Kristi Ellis is a seasoned healthcare executive with a deep commitment to transforming lives and expanding access to high-quality behavioral healthcare. With more than 16 years of experience across the healthcare landscape-including nine years dedicated specifically to behavioral health-Kristi brings a rare combination of strategic insight, operational discipline, and compassionate leadership to her role as Senior Vice President of Growth. Kristi holds an MBA and has built her career around driving sustainable, mission-aligned growth in complex healthcare environments. She is known for leading with integrity, transparency, and accountability while scaling organizations thoughtfully, developing high-performing, values-driven teams, and designing growth strategies that place people-patients, providers, and communities-at the center. Her leadership approach blends data-driven decision-making with a deep understanding of the human impact of care, ensuring that expansion efforts meaningfully improve access, outcomes, and patient experience. Throughout her career, Kristi has led initiatives that strengthen organizational infrastructure, optimize growth channels, and support clinicians in delivering compassionate, effective care. She is particularly passionate about advancing whole-person mental health services and building organizations that prioritize dignity, accessibility, and long-term well being. Beyond her professional work, Kristi is deeply committed to service and community impact. She leads a nonprofit prison ministry focused on restoration, personal development, and successful reintegration, helping individuals build skills, discover purpose, and create sustainable paths forward. This work reflects her belief in healing, resilience, and the power of opportunity to change lives. In her personal time, Kristi enjoys spending time with her family, traveling internationally, staying active, and seeking new adventures. She is also actively involved in her church and philanthropic efforts, continuing her lifelong commitment to serving others and building people-first organizations both inside and outside the workplace.
