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  Allen Jackson

  Chief Executive Officer

  Healthcare executive · Business development

  Allen leads Balance for Life. His background is in healthcare and business development, and he sets the direction for the company: behavioral health support that people can reach any hour, at a price they can keep paying.

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  Jason Daniewicz

  Benefits & Wellness Consultant

  Employee benefits · Formerly Marsh McLennan Agency

  Jason spent more than two decades in insurance, employee benefits and financial services, starting at Allmerica Financial in 2002 and then at Marsh McLennan Agency. He saw how benefit design decides whether people actually get behavioral health support. At Balance for Life he works on access: fewer barriers, support models that employers can sustain.

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  Gina Stenwall

  Chief Executive Administrator

  Operations · Client relations

  Gina runs the day-to-day: communications inside and outside the company, coordination with clients and prospects, and the administrative, financial and operational work that keeps everything moving. She reports on client satisfaction and is the person who steps in when something goes wrong for a client.

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  James Fata

  Provider Relations Advisor

  Bachelor of Social Work, Florida Atlantic University · QPR trained, certified event interventionist

  James has worked across the behavioral healthcare system for close to a decade: case management, admissions, utilization review, billing, outreach, business development and marketing, as well as grant writing, managing-entity contracting, fundraising and advocacy. He is currently pursuing an Executive Master’s in Healthcare Administration.

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  Mike Ankrum

  Executive Director, Broker Development

  Broker and employer relations · Benefits distribution

  Mike leads broker development at Balance for Life, building the partnerships that bring the membership to more organizations. He connects employers and benefits brokers with behavioral health support their people will actually use.

Advisors

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  Dr. Ken Resnicow

  Scientific Advisor

  PhD, Health Psychology · Professor, University of Minnesota

  Ken has spent his career designing behavior change programs and is one of the leading researchers in Motivational Interviewing.Read moreShow less

  He is a professor at the University of Minnesota and formerly at the University of Michigan, has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, has led dozens of NIH-funded studies, and founded Academic Assistance, a consulting firm focused on research methodology and behavioral interventions.

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  Dr. Janis DiMonaco

  Behavioral Health Advisor

  PhD, Springfield College · Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker · Founder, HMC HealthWorks

  Janis founded HMC HealthWorks and led it as President and CEO. S. Army, now used across all military services. She is the founder and managing partner of Care Clinic+.Read moreShow less

  , public sector, self-insured employer and labor-management plans, and she developed the Military Family Life Consultant program for the U.S. Army, now used across all military services. She is the founder and managing partner of Care Clinic+.

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  Chad W. Wable, MBA, FACHE

  Healthcare Executive Advisor

  MBA and MS, West Virginia University · Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives · Former health system CEO

  Chad has led community and academic hospitals and national and regional health systems for 25 years. He is the Regional Practice Leader for Healthcare and Social Services at IMA Connecticut and the founder and president of AspireResults, a healthcare consulting firm. His work has covered margin improvement, quality and service, mergers and integrations, financial turnarounds and physician partnerships.