Help us build a more Purposeful world

Kumanu's purpose is to create bigger lives, stronger organizations, and healthier communities by helping people find and live their purpose each day.

We are behavior designers, data scientists, technologists, and psychologists. We are researchers, communicators, innovators, and client-partners. At Kumanu, we fuse the latest advances in science, technology, and experience design to create positive, lasting change for the individuals and organizations we serve.

Purpose is the heart of our company, and our solution.

Our founder Vic Strecher’s journey.

Kumanu's Leadership Team

Meet our leadership team, a group of seasoned professionals with over 100 years of combined experience in the wellness industry. Their purposeful leadership and dedication drive our mission to create healthier, more fulfilling lives for our community.

Vic Strecher, PhD, MPH

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Vic Strecher (PhD, MPH) is a leader and visionary in the fields of purpose and wellbeing, creating new solutions that operate at the intersection of the science of behavior change and advanced technology. In 1998, Vic created Health Media pioneering Web-based “digital health coaching.” Since January 2014, Vic has given keynote presentations about the role of purpose in life to over 1,500 organizations. Kumanu was launched as a major paradigm shift in how individuals engage in the pursuit of purpose, meaning and wellbeing while offering organizations a more insightful means to support positive culture and behavior change.

Lisa Schutte, PhD

Chief Technology Officer

Lisa has a PhD in engineering from Stanford University and extensive experience in the software industry. At Ideomed, she built and led the product development team and served as the company’s initial privacy and security officer for HIPAA compliance. Lisa held product management and product development leadership roles at MSC Software, Mechanical Dynamics, and Engineering Animation and earlier in her career she was a Senior Scientist at Transom Technologies.

Robert Carr, MD, MPH, FACPM

Chief Medical Officer

Robert Carr was most recently Senior Vice President & Corporate Medical Director at GlaxoSmithKline and on the faculty at Georgetown University. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Miami School of Medicine and his Masters of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency from the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health. Bob also served as the President of the American College of Preventive Medicine.

John Ternes

Chief Financial Officer

John has extensive financial and accounting background leading startup companies like HealthMedia (acquired by Johnson & Johnson) and LLamasoft (acquired by TPG) through multiple funding rounds, significant increase in valuation, and successful navigation of sell-side and buy-side acquisitions. John holds a B.B.A. from the University of Michigan and is a certified public accountant (CPA).

Breana Mercer

Chief Operating Officer

Breana brings extensive experience in developing and delivering health and wellbeing solutions for employers and health plans. Prior to joining Kumanu, Breana held marketing, product management, and operational leadership roles at Stella, RedBrick Health, HealthPartners, and UnitedHealth Group. Breana has a B.A. in Math and Economics from the University of North Dakota.

Kumanu's Expert Advisors

Meet our expert advisors, a group of leading scientists in wellbeing and behavior change, along with experienced consultants who have spent their careers helping employers and health plans support the health and wellbeing of their people.

Eric Zimmerman, MPH, MBA, Senior Advisor, Kumanu, former Chief Marketing Officer, RedBrick Health
Emily Falk, PhD, Professor of Communication, Psychology, and Marketing, University of Pennsylvania
Tony Burrow, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Purpose and Identity Processes Laboratory, Cornell University
Elissa Epel, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
Ken Resnicow, PhD, Professor of Public Health and Chief Scientific Lead at the Center for Health Communications Research, University of Michigan
Robert E. Quinn, Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan

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