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Meet our team

Eva is an entrepreneur with creativity and hustle. She is a Polish-American immigrant who grew up in Brooklyn and broke into the Ivy League at Harvard by running fast and studying hard. As a pre-med, she was passionate about healthcare but discouraged by the student debt her siblings were in. So, she worked for 4 years at Bridgewater, the world’s largest hedge fund as an investment analyst and a general manager, saved money, and became an entrepreneur named in the top 30 Under 30 in Healthcare on Forbes.

EVA SADEJ

Founder & CEO

Dr. Mohannad Kusti is a global physician executive and healthcare consultant with unique experience related to corporate healthcare benefits as a serial consultant Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer for 10+ Fortune 500 employers. Most recently, completed successful tenure as Corporate Medical Director at United States Steel Corporation. Prior to that role at U.S. Steel Headquarters, he had been a Plant Medical Director for U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works Plant location for several years.

Mohannad Kusti

Chief Medical Officer

Tom Nolan, a career hospitality and education executive with deep experience in multi-unit, multi-site leadership roles with a passion for delivering excellent revenue results, exceptional experiences and service to all stakeholders. Tom’s previous career stops were as the Chief Operating and Chief Global Officer for Shorelight Education, Senior Vice President of Operations at Interstate Hotels and Resorts, Chief Operating Officer at Meyer Jabara Hotels and Regional Vice President at Aramark. Tom also created the “10 Who Are 10” Foundation, which is a scholarship program for 10-year-old D.C. students. He formerly served as the American Cancer Society fundraising chairperson for the Capitol Barons’ Ball, the Society’s largest ACS fundraiser in Washington DC. Tom is an alumnus of Bentley University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in economics. Resides in Westport CT

Tom Nolan

Chief Commercial Officer

Ronen Yair, Esq.

Chief Compliance Officer & In-House Counsel

Bobby Kuzma

CTO

Albi is the former Nurse Manager at one of the largest integrated clinics in a well renown FQHC in New York State. She has a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Stony Brook University in Long Island and completed an Adult and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Degree at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. She has been dedicated to providing quality health care for the past 9 years.

Albi Sadej

Co-founder & VP Clinical Standards

Peter joined FlossBar/MedBar in 2021 as VP of Operations and brings 10 years of experience in the healthcare space. He founded a NYC based healthcare tech startup where he was responsible for building a platform that connected patients to doctors with transparent pricing. The company was acquired by a VC fund in 2017. Most recently, Peter ran MedStatix, a VC-backed patient experience platform with over 70,000 providers, and has worked with two other early stage startups on their initial growth plans.

Peter Reiss

VP Operations

Pete is an experienced technologist and executive with direct experience in Healthcare technology research and development, as well as extensive consulting and product development experience. He is passionate about the Medbar mission of expanding the reach of preventative care to drive down medical costs and procedures. Pete is an Ohio native and a passionate Cleveland sports fan who enjoys reading, biking, and agonizing over the Browns in his spare time.

Peter Drouhard

VP Product

Ricky Sandhar

VP Finance

Zane McCarthy

VP Hardware

Chris is known as a Renaissance Man to some of his friends as he does it all! Anything that piques his interest, he pursues, he has been a Head Chef, Flair Bartender, Dock Master, and a Valet Driver at one of the most high-end restaurants in Tampa. Chris graduated from the University of South Florida in 2010 with a degree in Marketing and is 2 classes away from earning his MBA. Since graduating Chris has worked in the Medical Industry and has a decade of experience in Sales, Medical Seminar Presentations, and Scheduling and worked for the largest spine care company in the nation. Chris had a fear of public speaking, so he created and became President of a chapter of Toast Masters that held close to 100 members, this is what ultimately lead him to stare fear in the face and become a Medical Seminar Speaking specializing in Stem Cells. In his free time Chris enjoys cooking and entertaining for his family and friends, traveling, working out, golfing, fishing, biking, reading, and spending time with his wife, Kelly, and his Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog, Bodie Skywalker Donovan.

Chris Donovan

Account Manager

Yadira is a Houston native for over 25 years that is passionate about healthcare. She loves spending time with her husband and their two fur-babies, Louie and Lucy. She is a sucker for a good true-crime book and has been a lifelong fan to all things Houston sports.

