Built to help families learn to Bend.
We created Bend Health to empower kids, teens, and families with the skills to build lifelong resilience.
Because all kids deserve it.
Bend Health, Inc. is a national healthcare provider headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin and delivering care to families nationally. Our innovative model increases access, improves quality, and reduces the cost of mental health care for families.
Meet our founding family.
Bend Health was created by husband/wife team Kurt and Monika Roots. Both have deep experience in healthcare—Kurt in data science and Monika in practice as a child and adolescent psychiatrist.
Perhaps even more importantly, they understand firsthand how critical mental health care is for kids.
Bend supports families nationwide.
Meet our family of experts.
Our founding team is made up of successful entrepreneurs who have been in technology and healthcare for over twenty years in both private practices and at companies like Optum, Oracle, and Teladoc Health.
They all care deeply about the problem we’re working to solve, and bring passion to their depth of expertise.
Monika Roots, MD, FAPA
Co-founder, President and Chief Medical Officer
Kurt Roots
Co-Founder and CEO
Geoff Bremner
Chief Growth Officer
Donna McCutchen, LCSW
Chief Clinical Officer
Chander Sudanthi
Chief Technology Officer
Josh Murphy
Chief Operating Officer
Jen Huberty, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer (fractional)
Nicole Hessels
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Allison Kundu
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Todd Hoover
Senior Vice President, Sales
Youth Primary Care Advisory Board
Bend is honored to work with leading pediatricians and primary care providers to advance primary care and behavioral health integration. The Advisory Board includes medical experts dedicated to integrating the Collaborative Care Model into primary care practices.
Amina Ahmed, MD
Pediatrician, Stanford Children’s Health
Andrew Hertz, MD
Co-Founder and President at Zest Pediatric Network
Jennifer Miller, MD, FAAP
Pediatrician, East Bay Pediatrics
Navya Mysore, MDCM, CCFP
Medical Director for Women's Health, Nurx
Linnea Sorensen, DNP, CPNP-PC
Nurse Practitioner and Partner at Grow Pediatrics