# Vanna Health

> Vanna Health is a value-based behavioral-health company that pairs local coaches, peer groups, clubhouses, clinical coordination, and an EHR-integrated platform to support people living with serious mental illness. Health plans and providers pay for a model designed to improve daily life, close care gaps, prevent avoidable crises, and reduce total cost of care.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Giovanni Colella (Co-Founder and Executive Chairman), Thomas Insel (Co-Founder), Brian Meewes (Co-Founder and Board Member)
- **Products:** Vanna Connect, Community-Based Coaching, Peer Support Pods, Clubhouse and Community Navigation, Embedded Clinical Care
- **Notable:** Expanded operations to Arizona, Indiana, New York, and Pennsylvania., Raised a reported $17 million in June 2026 to expand clinical reach and technology infrastructure., Built partnerships spanning health plans, hospitals, outpatient providers, clubhouses, and community organizations.

## Products & services

- **Vanna Connect** — An EHR-integrated care-management platform that helps payers, ACOs, and providers share data, close care gaps, coordinate follow-up, and guide personalized engagement.
- **Community-Based Coaching** — Local community health workers and peer-support specialists build trust, meet members where they are, address social needs, and help navigate personalized recovery and preventive-care plans.
- **Peer Support Pods** — Small groups, typically three to five members with shared interests or goals, designed to build social connection and mutual accountability.
- **Clubhouse and Community Navigation** — Connections to clubhouses and local organizations offering daily activity, social inclusion, housing, employment, and other recovery supports.
- **Embedded Clinical Care** — When local capacity is thin, Vanna can deploy psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, nurses, primary-care clinicians, and care managers in homes, by telehealth, or in community settings.

## Achievements

- Expanded operations to Arizona, Indiana, New York, and Pennsylvania.
- Raised a reported $17 million in June 2026 to expand clinical reach and technology infrastructure.
- Built partnerships spanning health plans, hospitals, outpatient providers, clubhouses, and community organizations.
- Named a 2026 HLTH Foundation Techquity for Health Case Study Award finalist.
- Developed a care model that combines local coaches, peer groups, community navigation, embedded clinical care, and Vanna Connect.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Vanna and Carelon Behavioral Health presented a conference session on what changes outcomes in serious mental illness care.
- **2026-09** — HLTH Foundation named Vanna a finalist in its Techquity for Health Case Study Awards.
- **2026-07** — Kathy Rowerdink joined as chief operating officer to support national expansion and payer operations.
- **2026-06** — Vanna raised $17 million in a round co-led by an undisclosed national insurer and AlleyCorp, with Health Velocity Capital participating.
- **2026-06** — Liz Kwo became chief executive officer; co-founder Giovanni Colella moved from CEO to executive chairman.

## Links

- Website: https://www.vanna.health
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vannahealth
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vannahealth
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/vannahealth/

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Last updated: 2026-09-26