Yadira Alexander

Account Manager

Kristeen is an enthusiastic, hard working and dedicated team player who has spent the last 11 years working in an administrative role. A paralegal by degree, she spent almost 5 years at Swope Rodante, a law firm committed to representing plaintiffs against corporate giants, dedicated to winning life changing verdicts for very deserving clients. More recently she was an Executive Assistant to multiple c-suite level executives at Laser Spine Institute. She played a pivotal role at the company in many aspects; both in supporting those making decisions for the company, building relationships with clients and patients alike and also supporting the employees; by playing a very active role on the event team and engagement committee, where she went above and beyond to make work life fun, planning and executing events both large and small!Kristeen was born in Petoskey, Michigan but has lived in the small town of Zephyrhills, Florida since infancy. She and her husband enjoy small town living and raising four children in the same place she grew up. She is very active with the youth of her community and sits on the Board of Zephyrhills Little League.There are not too many people that Kristeen comes in contact with that she doesn't immediately form a friendship with. She is always smiling, loves to laugh and loves even more to make those around her smile and laugh. Her passion for helping those around her makes her excel in administrative roles!

Kristeen Polanco

Sales Operations Manager

Though currently living in Tampa, FL, Kelly Cameron will always consider the Northeast home and visits often to see family and friends. Kelly graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Criminology. For the past decade, she’s been working in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries in different capacities. Kelly is not only a great listener, she truly enjoys helping clients meet their goals. When not busy at work, you can find her spending time with her husband, Chris and their Louisana catahoula leopard dog, Bodie.

Kelly Cameron

Account Executive

Lisa has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for most of her life. She graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Marketing. Lisa has over 15 years of sales, business development, sales team training, and management experience. She is a team player and a proven leader. She prides herself with providing excellent customer service.

Lisa Fields

Account Executive

Ruth was born in La Ceiba, Honduras and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She joined the Army at the age of 21. After leaving the military she became a Medical Assistant and worked at the Institute for Family Health (IFH) for over 5 years in New York. Her duties at IFH gave her the opportunity to be of service to patients in a clinical setting as well as maintaining front desk operations. Ruth continued to seek higher education by becoming a Certified Surgical Technologist while continuing a full-time job at IFH. Coming from a tropical country she decided she had enough of the cold winters in NY and moved her family to the Florida, the Sunshine State. In Florida Ruth continued her work of serving others by working as an Advanced Medical Support Assistant for Orlando VA Medical Center. Ruth’s job at the Orlando VA gave her the opportunity to assist fellow veterans in ensuring that they are getting the care they need and deserved. Ruth has over 10 years of clinical support experience and is an expert in her field. During her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, especially her children Gavin and Gracelynn. They enjoy activities such as going to the movies, going to the park or enjoying a great meal at home.

Ruth Palacios

Operations Lead, Support 

Omar Abranzeh

Operations Lead, Government Accounts

Linda Irwin

Recruiting Lead

Michael Briggs

Principal Software Engineer

Gavin Forrest

Board Member & Advsior

A  major force in the marketing world for more than 30 years, Jennifer has developed innovative, award-winning and highly profitable programs for clients in virtually every marketing discipline. Her expertise spans consumer package goods, technology, ecommerce, financial services, and B-to-B strategy. She is credited with developing the popular tactic of promotional strategic alliances and has created methodologies that have become the standard for the industry.  

Jennifer currently consults several clients includingBonobos, Prudential Life Insurance, Citibank and Walmart, in various areas of marketing including developing digital marketing planning, annual strategic campaign planning, and organizational design and development on a departmental basis. 

Prior to this, Jennifer was with Customer Strategies Worldwide, Inc. (CSW), as COO. Jennifer participated in several consulting projects for product and business launches, including strategic positioning and preparation for IPOs.  Previously, she was Senior Vice President, Marketing and Advertising for Cablevision, where she created the first centralized internal marketing and advertising department (in-house agency) to service all brands, products and services including Madison Square Garden and Rainbow Media.

Ms. Deare originally founded and ran Deare Marketing, Inc, a $30MM (capitalized billing) agency that became known for its high level of service, strategic planning, and outstanding creative execution. She developed programs for Cointreau, Citibank, American Express, and other blue-chip clients. She sold the original agency in 1997 after 10 years at the forefront of marketing communications.  After the sale of Deare Marketing Inc. to N.W. Ayer, Jennifer helped merge the two direct marketing divisions of the newly formed company and set up the new organizational structure including redeployment of several teams to stimulate business growth.

Jennifer attended college in England and returned to the United States to graduate from Montclair State College and has published widely on the subject of marketing and advertising. She is an active speaker, appearing at trade shows and conferences, talking about the development of more effective marketing organizations and practices. 

Jennifer has also studies the science of happiness, TM Meditation and is a certified Yoga Instructor.

Jennifer Deare

Board Member & Advisor

"Gina (the RN) is amazing and really did a great job with some of our consumers. She is super friendly and it was working with her. This is our second year with Gina and I hope we get her again!"

- Education Services Client, Maine

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Gina (the RN) is amazing and really did a great job with some of our consumers. She is super friendly and it was working with her. This is our second year with Gina and I hope we get her again!"

- Education Services Client, Maine

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