We Are WellRight

Neepa Patel

Neepa Patel is the Chief Executive Officer at WellRight and joined the team in 2021. With over 25 years of experience in health care strategy and business development, Neepa has previously held executive positions at the BCBS Association, AIM Specialty Management, Evolent Health and IPG during periods of high growth and rapid change. With a strong understanding of both the challenges and opportunities facing the wellness industry, Neepa is uniquely skilled to lead WellRight's next phase of growth.  

Neepa earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Duke University and a Master of Health Services Administration from University of Michigan. When not focused on client and partner success, Neepa can be found traveling, exploring Chicago with her husband and two children, and enjoying time with family and friends.

Favorite WellRight Challenge: Walk Meet

Don Fitzgibbons

Don Fitzgibbons is the Chief Sales Officer at WellRight and joined the team in 2017. Don brings extensive experience in building and managing high growth teams in technology and healthcare. He finds the ability to help build healthier and happier workforces while reducing the cost of healthcare a win/win. He oversees our national sales force and lead generation teams, while opening new partnership opportunities to drive rapid growth.

His experience includes Interactive Health and Forsythe Technology. While on the road delivering the WellRight message during the week, he and his wife can be found on the golf course over the weekend.

Favorite WellRight Challenge: Brain Teaser

Philippe Lunardelli

Philippe Lunardelli joined the WellRight team in 2018 as our Chief Financial Officer. Prior to WellRight, he spent more than three years leading finance at employee performance management and recognition company HighGround. Philippe has 20 years of experience in finance, from large enterprise to tech startups, with a focus on B2B SaaS. He earned his master’s in finance from ISC Paris and his MBA from the University of Georgia.

Outside of work, Philippe loves cycling, Korean martial arts and scuba diving. You can find Philippe volunteering on the boards of the Lycée Français de Chicago and of Active Transportation Alliance.

Favorite WellRight Challenge: Bike to Work

Shailesh Ganatra

Shailesh Ganatra joined WellRight in 2019 as our Chief Technology Officer. He brings extensive experience in building innovative digital products, scaling platforms and teams, and leading through successful exits and post-acquisition integrations. Previously, at HighGround he led technology strategy and platform integration after the company's sale. At Charles Schwab, as Managing Director of Product & Technology, he led the development of the SaaS platform and integration with Schwab Trading Platform.

Shailesh has an MBA from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Gujarat University, India. He enjoys playing board games with family, reading, and hiking.

Favorite WellRight Challenge: Game Night

David Mitchell, MD, PhD

David Mitchell, MD, PhD, is the Chief Medical Officer at Wellright and joined the team in 2020. David brings decades of experience in the clinical practice of hospital and internal medicine, as well as years of experience in medical education. He reviews, edits, and creates wellness content aimed at making complex medical issues digestible for all.

Dr. Mitchell completed his medical training at the University of Illinois, Pennsylvania State University, and Mayo Clinic--Rochester, and has worked in academic and private settings as a hospitalist and medical educator in several states. He currently works as a hospitalist in southwest Virginia. He provides clinical bedside teaching for medical students and teaches online medical school courses. 

In his free time, he is an avid Appalachian homesteader occupied with dairy goats, chickens, beehives, orchards, and gardens.

Favorite WellRight Challenge: Move It

Melissa Mangan

Melissa Mangan joined the WellRight team in 2013 as our VP of Product Management. With experience in product development and management, project management, and quality assurance testing and a background in technology software, Melissa brings with her over 17 years of experience directing all facets of technical product development and management and a passion to develop easy-to-use products. Prior to WellRight, Melissa was at Hostway, a managed cloud infrastructure and application hosting solutions provider, for over ten years.

You can find Melissa creating requirement documents, running sprint planning meetings, fielding questions from development, or working closely with her Quality Assurance team during the week. On weekends, you will find her spending time with her husband and two kids. 

Favorite WellRight Challenge: Brain Teaser

Jackie McFadden, CWWPM

Jackie McFadden joined the WellRight team in 2012 as our VP of Customer Success. Jackie has over 15 years experience with software services, overseeing implementation and customer support, and 10 years specific to enterprise level customers. She is also certified in Worksite Wellness Program Management and has her MBA from Texas A&M. Prior to WellRight, Jackie worked primarily within the pharmaceutical space.

Nothing motivates Jackie more than making her clients happy, whether that’s service, operations, support, or having fun. On weekends, you will find her with her husband, both co-captains of Team McFadden, trying to keep up with their four rambunctious kids (it rarely works!).

Favorite WellRight Challenge: Eat Clean

Kathleen Sewall

Kathleen Sewall joined the WellRight team in 2019 as the Director of Demand Generation and Digital Marketing and is now the Senior Director of Marketing, overseeing the department. 

Prior to WellRight, Kathleen spent the last 12 years of her career as the assistant director of the Chicago office at Allied Global Marketing and national account manager for the agency's biggest client, Warner Bros. Her experience includes implementation of cross-platform promotional campaigns, large-scale events, social media, advertising, and public relations. 

Kathleen earned a BS in Marketing from DePaul University and enjoys strategizing with her team on the latest marketing campaigns during the week. On the weekends you can find her biking along Chicago's lakefront path, taking her pup for a long walk, or cooking a new recipe. 

Favorite WellRight Challenge: Top Chef