Cindy Jordan
Founder / Chief Executive
Officer

I am proud, honored, and quite frankly humbled that this team has found a solution to solve the deep pain of loneliness and social isolation. One day I can see Pyx Health helping many more who are lonely and socially isolated to be happier, healthier, and more connected humans.

Cindy Jordan is a brilliant and boundless leader. Her eclectic professional experience has aligned her work life with her deep care for the well-being of others, culminating in the launch of Pyx Health in 2018, the first loneliness solution solely focused on helping the most vulnerable.

Cindy’s story is unique. After five years as a police officer in the Washington DC area, she shifted her career to politics as a political fundraiser. While working in that arena, Cindy saw that when she passionately believed in and supported causes that make a difference, change can – and does – take place.

After moving west, Cindy worked as a lead strategist at a marketing agency where her primary account was Arizona’s largest physician practice and hospital group. Her work for this group provided the opportunity for innovative strategic program development. It was during this time a new business venture – Medical Referral Source (MRS), a referral technology tool for physicians – was conceived and launched.

MRS was acquired by The Advisory Board Company in 2013 and Cindy was hired as Managing Director. While there, she continued to grow MRS, now known as Crimson Medical Referrals. Her charge was selling to large hospital groups, which she did very successfully.

After witnessing a family member’s mental health crisis, Cindy co-founded Pyx Health with Anne Jordan in 2018. As the CEO, Cindy continues to fuel innovation and growth. Finding a near perfect balance of technology and compassionate human intervention, she leads the company on its mission to effectively address the health crisis of loneliness and social isolation.

Cindy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Government from George Mason University. In her spare time, she is trying not to run for Mayor.

Anne Jordan
Founder / Chief Customer
Officer

My daughter showed me how devastating loneliness and social isolation can be. Helping support others who feel this way and who need ways to change their day-to-day lives is what truly matters. It’s time to see loneliness as a serious condition.

Anne Jordan brings the perfect combination of heart and fire to Pyx Health. As Chief Customer Officer, her in-depth knowledge of the world of health care as a business, along with her fearless commitment to problem solving, is evidenced daily by her passion to create momentum and to elevate the conversation on healing.

Anne is a master communicator, proven by her exceptional track record of success in health care technology start-ups, big pharma, and the nonprofit world. She understands the day-to-day challenges of payors, providers, and their organizational realities.

She spent 25 years in sales working at conglomerate organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Schering/Plough, and Berwick Insurance, experience that was invaluable to the success of the start-up Medical Referral Source and the nonprofit Save the Cord Foundation.

Before co-founding Pyx Health, she served as a senior director at The Advisory Board Company.

Anne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Romance languages from The University of Arizona.

One day, Anne will be the founder of an animal rescue operation. There will be goats.

Christina Rice
President

I took a big leap out of the corporate world to make a more direct impact in health care and was instantly connected to the mission of Pyx Health. I knew that by getting our solution into the hands of the people who needed it, we could make a big difference in their lives.

Christina Rice is organizational strategy excellence, personified. Her responsibilities with Pyx Health cover nearly every part of the company as she manages myriad operations daily in the fast-paced environment required to spearhead change.

Christina came to Pyx Health with solid experience in diverse organizations within the health care sector. She has specific experience in academic medicine, community hospitals, Medicaid managed care, and Federal Marketplace insurance. Christina understands regulatory compliance initiatives including identification and analysis of structure and process.

Christina ran operations for Cenpatico Behavioral Health, and prior to that worked in health care consulting and academic medicine. Today, she leverages these skills to guide, manage and influence successful operations, while empowering teams to ensure continuous improvement, revenue, and profit.

Christina holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Eller College at The University of Arizona.

She serves on the Amphi Foundation Board of Directors.

Ashwin Patel, MD PhD
Chief Medical Officer

“When my family and I experienced chronic diseases and even joyous occasions like the birth of our kids, we found incredible value in learning from others who had lived through those same experiences. The insights and support from these “peers” were incredibly valuable –– even beyond what I gathered through my years of professional experience in our health care system.” 

Ashwin brings a wealth of medical and business expertise to the Pyx Health team. He received an MD from Weill-Cornell Medical College and a PhD in health economics from the Wharton Business School. As he worked to integrate these disparate fields, he collaborated extensively with Cornell and Penn faculty to better understand healthcare quality, the factors driving patient choice of health plan, and the financial impact of integrating technology into our healthcare system.   

