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# MATTER adds leaders to Board of Directors

[ Admin ](https://blog.matter.health/author/admin)  November 7, 2017

## New Board Members Include Entrepreneurs, Senior Health System and Insurance Executives

Chicago (November 7, 2017) – Four senior executives have joined the MATTER board of directors. The new MATTER board members are:

• **Joel Farran**, senior vice president and chief brand officer, Health Care Service Corporation (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas)  
 • **Kevin Schoeplein**, chief executive officer (retired), OSF HealthCare   
 • **Glen Tullman**, chief executive officer, Livongo   
 • **Eric Whitaker**, chairman, TWG Partners

“We believe complex healthcare challenges aren’t solved in silos, so it’s important that our board of directors includes strong leaders from across the healthcare industry,” said Jeff Aronin, chairman and chief executive officer of Paragon Biosciences and co-chair of the MATTER board of directors. “We are thrilled to add these four new powerhouses to our already exceptional group of healthcare leaders.”

MATTER was founded in 2015 to accelerate healthcare innovation. The organization now incubates 200 healthcare technology startups and partners with 11 hospitals and health systems, five universities, and more than 40 industry-leading companies.

“MATTER has grown rapidly since we opened our doors in 2015,” said Tim Walbert, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Horizon Pharma and co-chair of the MATTER board of directors. “The new members of our board will help us advance further and faster, to bring more world-changing healthcare solutions to market.”

[View the full list of board members](https://blog.matter.health/about/#board-of-directors).

**About MATTER**   
 MATTER is a community of entrepreneurs, innovators, and industry leaders working together to harness technology to improve health and healthcare. By equipping, empowering, and emboldening healthcare innovators, MATTER accelerates the development of technologies that solve the right healthcare problems in the right ways. For more information, visit www.matter.health.

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