
He arrived at City of Hope as a lawyer with a three-year plan. Thirty years later, Robert Stone is still working out how an institution can grow without losing the habits that made him stay.
Brad Kreick is the CEO of AccessHope, a commercial venture spun out of City of Hope that connects local oncologists with subspecialist cancer experts at NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. After three decades moving between payers, providers and private equity - Oxford Health Plans, Apria Healthcare, SolutionHealth - he took the helm to turn a nonprofit cancer benefit into a national business, closing a $33 million Series B in 2024 and scaling AccessHope past 10 million covered members.