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Our team
For us, it’s personal.
As a gay man and an Indian immigrant who grew up on Medicaid, I know the importance and challenges of finding clinicians that truly understand who we are. Cultural competence impacts every aspect of a patient’s health care journey, from how much they trust their clinicians, to the questions they ask, to their actual health outcomes. Every part is improved when clinicians deliver care centered around their patient’s identities.
— Gaurang Choksi, Violet Founder and CEO
Meet the team building health equity.
As a team of queer, BIPOC, and Disabled folks, all of us have identities that are important to our health care journeys. Prior to creating Violet, our founding team spent years building digital health companies like Oscar, Iora, and Tempest.
Nadia Stefanidis
Sales Development Manager
She, Her, Hers
Gaurang Choksi
CEO and Founder
He, Him, His
Tyler Cross
Education Manager
He, Him, His
Karen D'Ambrosi
Product Marketing Manager
She, Her, Hers
Scott Zaloom
Head of Operations
He, Him, His
Matthew Hawes
Customer Success Manager
He, Him, His
Mika Hyden
Associate Product Manager
She, Her, Hers
Charlie Jackman
Creative Director
He, Him, His
Laura Kajpust
Staff Software Engineer
She, Her, Hers
Mariah Katz
Content Marketing Manager
She, Her, Hers
Eliot Kristan
Head of Engineering
He, Him, His
Kay Nikiforova
Head of Clinical
They, Them, Theirs
Ren Peir
Head of Sales and Marketing
She, Her, Hers
Jamie Ponto
Senior Product Manager
They, Them, Theirs
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