EMPH Career Mentorship

Christian Beebe is an emergency medicine physician serving at two Indian Health Service facilities in Choctaw, Mississippi, and Cherokee, North Carolina. He received his MD from the Uniformed Services University and is board certified in Urgent Care Medicine. He is on the board of directors for two urgent care organizations, the ABUCM and AAUCM. Dr. Beebe also holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and attended their Global Executive MBA program in Prague, Czech Republic. His work emphasizes relationship-centered care and long-term trust-building with patients and communities, with a focus on strengthening therapeutic partnerships and improving health outcomes in reservation-based clinical settings.

Didier is the founder of SPHERE (originally Flagler Investments), established in Miami in 2004, and a leader in healthcare- and public health–focused strategy and investment. He led the firm’s shift to a healthcare-sector focus in 2010 and expanded SPHERE’s vision to include public health in 2024. He drives SPHERE’s vision, culture, and strategy, leads the company’s international expansion, and serves on the Executive, Operating, and Investment Committees. His prior experience includes roles with PIX Investments, Colliers International, Bouygues Immobilier, Club Med, and the French Embassy in Cuba. A Yale Executive MPH graduate (’24), he also serves on the editorial board of Population Health Management and is an executive reviewer for the Responsible Research in Management Award (RRBM).

Lauren is a board-certified pediatric dentist and dental educator, and she serves as Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program at Yale New Haven Hospital. Her work centers on community oral health, health equity, advocacy, and health professions education, combining comprehensive pediatric care with training future pediatric dentists. After earning her MPH from the Yale School of Public Health in 2024, Dr. DiBenedetto expanded community-based initiatives, including a mobile dental program, to improve access to care, engage in state and national advocacy, and advance research and grant-supported projects. As a Career Mentor for 2026–2027, she looks forward to supporting current EMPH students and sharing lessons from clinical practice, public health, and community partnership.

Sapan Goel is a 2023 alumnus of the EMPH program and serves as the Senior Director of Business Process Technology Enablement at Premier Inc. In his role as a supply chain executive, Sapan focuses on measuring and achieving organizational outcomes within hospitals, healthcare manufacturers, wholesalers, and group purchasing organizations. Sapan is skilled in using technology to improve supply chain efficiency, optimize performance metrics, and promote accountability. He is adept at identifying key performance indicators (KPIs), analyzing data insights, and tackling challenges that affect organizational success. His expertise plays a crucial role in enhancing the effectiveness of healthcare operations.

Tara Parker-Pope, MPH, is an award-winning journalist, author and Substack writer who brings a science-based, deeply reported approach to her writing about health, relationships, work and personal agency. She holds a Master of Public Health from the Yale School of Public Health and is currently the author of the popular Substack, One Day Better, after a decades-long journalism career in national legacy media. She was the founding editor of Well at The New York Times and Well+Being at The Washington Post, and previously wrote the Health Journal column for The Wall Street Journal. Among numerous swards, she won an Emmy for a video series on young adult cancer, was part of the New York Times team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and was honored with the GLAAD Media Award for an article that spurred new national rules requiring hospitals to give same-sex partners equal visitation rights.

Shawn is a board-certified healthcare executive, providing oversight and accountability for departments encompassing diverse medical professionals, including interventional and critical care pulmonologists, respiratory therapists, nurses, EEG techs, EKG techs, radiology techs, and pulmonary function technologists. An accomplished respiratory therapist with over 19 years of experience in healthcare, Sean’s expertise is frequently leveraged for respiratory therapy consultation, projects, staff development, and training. He is adept at strategic planning and resource acquisition to support the expansion of personnel, equipment, and services and is a dedicated servant leader with demonstrated achievements in compliance, efficiency, and optimal patient-centered care.

Caroline provides transformational executive leadership consulting at Guidehouse, formerly PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to the world’s largest payer/provider and leading global, commercial, academic and government clients. She co-led recent presidential transition initiatives, commercial strategic innovative design through implementation of large VBC/CINs/M&A/population health models and associated new payment design, care coordination/whole person care, customer experience, EMR value/change management, and nursing competency/career ladder/retention models. Her extensive expertise ranges from global strategy, M&A, operations, commercialization/patent process, clinical practice, and research. Caroline is a recognized national speaker (>250 presentations) and author, serving on healthcare boards. She is committed to giving back and continues to volunteer providing executive strategy sessions and guest lectures about critical topics, such as population health, VBC, quality, technology and M&A to renowned universities like Yale University and George Washington University (GWU). She also co-designed and piloted the 1st GWU Doctorate: Public Health Field Study class.

Brad is currently the executive director of the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine. He received his MD from Georgetown University School of Medicine and an MBA from the Yale School of Management as part of the health care track in the executive MBA program. He completed his internal medicine residency and a chief resident year in the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine training program before joining the faculty in the Department of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Richards previously served as the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Medical Advisor at the Department of Social Services (DSS), which oversees Medicaid and CHIP for Connecticut. He continues to practice both inpatient and outpatient medicine, co-leads the course Population Health and Health Equity at Yale School of Management, co-leads the course Everyday Leadership at Yale School of Public Health, and co-leads the Primary Care Innovations curriculum for the Yale Primary Care training program.