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Empowering People to Get Better and Stay Better

At AbleTo, we’re solving the biggest problems in behavioral health: ensuring access to care and upholding impeccable quality.

AbleTo, Inc.

Our founder’s story

Born out of necessity

"I was 37 when I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. I was staggered, but also grateful. Finally, I could put a name to the "demon" that had been haunting me all these years.

I was able to benefit from medication, but I knew that it wasn’t enough. I had learned that behavioral change therapy could help me to overcome some of the challenges, but finding a quality solution proved difficult.

The experience led me to ask a simple question: how can we make it easy for anyone in need of effective, cost-efficient treatment to find and use it regardless of location?

AbleTo was founded to answer that question, and in doing so make people happier, healthier, and more productive."

“Everyone at AbleTo—from our therapists to our outreach specialists and senior team—share a common purpose: to make reliable, quality behavior change therapy available to the right people at just the right time.”

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Michael B. Laskoff,
AbleTo Founder

A Look Back at Our Milestones as a Provider of Therapy and Coaching

2008

  • AbleTo founded

2010

  • Signed first major insurance company
  • First major employer partner

2012

  • Received first round of funding

2014

  • Call center opened
  • Published first research study

2016

  • Received URAC quality accreditation
  • Signed Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Hired 100th full-time employee

2018

  • Expanded to Medicare
  • URAC telehealth accreditation
  • HITRUST certified

2019

  • Acquired Joyable
  • Launched first Managed Medicaid Program
  • Opened Florida Operations

2020

  • Launched Therapy+

2021

  • Joyable renamed AbleTo Digital+
  • Launched AbleTo Connect
  • Launched AbleTo single patient app

Our Mission: Empower People to Get Better and Stay Better

Driven by a collaborative spirit and shared mission, our team develops and delivers industry-differentiated products and services that provide personal support and inspire life-changing results.

Our leadership

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Trip Hofer
President & CEO

Trip is an accomplished leader with deep experience developing high-growth healthcare companies. Trip previously served as President of Accordant Health, a CVS/specialty company, and held senior leadership roles at OptumHealth and Health Dialog. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Yale University’s School of Management.

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Steve Bewley
Chief Operating Officer

Steve is an experienced operating executive with more than 20 years of managing operations delivery, operations transformation, corporate strategy, and more in rapid growth companies. Most recently, Steve served as SVP, Claims & Support Operations at Beacon Health Options.   

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Reena Pande
Chief Medical Officer

Reena leads AbleTo’s data analytics and outcomes research and is a passionate voice for mental health parity. She is a cardiologist and trained at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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Pete Shalek
Chief Product Officer

Pete leads AbleTo's product strategy and development. Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO of Joyable, a leading digital behavioral health company. Before Joyable, Pete invested in and advised health tech companies. Pete graduated from Columbia with a bachelors in Mathematics and earned his MBA from Stanford.

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Gautam Guliani
Chief Technology Officer

Gautam is responsible for Technology at AbleTo, including Product and Platform Engineering, Architecture, Technical Operations and Security. With experience in building, operating and growing world-class systems and teams, Gautam is passionate about scaling SaaS platforms and thriving teams around them. Previously, he held leadership positions at leading consumer, education, and advertising companies including 2U, AppNexus, Kaplan Test Prep, NBC and TheStreet.com.

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Frank Hunt
Chief Financial Officer

Frank brings a passionate and experienced leadership focus to the financial and accounting team. Combining financial discipline with an operational focus, Frank leads teams through rapid growth stages. Before joining AbleTo, he was CFO of Connotate, Inc. and CAO of both Reval.com and Centennial Communications.

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Yael Berman
Chief Growth Officer

Yael is a solution-oriented leader dedicated to improving mental health at scale. Before becoming Chief Growth Officer, she held leadership roles in Operations and as Chief of Staff. Prior to AbleTo, Yael worked in turnaround management and consulting at Alvarez and Marsal. Yael holds a BA from Duke University and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

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Stephanie Carroll
Chief People Officer

Stephanie Carroll, MBA leads People and Culture for AbleTo, applying her expertise in culture and change management to guide the successful expansion of our rapidly growing organization. Prior to her role at AbleTo, Stephanie held HR leadership positions at CVS Health across many of their business units from Specialty Pharmacy to KidneyCare. She is energized by the opportunity to support an organization's most valuable assets, their people.

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Allison Montick
SVP, Clinical Network and Operations

Allison is an experienced clinician leader focused on scaling AbleTo's professional staff and services to support the rapid growth and diversifying needs of our patients. Prior to AbleTo, Allison held leadership positions at Beacon Health and Magellan Health. Allison holds her Master's in Social Work from Columbia University and a BA in Psychology from Montclair State University.

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Michelle Barbeau
SVP, Marketing and Communications

Michelle leads AbleTo’s marketing and communications strategy, with a focus on designing personalized experiences that drive loyalty and high ROI. Michelle has decades of marketing experience, including leadership and general management roles with UnitedHealthcare and General Mills. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Gustavus Adolphus College and an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

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Alex Tovitz
General Counsel

Alex leads the Legal Department for AbleTo. Alex is an attorney that places a high premium on practical and compliant solutions to legal issues. Prior to his role at AbleTo, Alex held various legal and compliance leadership roles at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.

