth at Heritage Health Solutions, which largely revolves around helping customers understand the breadth and innovative nature of all the services Heritage provides. He brings a sharp mind and an entrepreneurial spirit. In his words, “nothing will stand in our way when it comes to finding solutions for our customers and taking better care of our patients.”
He is committed to finding solutions—even when they don’t previously exist. There is no problem, large or small, that Hamilton and his team cannot evaluate and design a solution around. His goal is to provide a better health care experience to clients while reducing their total costs.
Kevin James, RPh, MBA, CCHP
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Official: Chief Pharmacy Officer
Unofficial: Problem Solver
Kevin has over 25 years of experience, across a broad range of industries, including retail and specialty pharmacy sales and operations, government programs, regulatory compliance, auditing, account management, managed care contracting, and claims adjudication. He easily enters into new environments and develops programs that positively change process flow and improve productivity.
Kevin plays a significant role at Heritage Health Solutions, designing, implementing, performing and completing activities to maintain and improve the quality, compliance, and cost effectiveness of the pharmacy programs for Heritage’s pharmacy business lines. He oversees day-to-day clinical service operations, provides support to the Clinical Staff, Account Management and the Customer Care Teams, monitors and measures the impact of business initiatives and provides suggestions and direction to ensure appropriate, efficient services are provided to customers.
Kevin and his team is a single resource for both pharmacy and medical services. They help to create customized, comprehensive solutions depending upon our customers’ unique, ever-evolving needs—providing solutions that reduce costs and improve overall care.
Rich Jones, MA, MBA, LCAS, SAP
EVP & Executive Director, Heritage CARES
Official: EVP & Executive Director, Heritage CARES
Unofficial: Secret Weapon
Rich is an experienced therapist, clinician, and healthcare entrepreneur with more than 20 years in the behavioral health space, including mental health, substance use disorders (SUD), co-occurring disorders, and intellectual disabilities. He has been the founding CEO of two non-profit organizations and two for-profit business dedicated to disrupting the behavioral-health space for the betterment of people in need.
Rich is well respected in the recovery world and a pioneer in the industry. That’s why he is tapped to lead Heritage CARES, a division of Heritage Health Solutions. Rich is passionate about providing quality care and supporting individuals that struggle with stress, substance use, and suicidal ideation. He has built his career on helping people who need the unique, flexible, evidence-based support that our platform delivers.
Traditional, one-size-fits-all methods of addiction recovery support the 10 percent of people with Substance Use Disorders who can admit they have a problem and reach out for help. Through his leadership of Heritage CARES, we have found a fresh new way to engage and help the other 90% in addition to their families – which is a game changer. Our innovative platform involves virtual support and certified peer coaches who engage and connect with individuals and make recovery attainable. Rich is helping people re-engage in the community and live a good life.
Paul Worsfold, MBA, CMR
SVP, Strategy & Business Development
Paul Worsfold
Official: SVP, Strategy & Business Development
Unofficial: The Diplomat
Industry background:
Paul has more than 34 years of combined leadership and management experience in the US Army and health care industry. Throughout his career, Paul has held key positions within pharmaceutical laboratory and specialty pharmacy companies. Responsibilities included sales in hospital, VA, DOD and state Medicaid facilities. His forte lies within the commercial, operational, and clinical sales aspects of building world-class health care businesses.
How he helps customers: Paul’s experience and dedication to flawless service will ensure that our clients receive world class care. His extensive knowledge of business strategies and focus on business innovations will further Heritage’s mission to positively impact the lives of our clients and the people they serve.
What makes Paul a game-changer?
Paul has the exceptional ability to network and build client relationships which result in sales. His energy, passion and drive for success will ensure that Heritage will remain at the forefront of health care innovation for many years to come.
Dan Riser, CPA
VP Finance
Official: Vice President of Finance
Unofficial: Money Maestro
Dan swings a big bat. He is responsible for all of Heritage Health Solutions’ financial planning and reporting, accounting, tax, auditing, treasury, insurance, and more. Dan previously honed his skills working at Ernst & Young, LLP.
His team partners with operating personnel to ensure Heritage Health Solutions financial systems and procedures are properly positioned to provide the best possible support for clients. This includes accurate invoicing and well-documented controls, along with ongoing audits. Although not required to do so as a private company, Heritage provides an annual SOC-1 report to its clients, demonstrating unwavering commitment to delivering quality service.