During his training, Ashwin was introduced to the positive impact of peer-to-peer mentoring on chronic disease clinical outcomes validated through multiple randomized clinical trials; at the same time, he realized the tremendous gap between such strong evidence-based insights and their actual implementation in the real world.  

Given the large cost burden associated with diabetes and similar chronic conditions, he was inspired to dedicate himself to finding a way to segue these findings into a solution that would alleviate costs and improve patient outcomes. Together with Brijesh Patel in 2012, Ashwin co-founded InquisitHealth to help health plans and health systems utilize peer-to-peer mentoring to engage and help individuals struggling with chronic conditions and underlying social determinants of health. 

Ashwin served as the primary investigator for multiple NIH-funded research programs to develop and deploy these evidence-based peer-delivered interventions for diabetes, pre-diabetes, HIV, pediatric asthma, and hypertension. InquisitHealth’s programs have since been deployed with public hospital systems like NYC Health + Hospitals and health insurers like MetroPlus, Healthfirst, and Cigna. This work has been recognized by both the American Diabetes Association and the CDC, as well as published in peer-reviewed journals. Researchers and clinicians at Duke University and the University of South Carolina have been utilizing InquisitHealth’s technology platform to power their NIH-funded R01 randomized clinical trials to rigorously evaluate new peer interventions for youth health and cancer.  

Ashwin received his B.A. in Economics and Biology from Cornell University. He earned a Ph.D. in Health Care Economics from the Wharton School and holds an M.D. from Weill-Cornell Medical College. 

Over the past decade, Ashwin has served on the board of the American Diabetes Association in New York and as a peer reviewer for the NIH and multiple medical journals. 

Annie Harrington
Chief Legal Officer

Pyx Health’s tagline sums up my motivation for showing up every day – “Because no one gets better alone.” It is the mission that attracted me to Pyx Health, and it is the visionary leadership, the measurable impacts in the market, and the unwavering commitment to compliance that will keep me here! My goal is to help ensure Pyx Health operates with the highest regard for the data and information we are entrusted to safeguard so that we can continue powering human connection with a little help from our technology tools.

Annie Harrington oversees the legal department for Pyx Health, providing support across the organization on regulatory compliance and data privacy, contracts, corporate governance, and risk management issues.

Annie was formerly a principal with international law firm Squire Patton Boggs, where her regulatory and public policy practice focused on evolving data privacy, access, and interoperability laws (including HIPAA, 42 C.F.R. Part 2, federal interoperability mandates and state data privacy laws). She comes to Pyx Health from her most recent post as Chief Legal Officer of Contexture, a health data utility that operates the largest health information exchange in the Western U.S. and is responsible for synthesizing and moving health information for millions of patients. Annie oversaw the legal, compliance and government affairs functions and was actively involved in advocating for health IT and health-related public policy solutions at the state and federal level.

Annie received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs before going on to complete her education with a Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law.

Annie devotes considerable energy in board service to organizations she is passionate about, but above all else, she relishes time with her husband, two boys and rambunctious pups in the beautiful Colorado outdoors, where she and her family can be found skiing, hiking or sailing depending on the season! 

Brett Ehrhardt
Chief Financial Officer

What drew me to Pyx was its mission: To address the loneliness epidemic but also to improve overall social health. What seems to be missing in our current healthcare system is a focus on keeping patients healthy physically, mentally AND socially. That mentality drives my day-to-day in managing finances. Responsible allocation of our financial capital will allow us to continue to improve our services provided to our members. 

Before joining Pyx Health Brett served at a PE backed, multistate ophthalmology practice for six years, three as Chief Financial Officer. An accountant by trade, Brett spent the first several years of his career in public accounting amassing a broad knowledge of business in a variety of sectors that he’s applied to building and scaling finance functions with a singular focus on each company he serves. 

Working for one of the largest non-profit rural hospice providers in the nation piqued his interest in the healthcare sector nearly a decade ago. In addition to being able to flex his finance skills in everchanging, challenging environments, Brett finds healthcare to have a profound impact on how everyone experiences their individual worlds, which is immensely satisfying, personally and professionally.  

Brett attended the University of North Dakota, earning a Bachelor of Accountancy. He’s a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant and holds an MBA from the University of Florida Hough Graduate School of Business. 

Born and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota, Brett currently lives in Denver with his wife Jenna and Finn, their mini dachshund. Colorado is the ideal place to enjoy their favorite activities – camping, hiking, skiing, golfing – but travel also tops their list: Brett says the coolest places they’ve been are Iceland, Ireland, England and Switzerland – not necessarily in that order.