Peter Shalek

Pete is currently the co-founder and CEO of Valerie Health, which leverages AI to help specialty practices grow and drive operational efficiencies. Previously, Pete was the Chief Product Officer at Stellar Health, which supported over ten thousand providers in their transition to value-based care. Before Stellar, he was the CPO at AbleTo, which provides value-based mental health care to over one hundred thousand patients per year. AbleTo was acquired by Optum in 2020. Pete joined AbleTo via the acquisition of Joyable, which he co-founded and led as CEO for 6 years prior to its acquisition. Previously, he was an associate at Hellman & Friedman and worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley. Pete graduated from Columbia University with a degree, Phi Beta Kappa, in Mathematics and Economics, and received his MBA from Stanford University, where he was a Siebel and Arjay Miller Scholar.