Grant Verstandig joined Brighton Park as a Senior Advisor in September of 2019. Grant was named the Chief Digital Officer of UnitedHealth Group (Fortune 5) in March 2017. In this role he is responsible for the strategic direction, governance and performance expectations of UnitedHealth Group’s digital platforms and capabilities.
Before assuming this role, Grant was the founder and CEO of Rally Health, Inc., a consumer-centric digital health company that develops online and mobile tools that empower people to take control of their health and well-being and manage their health care needs. UnitedHealth Group acquired a majority stake in the business in 2014 and in 2017, Rally became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Optum, a part of UnitedHealth Group.
Grant has served as an advisor to several organizations in the health, defense, foreign policy and intelligence space, and has served as a senior advisor to the National Security Agency since 2014. He is the co-founder and chairman of Epirus, a venture-backed defense company focused on creating advanced aerospace, kinetic, and non-kinetic weapons systems for the special operations community. Grant also is on the National Council for the American Enterprise Institute and is a founding member of the Greater Washington Partnership where he is currently a director.
Before assuming this role, Grant was the founder and CEO of Rally Health, Inc., a consumer-centric digital health company that develops online and mobile tools that empower people to take control of their health and well-being and manage their health care needs. UnitedHealth Group acquired a majority stake in the business in 2014 and in 2017, Rally became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Optum, a part of UnitedHealth Group.
Grant has served as an advisor to several organizations in the health, defense, foreign policy and intelligence space, and has served as a senior advisor to the National Security Agency since 2014. He is the co-founder and chairman of Epirus, a venture-backed defense company focused on creating advanced aerospace, kinetic, and non-kinetic weapons systems for the special operations community. Grant also is on the National Council for the American Enterprise Institute and is a founding member of the Greater Washington Partnership where he is currently a director.