He is a strategic thinker with an unrelenting pursuit of excellence. He is always seeking the best for our clients. He speaks the language of business but communicates it in a way others can understand. “I love helping others and am excited to deliver unique solutions to Heritage’s clients,” he says.
Craig York, MBA, MS
VP Information Technology
Official: Vice President Information Technology
Unofficial: The Bridge
Craig has been an IT leader for more than 20 years—more than 18 of that specifically in health care. He is a Board-Certified Health Care Executive (the Fellow certification offered by the American College of Health Care Executives) and he is a Certified Health Care CIO (offered by the College of Health Care Information Management Executives).
From an IT perspective, Craig is building infrastructure that empowers and enables clients—helping them to understand their spend and patient outcomes, allowing them to make better decisions and improve care for their organizations. He is also responsible for the security and integrity of information. Heritage’s IT Team is different because they are forward thinking and actively engaged in the client conversation.
Craig is a business-first IT leader. Technology is a core strength, but Craig lives in the world of business challenges. He is focused on solving those challenges first and foremost. Craig is able to effectively bridge the often-wide communication gap between specialized technicians and visionary business leaders to connect opportunities through technical innovation.
Alisha Stottsberry, RN
VP Corrections
Name: Alisha Stottsberry
Official: VP, Corrections
Unofficial: Jack of all Trades
Industry background: Alisha has over 25 years of experience in Correctional Medical Services and Healthcare Operations. She has held nearly every position available in the corrections operational setting, including LVN, RN, Medical Program Manager, Health Services Administrator, Director of Operations, and Regional Vice President.
How she helps customers:
Throughout her career, Alisha has developed, led, or participated in numerous special projects for correctional health care, including implementation of Jail-Based Competency Training programs, flu shot clinics, optometry clinic interfaces, dental suite design, medical unit construction. Alisha’s dedication to world-class care and extensive knowledge of correctional medical services puts her in a position to provide an elite level of service to Heritage’s clients.
What makes Alisha a game-changer?
While working in the Emergency Room at a rural hospital, Alisha quickly learned how to wear many hats due the hospitals lack of resources and specialties. She is no stranger to hard work and enjoys a fast-paced work environment which blends perfectly with correctional healthcare. She lends her expertise to multiple areas of Heritage, including creating nationally compliant policy and procedures, contract negotiations, recruiting and talent acquisition, and many other facets of correctional medicine.
Anthony von Reichert
Director of Human Resources
Official: Director of Human Resources
Unofficial: Director of Happy Humans
Anthony has been in Human Resources for twenty years. He started in Telecom and then quickly gravitated to the health care sector—including a move to the US Embassy in South Africa to work with the Centers for Disease Control in Pretoria.
Anthony’s customers are the people at Heritage Health Solutions, a group he is dedicated to helping succeed. He strongly believes that his day-to-day work and actions benefit his team members’ personal lives by making sure they are well-taken care of. And that, in return, enables employees to take better care of clients.
Anthony strives each day to remember that his position is one of the human experience—that it takes compassion and understanding to reach people and let them know they matter and are part of something bigger at Heritage than “just a job.”
Tim Urlocker
Director of Partner Relations
Official: Director of Partner Relations
Unofficial: Relationship Builder
Tim has 20+ years of experience in executive sales and management. He’s what you might call a go-getter. Tim has worked with a number of companies in the past—from start ups to industry leaders. He forges strong bonds with the businesses he engages with and is always focused on their success and business health.
Tim started at Heritage Health Solutions in early 2019 and has made an immediate impact. He currently manages the Proposal Team, working with health care consultants in the public, commercial, and correctional sectors. His goal is to deliver comprehensive solutions that satisfy Heritage clients’ needs.
He is a champion for his customers. He gets to know the people he works with and he is focused on their ultimate success. He is a “foxhole partner”—someone you want next to you in battle. He has a passion for learning combined with a relentless pursuit to help others. One thing he strives to do is put himself in a client’s shoes, to better understand their needs. Then he brings them solutions that drive results.
