Executive Team

Jim leads operations across the entire VillageMD enterprise, including its three key business units, Village Medical, Summit Health and CityMD. He is an established healthcare executive with more than four decades of experience, most recently as COO and chief transformation officer of Centene, a Fortune 25 company that serves more than 27.5 million managed care lives. Prior, Jim was the president and COO of behavioral health leader Magellan Health, which Centene acquired in 2022. He also held significant leadership roles at Humana over a career spanning nearly three decades. 

Richard J. Rubino is CFO of VillageMD. He was most recently CFO of Cedar Gate Technologies, Inc, a value-based care enablement enterprise that provides analytics, capitation, population health and prospective bundles solutions for payers, providers and self-insured employers. He previously served as CFO of Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Medco Health Solutions, Inc. He was CFO of Medco when they merged with Express Scripts, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $30 billion. Rubino has consistently had oversight responsibility for all financial activities, including strategic planning, financial planning, accounting, external financial reporting, treasury and tax, procurement, internal audit, investor relations and business development. Rubino is an inactive Certified Public Accountant and received his B.S. in Accounting from Manhattan College.

As Chief Strategy Officer at VillageMD, Mark is leading the organization’s growth and strategy to transform the way healthcare is delivered in the U.S. Previously, Mark was Senior Vice President, Global M&A, for Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA), a global leader in retail and wholesale pharmacy operating primarily under the Walgreens, Boots and Alliance Healthcare brands. Mark led all corporate development activities for WBA and manages WBA’s significant portfolio of pharmacy and healthcare investments. Mark currently serves on the boards of Option Care Health, Shields Health Solutions, and iA, a pharmacy automation company. Mark previously worked for the Tribune Company and law firm Sidley Austin. He graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School.

Chris has spent nearly his entire career in healthcare. He spent more than 20 years at CareMount Medical Group (now part of Optum) in executive positions including Chief Operating Officer (COO). He helped CareMount navigate their acquisition by and integration into Optum. He’s also highly regarded in the industry, serving as a board member of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) for nine years including as Chair in 2019. Most recently, Chris was President & COO of Veritas Veterinary Partners for two years.

As Chief Marketing Officer, Ellen brings 25 years of experience leading results-driven business-to-business and direct-to-consumer marketing for healthcare and consumer brands. Prior to VillageMD, she was Chief Marketing & Experience Officer at Medecision, a provider of digital health management software and services. In that role, she led enterprise customer experience, brand activation, marketing and innovation programming, and alliances and helped lead that organization’s turnaround and re-emergence as a leading brand in the healthcare information technology sector. Before Medecision, Ellen was the founder and principal of a boutique marketing firm.

Jen Clair works closely with providers and clinical thought leaders to develop analytic solutions that support primary care practice growth, innovation, and outcomes delivery. She has over 15 years of experience in developing population health-focused analytic tools and previously led a large analytics function at Anthem responsible for the development of data-driven models to support provider payment, care management, risk adjustment, and consumer health. Outside of work, you can find Jen outdoors with her family.

Mike’s career has been devoted to designing, building, and applying data-driven technologies to solving some of healthcare’s biggest problems. By collaboratively working with physicians, hospital administrators, and health plans, Mike has implemented analytically-oriented solutions to better inform and help facilitate the patient-physician relationship. Mike currently leads VillageMD’s technology team where he’s focused on unlocking data from disparate sources to rapidly deliver action-ready insights across the care continuum. While away from work, Mike loves spending time with his wife and three children.

Steve O’Dell is Chief Commercial Officer of VillageMD and responsible for strategic partnerships and contracts with payors, along with the growth and development of new products and affiliate markets. 

From 2012-2023, Steve was President of Coordinated Regional Care at Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc., owners and operators of 16 hospitals and outpatient facilities in four states plus its 10,000 affiliated physicians; 21 individual practice associations (IPAs); and serving a population of nearly 700,000 patients in value-based and risk reimbursement contracts with health plans, CMS and other payors. 

Prior to joining Prospect, Steve held executive roles at Molina Healthcare. Steve was responsible for enterprise-wide strategic planning, business development, new market start-ups and healthcare reform readiness.  Steve has also held senior executive positions with Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare, FHP International and First Consulting Group.