
Adam Boehler

Adam Boehler
Adam has nearly 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship and innovation in the private sector and in the U.S. Government. As the child of a primary care physician and a speech pathologist, Adam’s parents instilled in him the importance of caring, family, and community, and he saw how magic the time is between providers and their patients and the change that this can make in someone’s life.
Adam founded three healthcare companies including Landmark Health, a company delivering around-the-clock medical care to chronically ill patients. From there, Adam took on major roles in the U.S. Government, including Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), where he worked on value-based care for the United States. Adam was also a founding member of Operation Warp Speed, unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the first CEO of the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and a negotiator in the historic Abraham Accords.
After his government tenure, Adam started Rubicon because he wanted to build healthcare companies to transform how care is delivered in America, as he saw the power of bringing the private and public sector together to solve our nation’s greatest healthcare challenges.
Adam lives in Nashville with his wife, Shira, and their four children.

Austin Smith

Austin Smith
Austin is one of Rubicon’s founding team members and is passionate about the firm’s mission to transform the way people receive care. Raised in a healthcare family, Austin’s interests in building companies from the ground up and advancing community wellbeing converged in the Rubicon vision laid out by founder, Adam Boehler.
Austin enjoys the challenges associated with being a COO and was previously in that role at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. He formerly represented the U.S. before the UN Economic and Social Affairs Council and served as the head of policy at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
A proud South Carolina native, Austin also served as Cabinet Director to Governor Nikki Haley and in other senior legal and operational roles in government.

Ayla Loeb

Ayla Loeb
Prior to Rubicon, Ayla worked in strategic planning at a large healthcare company with hospital leadership teams across the country to help them better understand and assist their rural communities. It was during this time she found a passion for healthcare and ensuring that everyone had access to quality healthcare. Ayla joined Rubicon because she knew it was an opportunity that would allow her to have an impact on healthcare.
Ayla graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Finance and Accounting. She also attends night classes at the Nashville School of Law. Ayla hopes to use her legal degree/knowledge upon graduation and her finance background as a tool to make healthcare accessible for all communities.

CarrieAnn Lewis

CarrieAnn Lewis
CarrieAnn’s passion for patient advocacy began as a campus coordinator for Lung Cancer awareness. As the first person in Idaho to proclaim November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month, she has a history of leading national and local efforts to improve the patient care journey through early identification and treatment of lung cancer.
As she stepped into her professional career in healthcare, CarrieAnn focused her efforts on driving patient experience improvements and advocating for physician wellbeing in multi-specialty practice management. In 2022, she left corporate healthcare to pursue mission work in Serbia and served at a women’s rehab center where she was exposed to alternative approaches to care. After returning to the U.S., she joined Rubicon to continue to drive improvements in patient care through empathy, understanding, and innovative care models that center patient outcomes.
CarrieAnn moved to Nashville in 2016 and quickly fell in love with the city. She spends weekends outdoors with friends and loved ones and maintains a love of travel.

Chris Heatherly

Chris Heatherly
Chris grew up with a mother who worked as a medical transcriptionist and a medical coder. Her enthusiasm for healthcare is why Chris started working at Envision Healthcare after becoming a licensed CPA where he worked with providers, billing teams, and business operations. That made him see the full scope of what goes into a healthcare company and added a meaning to his career. Chris came to Rubicon because he believes that the work is driven by a purpose to improve many areas of the healthcare industry, including patient care. Chris’ work at Rubicon is more than just dealing with accounting and numbers—it adds purpose to his career, just like the healthcare industry did for his mother.
Chris is from a small town in Alabama and has a twin brother and two older sisters. He’s a lifelong Alabama football fan and when not working, he loves outdoor activities including hiking, kayaking, and relaxing in a hammock.

Clem Bernstein

Clem Bernstein
Clem has a background in executive and administrative support, office management, and security consultation for businesses. Prior to joining Rubicon in 2022, Clem moved from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2020 to work in operations for the Tennessee territory of Colonial Life.
Clem enjoys being able to be part of and supporting the great companies that the Rubicon team builds, and he loves the live music scene in Nashville.

