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Strive Health Expands Executive Team
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Strive Health Expands Executive Team

2025-04-17 19:02 Last Updated At:19:31

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 17, 2025--

Strive Health, the national leader in value-based kidney care, announced today that it has expanded its executive team.

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Paul Marchetti has been named Strive’s new President, overseeing all operations, customer success and growth. Jen Browne has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer, overseeing day-to-day operations and execution of business strategies.

"The Strive team is excited to welcome these exceptional leaders to our executive team,” said Chris Riopelle, Co-Founder & CEO of Strive. “Their expertise, vision and passion for value-based kidney care will drive us forward as we continue to redefine our industry and create lasting impact."

Before joining Strive, Marchetti served as President of CarelonRx at Elevance Health, where he led the pharmacy division and grew the business by 180% over three years. Earlier in his career, Marchetti held senior executive roles at New Century Health, Aetna and UnitedHealth Group where he drove revenue growth, managed national provider and value-based networks and scaled clinical operations and strategic M&A efforts.

“Having personally experienced progressive kidney disease within my family, I've seen firsthand the fragmentation, lack of coordination, gaps in care and stress put on patients and their families,” Marchetti said. “With 37 million Americans struggling with kidney disease, I’m thrilled to join the talented team at Strive and its mission to utilize a unique combination of technology-enabled interventions and seamless integration with providers to drive high-quality, affordable outcomes for patients.”

Prior to her promotion to COO, Browne was Strive’s President of Market Operations. Her extensive background includes expertise in quality and risk adjustment, disease management operations and medical expense management. Early in her career, Browne held positions at DaVita Medical Group, Advisory Board and Novant Health. She also served as the Senior Vice President of Population Health for Optum where she managed a portfolio of over 1.2 million patients.

“I’m passionate about a value-based healthcare system that prioritizes prevention, keeps patients healthy and delivers meaningful outcomes — especially for those living with chronic disease,” Browne said. “I’m delighted to have the opportunity to lead Strive’s operations as we reimagine kidney care through innovative, patient-centered models that meet people where they are and deliver meaningful, personalized support.”

ABOUT STRIVE HEALTH

Strive Health is the nation’s leader in value-based kidney care and partner of choice for innovative healthcare payors and providers. Using a unique combination of technology-enabled care interventions and seamless integration with local providers, Strive forms an integrated care delivery system that supports the entire patient journey from chronic kidney disease (CKD) to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). To help patients, Strive partners with commercial and Medicare Advantage payors, Medicare, health systems and physicians through flexible value-based payment arrangements, including risk-based programs. Strive serves over 121,000 people with CKD and ESKD across 50 states and partners with over 6,500 providers. Strive’s case management and population health programs are accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and its technology platform, CareMultiplier™, is certified by HITRUST. To learn more, visit StriveHealth.com.

Paul Marchetti

Paul Marchetti

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

Follow the AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)

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