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Sonya Henderson
Chief Compliance Officer

Sonya is a dynamic leader, dedicated to advancing organizational success through building a strong foundation of compliance and integrity. She leverages her experience in corporate compliance, internal audit, government programs and operations to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and policies. Prior to joining AbleTo, she led teams at various health plans, including Healthfirst NY and Horizon BCBSNJ.

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Katherine Bock
VP, Legal & Chief Privacy Officer

With over 20 years of experience, Katherine fosters innovation at AbleTo in providing sound and strategic legal advice and counsel on complex commercial transactions, corporate matters, operations issues, regulatory compliance and privacy. An accomplished litigator, Katherine brings a unique perspective to her role based on her years of wide-ranging client-driven service. Prior to AbleTo, Katherine helped build the legal department at Doctor On Demand pioneering telehealth's evolving legal landscape, and held legal and privacy roles within a number of Fortune 500 companies including Coventry Health Care, Inc. and Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. after transitioning in-house from private practice. Katherine is a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law and holds a Master's Degree in Broadcast Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

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Jason Couto
SVP, Consumer Engagement and Acquisition

Jason leads AbleTo’s Consumer Engagement and Acquisition operations. Jason has over 20 years experience in leading healthcare contact center operations, with a focus on scaling operations, process improvement, and building leadership teams. Prior to joining AbleTo, Jason served as VP of Member Engagement at Change Healthcare.

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Martin Anderson
SVP, Engineering

Martin leads AbleTo's product and platform engineering teams. He brings together engineers that thrive in the space where technology meets impact. Prior to his role at AbleTo, Martin was VP of Engineering at Joyable, a digital behavioral health company, and Samasource, a social enterprise that connects people living in poverty to digital work with a living wage.

Our Clinical Advisors

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Carmela Alcantara, Ph.D.
Clinical Advisor

Dr. Carmela Alcantara, Ph.D, is an Associate Professor at Columbia University School of Social Work, Director of the Sleep, Mind, and Health Research Program at Columbia University and a licensed clinical psychologist with postdoctoral training in public health and behavioral medicine. Her research examines the ecological relationship between sleep, self-regulation, and health behaviors in Latina/o adults. Dr. Alcantara also provides expert consultation in the transcreation of CBT for the Latina.

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Patrick J. Raue, PhD
Clinical Advisor

Patrick J. Raue, PhD is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. He received his PhD in Clinical Psychology from SUNY Stony Brook in 1995. Dr. Raue conducts NIMH-supported research on training non-specialists in behavioral interventions; patient preferences and shared decision-making approaches for depression; and the effectiveness of psychotherapy for older adults. Dr. Raue is Associate Director for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions at the AIMS Center, and Director of the National Network of PST Clinicians, Trainers & Researchers. In these roles, he develops and leads implementation and training programs in a variety of behavioral health interventions. Dr. Raue’s clinical expertise includes the identification and management of mental health conditions in community and medical settings, including primary care and home health care

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Robert DeRubeis, Ph.D
Clinical Advisor

Dr. Robert DeRubeis is Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at University of Pennsylvania. He has authored or co-authored over 150 articles and book chapters on topics that center on the treatment of depression. He has received career awards for his research contributions from the Society for Psychotherapy Research and the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. DeRubeis also provides expert consultation in treatment selection for depression.

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Tomer Levin, M.D.
Clinical Advisor

Dr. Tomer Levin, M.D. is a double board certified psychiatrist in Adult Psychiatry and Consultation Liaison Psychiatry and Associate Professor at the Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Levin is an expert in psycho-pharmacology and a researcher in the field of doctor-patient communication. He was previously the Director of Collaborative and Integrative Care at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Levin provides expert consultation on clinical practice guidelines and psychopharmacology decision support for complex populations.

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Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D
Clinical Advisor

Dr. Kathleen M. Pike, Ph.D. is Director of the Columbia University WHO Collaborating Centre in Global Mental Health and Deputy Director of the Health and Aging Policy Fellowship Program at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is also Supervising Psychologist in the Eating Disorders Program at NYSPI. Dr. Pike offers valuable experience and expertise on evidence-based protocols and therapist training, adoption and competence in evidence-based care delivery.

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Harold Pincus, M.D.
Clinical Advisor

Dr. Harold Pincus, M.D. is Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and Co-Director of Columbia's Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Dr. Pincus is an international expert on quality measurement and the integration of behavioral health and primary care.

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Emily Black, PharmD
Clinical Advisor

Emily is a clinical pharmacist specializing in medication management of chronic disease states. She is dual board certified in pharmacotherapy and ambulatory clinical pharmacy. She completed her residency training at Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System with focus on primary care and chronic disease management. She has since worked for the Martinsburg VA Medical Center, Geisinger Health System, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She has clinical pharmacy practice experience in acute care, ambulatory care, and transitions of care, as well as administrative experience in developing and managing clinical pharmacy practice models.

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