Kate Grohall possesses over twenty years of broad healthcare experience: provider, payer and patient. Much of that time has been spent in reproductive health and safety. Health “care” in the US is a complex, expensive and fragmented industry that consistently produces poor results. Ms. Grohall has dedicated her career to distilling this chaos into a straightforward, accessible and transparent process that supports each stakeholder – Mom, baby and provider. Additionally, Kate holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Master of Science degree in Organizational Leadership and Quality Theory.

Ms. Grohall began her journey to build MySwaddle as a young girl navigating life in a rural Wisconsin farm community in a family with limited resources. Concern for women’s reproductive health education, much less reproductive safety, was simply not prioritized. Despite domestic abuse, traumatic pregnancy, single parenting, joblessness and pregnancy Kate found the grit to persevere. MySwaddle was built upon these life experiences and her determination to create a system with better outcomes. Birth, adoption, stepparenting and fostering not only informed the process of building MySwaddle, but compelled Kate to find a way to channel those experiences into a tool to help others navigate pregnancy and birth in the healthcare setting and beyond.

“I’ve always been a problem solver and driven to help others. I do not accept subpar outcomes that can easily be improved.” MySwaddle is an illustration of empathy and compassion for the human experience of pregnancy and parenting. Founder, Kate Grohall, has applied her life experiences, extensive knowledge and resources as well as aspirations for a better health care delivery system to expose the shameful and isolating maternal health crisis in the United States.

MySwaddle embodies the power of connection. Connection to ourselves, to our bodies, to resources and to future generations!

Kia Hussain is a seasoned healthcare executive with over twenty years of experience in managed care, network development, and strategic growth.

As Vice President of Business Development at MySwaddle, Kia leads efforts to expand the platform’s presence in the maternal and infant health space, forging strategic partnerships with payers and providers to improve health outcomes. She asserts maternity healthcare is the most important and the most neglected episode of care in the United States.

Kia believes relationship-building through advocacy and education is now more important than ever, and it’s more possible as well. Kia has a passion for helping people (especially moms and babies) get the care they need to live healthy and happy lives.

Raised in Hawaii, and now living in New York for the past 20 years, Kia understands and appreciates the different cultural nuances necessary for providing appropriate care, and the different social determinants of health preventing many from getting healthcare.

As Vice President of Business Development for MySwaddle, Kia is responsible for oversight, development and implementation of Value-Based HealthCare strategies, services and products.

Prior to MySwaddle, Kia served as Director of Business Development for SKYGEN USA. Additionally, Kia held leadership positions with Liberty Dental and Delta Dental.

Craig Kasten has more than 30 years of healthcare experience in both Medicaid and Commercial benefits. He is Managing Partner/Co-founder of SKYGEN and continues to lead the innovation and creation of next-generation technology-enabled solutions that power the business of healthcare through the digital age. Through his visionary leadership, SKYGEN leads the market with transformational technology and service offerings that reinvent healthcare benefits.

Mr. Kasten is an accomplished leader whose career in the managed healthcare industry spans 30 years. He is the founder and co-founder of several organizations which have evolved to become part of SKYGEN’s suite of world-class solutions. He also co-founded Doral Dental USA and grew the company to a market-dominant position before its sale to DentaQuest Ventures.

Mr. Kasten continues to provide vision, strategic direction and creative support for functional design innovations to the Enterprise System, SKYGEN’s proprietary software platform. Prior to launching his entrepreneurial career, Mr. Kasten served concurrently as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of CareNetwork, Inc., a publicly traded regional health plan later acquired by Humana.

Mr. Kasten holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Marquette University and a MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has been licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Wisconsin. Mr. Kasten was honored as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2003. In 2005, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus by the Marquette University School of Business Administration.

David has more than 30 years of healthcare experience in both Medicaid and Commercial benefits. President and co-founder, David Dingley oversees all aspects of Holista, LLC. Holista, an affiliate of SKYGEN, offers comprehensive solutions in the Value-Based and Therapy Benefits Management areas of managed care.

Mr. Dingley works with the team responsible for value-based administration and strategic consulting, as well as commercial and government therapy management programs. Mr. Dingley has led Holista’s expansion into new markets and service lines, and launched several successful new products in the benefit management industry.

Prior to joining SKYGEN, Mr. Dingley spent six years as Executive Director of Prudential Healthcare’s managed care plans in Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Dingley earned a MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Business, and is a graduate of Wabash College.