About | Mindstrong

Technology in service of powerful, personalized care

We believe everyone deserves quality mental health care and we’re building the perfect platform to deliver it, with instant connection to the right provider at the right time. Our measurement-based approach leverages science and technology to arrive at well-informed decisions for each member that prioritizes their personal needs and goals. For us, members always come first and their success is the ultimate measure of our own.

Our values

Members first

We embrace the challenge of providing the best care experience possible for our members. Members are our guiding light in decision making and in prioritizing the work we do to serve them.

Create the space

We create the space for each of us to be our authentic selves and treat everyone with respect, embracing our differences as our strengths as we work to help members move forward.

Curious optimism

We come with the best intentions and seek to understand. Our resilience strengthens us, our optimism carries us forward, and our curiosity helps us find the most innovative solutions to our challenges.

Lead with integrity

We do what we say we'll do. We're accountable to one another, which allows us to trust each other and work with members more effectively. We're open and transparent while being honest, fair, and constructive.

Move forward

We see opportunity in every challenge — opportunity to learn, to innovate, and to create change. We're intentional about our actions and focus on impact to move things forward.

Leadership

Michelle Wagner

Chief Executive Officer

Michelle combines her passion for human potential with a deep knowledge of technology and its impact. She’s dedicated to moving organizations forward with a laser focus on integrity, loyalty, and empathy. As a seasoned operator, Michelle is focused on the integration of novel technologies with mental health care delivery.

Crecenra Flim Boyd, PhD

Clinical Lead

Crecenra is a board certified Licensed Professional Counselor with a doctorate in psychology. She helps those experiencing challenges in their lives by offering tailored approaches to therapy. Crecenra is a Certified Anxiety Treatment and Clinical Trauma Professional focused on effectively helping clients integrate anxiety and trauma treatments into their daily lives.

Audrey Klein, PhD

Senior Director, Clinical Service Design and Operations

Audrey is a doctoral-level psychologist who has worked in the behavioral health treatment industry for 15 years. Before Mindstrong, she led the Butler Center for Research at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, where she designed, implemented and evaluated new treatment programs for individuals with substance use and mental health disorders. More recently, she helped develop and evaluate smartphone-based treatments for addiction as Senior Clinical Director, SUD/OUD at Pear Therapeutics. She currently leads the Clinical Operations and Design team at Mindstrong.

Holly DuBois, MD

Chief Clinical Officer

Dr. Holly DuBois is a Board-certified Psychiatrist and an early innovator of telehealth. Dr. DuBois built and developed programs in intensive outpatient services, consult and liaison psychiatry, and 24/7 crisis telemedicine throughout Texas. She joined Mindstrong in 2020, following her passion and commitment for innovation and quality in mental health care.

Ceili Cascarano

VP of Growth

Ceili (Kay-lee) is a strategist and business builder with experience in digital health, CPG, telehealth, and healthcare. She's driven growth as both a commercial leader and in corporate venture capital, identifying new verticals, products, technologies, and business models. Ceili loves connecting great people and great ideas.

Rusty Taylor

Chief Financial Officer

Rusty is an accomplished financial and operational leader with experience at a variety of healthcare companies. Prior to Mindstrong, he served as the CFO at AVIA Health, Constellation Behavioral Health and Smart Choice MRI, Group CFO at Surgical Care Affiliates, and Head of Client Success and Finance at Zynx Health.

Priya Premkumar

SVP of Product

Priya is a problem solver who has invented, led and transformed products across Manufacturing, Data Platforms, eCommerce, Customer Support, Supply Chain & currently Mental Health. She’s built and grown teams at a range of startups and experienced leading at the other end of the spectrum, at Google, where she led Shopping’s customer service.

A.J. Ruiz

Head of People

A.J. is a purpose-driven HR leader with proven successes in leading transformational change, devising and implementing multi-function HR strategies in highly-matrixed healthcare environments. She’s a trusted thought partner and catalyst for change — energized by new challenges and adventures, while embracing diverse cultures, employee inclusion, and business transparency.

Miguel Alvarado

Chief Technology Officer

Miguel is a product builder that has thrived at startups, and startup-like teams at large technology companies; serving enterprise and consumer markets across entertainment, media, healthcare and business productivity spaces. Miguel deeply believes that data + software + machine learning + clinicians can help get people to “mentally healthy” faster.

Areas of Expertise:
- Building software products, SaaS, mobile, web
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data Science

Tiffany Freeman

Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Tiffany is an Advanced Practice Nurse and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice student. The entirety of her advanced nursing career has focused on targeting the most vulnerable populations who have the least access to quality care. Tiffany is a dedicated psychiatric leader who thrives on building connection with and opportunities for patients.

Investors

Board of Directors

Michelle Wagner Chief Executive Officer

Mindstrong Health

Jim Tananbaum, MD CEO & Founder

Foresite Capital

Hemant Taneja, MEng Managing Partner

General Catalyst

Larry C. Renfro Managing Partner

Optum Ventures

Martha R. Temple

Independent Board Member

The strength to improve mental health for all.