Coady Rapp

Coady Rapp
Coady has over 15 years of progressive HR experience in diverse industries and has guided companies through the development and deployment of progressive people strategies that attract, engage, develop, and retain high-caliber talent. She is focused on analyzing business needs to create transformative, business-aligned people solutions, while ensuring a high-performance environment and culture that fosters engagement and resilience.
Coady loves working at companies that are the disruptors in their industries; she was drawn to Rubicon’s transformational approach to creating value and improving each company we create and partner with. She particularly enjoys the entrepreneurial spirit that drives each employee and the company overall.
Prior to joining Rubicon, Coady was the Executive HR leader over Creative Artist’s Agency’s (CAA) Music and Sports - Talent divisions and a member of the Global HR Leadership Team. She previously held the position of Vice President, Global Human Resources at InnerWorkings, a marketing execution firm based in Chicago.

Cory Reno

Cory Reno
Like so many at Rubicon, personal loss motivated Cory to want to make a difference in how healthcare is delivered in America. Cory and his wife, Sarah, lost their first son at birth due to a genetic disorder (Trisomy 18), which made him hyper aware of how parents and high-risk babies are treated in our healthcare system. Cory’s wife also works in healthcare, and his sister is a speech language pathologist. These combined experiences motivated Cory to join Rubicon as he saw the need for change toward value-based care, and knew Rubicon had the expertise to drive this change.
Cory has over eight years of experience working in the New York City offices of global law firms, specializing in corporate M&A across various industries, with a focus in healthcare. He and Sarah now live in Nashville with their two boys, Henry and Samuel.

Don Baham

Don Baham
Don is a business-focused Chief Information Security Officer and Security Technologist with 20+ years of experience in enterprise technology, and 15 of those years in information security. He is highly skilled in the planning and development of information cybersecurity strategy and best practices in support of business objectives. At Rubicon, Don is responsible for Information Security and IT Risk & Compliance, prioritizing investments that strengthen defenses, achieve compliance, increase cybersecurity maturity, and reduce risk.
Don has earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Governors University and several industry certifications including Digital Directors Network Qualified Technology Expert and EC-Council Certified Chief Information Security Officer. Don is based in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife Kimberly, their three daughters, and two dogs. Outside of work he can be found cheering his daughters on at dance competitions and has competed himself a time or two.

Donny Nichols

Donny Nichols
Donny has 15 years of experience in information security. Prior to Rubicon, Donny worked at large enterprises such as QuidelOrtho, Landmark Health, and Intuit. At Rubicon, Donny builds robust security operations and manages information technology risk. Donny plays a key role in leading security initiatives, conducting third-party assessments, and addressing technical challenges. Known for his strong collaboration and communication, he ensures that the security program aligns with the company’s goals.
Donny resides in Oceanside, California with his wife, Dina, and their three children, Austin, Madison, and Wyatt.

Elise Morrissey

Elise Morrissey
Elise is a born and bred Tennessean who found a love for accounting early in her career when she was in college during the 2008 financial crisis, and a love for numbers was formed. Elise has held many high-profile roles in accounting, including helping a private equity fund through an IPO process. However, like so many at Rubicon, Elise was seeking more purpose in her work and was looking for a company that was making a difference in people’s lives, and that’s when she decided to work at Rubicon.
In addition to being Rubicon’s controller, Elise loves living in Nashville, exploring the city’s food and music scene, and finding new hiking trails in the surrounding hills.

Jay Wolfe

Jay Wolfe
Jay was busy working for the Governor of South Carolina when his mother received a diagnosis every family member dreads, grade 4 brain cancer, that would eventually take her life. His Mother’s amazing care team and caregiver allowed her to spend nearly all her time at home and provided access to clinical research drugs that extended her life by precious months. Inspired by the care provided to his mother, Jay is passionate about Rubicon’s mission of providing more care to people in their homes and expanding treatment options, and when he received the call about moving to Nashville, Jay knew he had to join the Rubicon team.
Prior to Rubicon, Jay worked in the Office of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and later for Governor Henry McMaster, focusing on executive budget development and public policy. Jay graduated from Duke University School of Law and clerked for Judge Jay Richardson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. His wife, Leigh, and their children, Hollings and William, reside with him in Nashville.

