Julia Hu

CEO | Founder

Julia Hu is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Lark. Founded on the personal experience of having grown up with an undiagnosed chronic condition, Julia is passionate about bringing compassionate care to those struggling with or at risk of chronic disease. Hu was named one of the “Top 10 Women in Tech” by Forbes and was a winner of Inc. Magazine’s “30 under 30”. Prior to founding Lark in 2011, Julia ran global startup incubator, the Clean Tech Open, built a sustainable construction startup, and was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Stanford’s StartX incubator. She is on the board of the Council for Diabetes Prevention and a Singularity University faculty member. Hu received her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees at Stanford University and half of an MBA from MIT Sloan before founding Lark. Julia loves to stay fit with hip hop.

Jeff Zira

CTO, VP Product | Founder

As the technical cofounder, Jeff is continuing to discover how to apply technology to bring humanity and connection to people with chronic conditions. Prior to Lark, Jeff co-founded and sold a social networking startup in Japan, co-founded Sanergy, the waterless sanitation startup at MIT that now has 250 employees, architected the backend tools to improve Kiva’s microfinance platform, and Product Managed Yahoo.com’s homepage.

Jeff has a BS from UC Santa Barbara and MBA from MIT Sloan. When possible, Jeff spends at least one whole day each weekend meditating.

Cameron Jacox

VP, Growth

As Vice President of Growth, Cameron leads the team responsible for commercializing and scaling Lark’s technology. Cameron has led a series of teams to rapidly scale VC-backed companies, and he was named “Top 30 Under 30” in InsurTech. Prior to Lark, Cameron served as Vice President of Growth at MyFinance (acquired by NYSE: RATE), and prior to that as Co-founder and CEO of Inforcepro.io (acquired by Covr Technologies). Jacox also serves as Advisor to numerous early and growth-stage startups and has spoken and written widely on Growth. He is a contributor to Forbes and received his B.Sc in Management from Babson College. When he’s not working, Cameron spends time with his much better half, enjoys running marathons, and rides a Harley.

Chris Hewitt

Head of Enterprise Healthcare Partnerships

Chris is a highly accomplished healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience commercializing healthcare solutions into provider, payor, employer, and government channels. Prior to Lark, Chris was a founding team member at FastMark, and Vice President of Sales at Krames/StayWell. He is passionate about leveraging technology and new healthcare delivery models to make healthcare affordable, accessible and impactful. He received his BA in History at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Kevin Delury

VP, Healthcare Operations

A seasoned healthcare leader, Kevin has been working to materially improve the healthcare industry for more than 15 years. Prior to joining Lark, he was a healthcare consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, advising payors and providers on ways to improve operations and care delivery design to drive positive member/patient outcomes. He also led operations inside large payors and high growth Health IT companies such as Blue Shield of California and Castlight Health respectively. Kevin received his MBA from UC Davis. 

Dr. Robert Gabbay

Senior Clinical Advisor

Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, has 20 years of clinical and research experience and is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President at Joslin Diabetes Center. His research focuses on improving primary care health care delivery to enhance diabetes outcomes and patients’ experiences.

Dr. Gabbay served as faculty chair of Pennsylvania’s statewide Chronic Care Model-focused Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiative (Chronic Care Initiative) involving more than 150 primary care practices with support from 17 payers. Throughout his career, Dr. Gabbay has been committed to providing the best quality possible to diabetes patients while exceeding the highest national clinical quality measures.  

Dr. Sharon Rapoport

VP, Data Science

As Lark Health’s Vice President of Data Science, Sharon leads a dynamic team whose efforts inform the behavioral interventions at the heart of Lark’s products. Dr. Rapoport’s team is focused on applying AI and ML models to personalize the Lark coaching experience, identify and enhance clinical outcomes, and drive member engagement.

Prior to Lark, Sharon led Data Science at a number of successful startups, including as employee #5 at Plaid, the data-driven FinTech platform acquired by Visa in 2019 for $5.65 billion. Dr. Rapoport received her B.Sc in Physics from MIT and her Ph.D in Astrophysics.