Je Ewing
Director of Marketing
Official: Director of Marketing
Unofficial: The Advocate
Je has a history of helping B2B companies tell their unique stories using integrated digital and traditional marketing strategies that build and maintain a strong and consistent brand. As the Director of Marketing for Heritage Health Solutions, she develops communications strategies that drive online and offline engagement with the brand.
She gets the word out to existing customers and informs potential clients about the benefits of Heritage Health Solutions. There are so many great ways that Heritage can help clients, and Je’s job is to ensure that the Sales Team and Account Managers have all the tools they need.
She is the ultimate multi-tasker. She moves effortlessly between managing trade shows to websites to social postings. She is a passionate, tireless worker who always looks for new ways to connect with clients who can benefit from Heritage’s services.
Brigette DaBiere, LCSW
Director, Specialty Programs
Role at Heritage
Official: Director, Specialty Programs
Unofficial: Conversation Starter
Industry background:
Brigette has been in the correctional health profession for over 20 years. She began her career as a forensic mental health clinician with the Albany County Department of Mental Health in 2000. Throughout her career, Brigette trained various law enforcement professionals in suicide prevention and basic mental health services.
How she helps customers:
Brigette’s compassion and extensive knowledge of correctional health care ensure that our clients, and those in their care, receive a quality of care that bars none. Brigette understands the challenges our clients face. An expert in NCCHC standards, she is proactive about finding solutions while providing empathetic and well-informed care.
What makes Brigette a game-changer?
Brigette has a passion for helping and has used her expertise to implement mental health training modules and crisis intervention services. She knows what it takes to get the job done and is focused on overcoming whatever challenges may come her way. Her dedication to providing the best possible outcome inspires those around her to rise to the occasion of providing innovative solutions and unmatched, quality care.
Vanessa Garcia, BA, CPhT
Program Manager, V.A. Programs
Official: Program Manager, VA Program
Unofficial: The Solution Provider
Vanessa has worked in the public sector for many years and understands the dynamics in play at the Department of Veterans Affairs. She started her career as a Pharmacy Technician and has worked at Heritage Health Solutions in multiple roles since 2011. She has been the VA Program Manager since March 2019.
Her team is extremely dedicated and client focused. They have been commended on their responsiveness and ability to be there when it counts. Vanessa shows professionalism and is able to support her clients with a multitude of concerns and requests. This includes member services, invoice/billing inquiries, reporting needs, and more. Combined, her team has over 20 years of pharmacy and account management experience.
She has broad experience in pharmacy and medical services that enables her to identify a wide range of solutions depending on the client’s needs. Vanessa epitomizes a solutions-oriented attitude and is dedicated to giving her clients the best service possible.
Dawn Snow, BA, CPhT
Program Manager, USMS Programs
Official: Program Manager, USMS Programs
Unofficial: Miracle Worker
Dawn has the kind of expertise that only experience bestows. Her 20-year background as a pharmacy technician keeps her current on leading drugs and therapies which allows her to truly lead as Program Manager.
Dawn excels at customer service and problem solving. She is always willing to help others by doing the right thing. Dawn serves as primary point of contact and supports daily activities of the U.S. Marshals Service District Offices, Sub-District Offices, detention facilities, local retail and mail order pharmacies, and contract partners. She assists with and resolves National Managed Care Contract program concerns, communicating about changes to the Preferred Provider Network, the claims payment program, and the pharmacy program.
She does whatever it takes and then some. She is truly an advocate for her customers, working tirelessly to find the solutions they need, even if that means uncovering new avenues and paths to pharmacy and medical claims. She manages relationships and solves problems on a daily basis.
Caroline McLean
Quality Program Manager
Official: Quality Program Manager
Unofficial: The Process Guru
Caroline has an impressive career in Quality Management. At various times over the past two decades she has been a case manager, family and individual counselor, and clinician for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, to name a few. Each of these work experiences was held to a strict quality component.
Caroline leads the Quality Management Program for Heritage Health Solutions. This involved program allows Heritage to meet or exceed contract requirements, customer needs, and overall expectations, with participation from every level of the organization. She manages the quality of contract performance and employs strong risk management processes from point of discovery through resolution.
Caroline is a passionate and meticulous team member. She is also multi-faceted and flexible in her abilities and areas of expertise. Caroline upholds an aggressive work ethic, yet effectively maintains relationships while respecting diversity of thought and equity.