Katherine Justice

Katherine Justice
Katherine, originally from Alabama, has called Nashville home since 2015. Leveraging her extensive experience in event administration and planning in the hospitality industry, she has spent the past three years helping startups grow and succeed.

Kelly Ruggiero

Kelly Ruggiero
Kelly joined Rubicon in 2023 with over a decade of experience in the investment industry. Prior to Rubicon, Kelly was Head of Business Development and Investor Relations at a lower middle market private equity firm, and prior to that Vice President at a global private markets placement agent. Kelly started her career on the investment team at Blackstone Strategic Partners, a global leader in illiquid fund investing including secondaries, co-investments and primary advisory. Kelly is passionate about the firm’s mission to build new healthcare companies that make a meaningful impact on people’s lives.
Kelly resides outside of New York City with her husband, Carl, and their two children.

Lauren Avarista

Lauren Avarista
Lauren hails from Rhode Island and has spent the past eight years loving Nashville. With a background in hospitality and a passion for professional organization, Lauren is excited to work alongside the Rubicon team to support our leaders in building meaningful companies. In her spare time, she enjoys playing music, being active, and traveling.

Michael Perry

Michael Perry
Michael was born into a family of doctors and bankers and has always had a passion for healthcare and numbers. He joined the Rubicon team in early 2023 because he saw an opportunity to have a larger impact on people’s lives through value-based healthcare, and Rubicon presented Michael the opportunity to combine both his background in accounting with his family’s heritage in medicine.
Michael was born and raised in Syracuse, New York and enjoys playing basketball in his free time. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware and prior to joining Rubicon, Michael spent seven years working within the Private Equity and Credit industries for Ernst & Young and Fortress Investment Group. Michael’s wife, Rhiannon, is also a healthcare entrepreneur.

Olivia Nicholson

Olivia Nicholson
Olivia brings her expertise in office operations and administrative support to help streamline the day-to-day functions at Rubicon. With a background as a personal/family assistant and experience in front desk management, she was excited to step into a new role where she could facilitate the needs of the team and contribute to a smooth and efficient office environment. Olivia’s biggest goal in life has always been to help people, which is why she is very excited to be a part of a team that is making huge strides in the healthcare industry.
Originally from New York, Olivia moved to Nashville in 2016 to attend Belmont University, where she developed a deep connection to the city. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her Wheaten Terrier, Otis, making music with friends, and discovering new food spots in Nashville.

Rachael Creek

Rachael Creek
Rachael joined Rubicon in 2021 to invest her talents in a mission to impact lives in meaningful ways and achieved her Investment Adviser Certificated Compliance Professional (IACCP®) designation in 2023.
Prior to Rubicon, Rachael managed the Quality Assurance program and ISO certification for a design and manufacturing company of flight simulation training devices for fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. Rachael began her career as a Teaching & Research Assistant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she also competed as a Heptathlete on a Big Ten Championship Track & Field Team.
Born in New Orleans and raised in the Chicago area, she and her husband now reside in Nashville with their two children.

Roslyn Chavarria

Roslyn Chavarria
Roslyn was born in New Orleans, raised in the south suburbs of Chicago, and settled in Nashville in 2018 to open the 1st PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans franchise in the area. Roslyn is a people-person, and most of her professional career has been in hospitality and administration. She joined Rubicon in 2021 to support the team in building and growing innovative companies.
Roslyn loves spending time with her family—her husband, JC, and their two daughters, Ari and Amelia—and she loves cooking for her loved ones.

Todd Nice

Todd Nice
Todd has three decades of private equity experience across real estate and other industries prior to Rubicon. He joined Rubicon to focus on health-related businesses, a sector he has been interested in since university. Prior to Rubicon, Todd was the CFO and CCO of Periphas Capital, founded by an ex-Goldman Sachs partner and focused on investments in business services. He began his career in real estate with Goldman Sachs, with stops at Fortress and TPG, where he was the Finance Director for the flagship TPG Capital buyout group.
Todd grew up near Dallas, Texas and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas. He lives near New York city with his wife, Nicola, and their two children.