Melinda Thiel — Senior Vice President of Strategy Integration at The Health First Group

Ms. Melinda Thiel has been Senior Vice President of Strategy Integration at Healthfirst, Inc. since 2014. Ms. Thiel served as Senior Vice President of Business Transformation at Healthfirst, Inc. since 2014. Ms. Thiel is responsible for the successful development and execution of a set of critical initiatives designed to ensure Healthfirst continue to grow and thrive in the New York market. This includes large, cross-functional people, process, and technology initiatives. She joined Healthfirst in 2012 as the Vice President of Pharmacy. Before joining Healthfirst, she served as the Vice President of Sales and Business Delivery for Personalized Medicine at Express Scripts (ESI). She joined Express Scripts in 1998 and started working with the Personalized Medicine and Molecular Diagnostic programs in 2009, ultimately taking over responsibility for the operations, sales and product management for the Medco Personalized Medicine product portfolio, including the DNA Direct by Medco products and services. Prior to joining ESI, Ms. Thiel worked with various non-profit organizations to design, develop and implement Community Health Education programs. She worked at the American Lung Association and the New Jersey Thoracic Society as well as Hackensack University Medical Center. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Community Health Education and a Masters in Health Care Management.