Jeff Bennett is the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer of Modivcare and former CEO of Higi, a consumer health engagement company that meets people where they are to make healthcare more accessible. With a strong passion and a personal connection to the power of preventative healthcare and smart management of chronic diseases, Jeff Bennett led the company through its 2023 acquisition by Modivcare (Nasdaq: MODV), where he will lead the integration of how to leverage Higi to accelerate the One Modivcare strategy. Bennett has been involved with the Higi business from the beginning, serving on the Board of Managers from inception. In 2013, Jeff Bennett joined as CEO to scale Higi’s pharmacy retail and community network, making it easier for all people to understand their personal health risks and receive the care and support needed to address them.
His focus as CEO is to drive health equity and scale access to care where consumers are, meeting them in the community through Higi’s unmatched network of nearly 6,000 Smart Health Stations, on-the-go with complementary digital and mobile tools, and at-home, pairing clinician-led care with home health devices, delivering personalized care through Higi’s 50-state clinical network. This work enables healthcare stakeholders to use Higi as a new access point to better reach, connect with and activate targeted populations; collect health determinant data to stratify and prioritize; motivate consumers to take specific actions at a point of care or within the expanding care ecosystem activated by Higi connectivity. As the healthcare system continues to move toward a consumer-centric model that demands that care organizations meet consumers where they already are, Higi is uniquely positioned to enable retailers to be at the front door of healthcare and provide a more convenient and affordable way for consumers to connect into their healthcare and own their health data. To date, more than 68 million people have used a Higi station to conduct over 400 million biometric tests.
Prior to joining Higi, Bennett served as the Managing Director of Merrick Ventures, where he led and managed the day-to-day operations of the firm and played a strategic advisor role for portfolio companies, including the turnaround of Merge Healthcare prior to the $1 billion acquisition by IBM. He also served as strategic advisor and then CFO to Wrapports – a hybrid consumer and print media holding company. Prior to Merrick, he served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Investments at Ygomi, a technology-focused holding company led by founder of Navteq. Prior to Ygomi, Mr. Bennett held executive positions at BridgePort Networks and PrairieComm, both venture-backed organizations in the mobile/telecommunications industry which were sold to public companies.
Bennett received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and has a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg Business School at Northwestern. He resides in the Chicago suburbs with his wife and three young sons who are all die-hard Green Bay Packer fans. When he’s not chasing around his kids, Bennett loves to run and has completed 40 marathons, including 5 Boston marathons.
