Pete Clarke is a seasoned healthcare executive with more than 20 years of experience leading complex, large-scale transformation initiatives across the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. He brings a proven ability to scale operations, drive enterprise value, and introduce innovative care models across digital and traditional healthcare delivery systems. At his core, Pete believes that lasting operational performance is built on values-driven cultures where people are developed, trusted, and held to high standards.

Most recently, Pete led the strategic U.S. rollout of high-volume hemodiafiltration (HDF), spearheading the introduction of next-generation dialysis technologies and advancing new clinical care models designed to improve patient outcomes. His work reflects a consistent focus on operational excellence, clinical innovation, and sustainable growth.

Previously, Pete served as an Executive Consultant within the Care Delivery International division at Fresenius Medical Care, where he oversaw various market exits while leading regional expansion initiatives. As Co-Founder of Diversa Health in Australia, he helped build one of the country’s first digital health platforms dedicated to type 2 diabetes remission, positioning the company at the forefront of preventative and outcomes-based care.

Earlier in his career, Pete held several senior leadership roles at DaVita, including Vice President of Operations for Europe and the Middle East and General Manager of Colombia. In these roles, he led successful operational turnarounds, de novo market expansion, and clinical performance improvements across diverse and complex healthcare environments.

Pete holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BBA in Finance from Emory University. Born in Jamaica and now based in Atlanta, he and his wife are the proud parents of four young adult children. Outside of his professional work, Pete enjoys international travel, CrossFit, and spending time outdoors with his family.

Deandra Christianson’s leadership of our eating disorder division is grounded in measurement-based care and informed by her passion for awareness, advocacy and access to treatment.

The Center for Discovery – a division of Discovery Behavioral Health – maintains an unrivaled national reputation for innovation and excellence for treating eating disorders and instilling hope in patients and their families for lasting recovery. Deandra drives that success with highly qualified and caring teams working to develop tailored treatment plans based on years of patient experiences.

Throughout her professional life, Deandra has worked with individuals with eating disorders, self- injurious behaviors, mood disorders, and other co-occurring issues in both residential and outpatient treatment settings.

Prior to being named president, Deandra held both clinical and administrative positions at Center for Discovery from 2013 to 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology including a specialization in counseling specialization with a focus on the treatment of children and adolescents.

As Chief Financial Officer of Discovery Behavioral Health, Will oversees enterprise‑wide financial strategy, capital structure, and financial operations, partnering closely with executive leadership to support DBH’s mission of expanding access to high‑quality, evidence‑based behavioral healthcare nationwide. His work focuses on ensuring financial decisions align with clinical excellence, operational scalability, and long‑term value creation.

Will brings more than a decade of experience in private equity finance, with particular expertise in mergers & acquisitions, financial planning and analysis, accounting operations, and value creation. Prior to serving as CFO, he was the Vice President of Finance and Accounting at DBH and previously supported private equity investments and operational transformations across multi‑site and business services organizations.

Will earned his master’s degree in accounting from Auburn University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, volunteering in his church, and playing golf whenever he can find the time.

Dr. Matthew Ruble is advancing behavioral health care by harnessing the power – and data – from tens of thousands of patient experiences to drive innovation in treatment and ultimately improve outcomes and lives.

As chief medical officer, Dr. Ruble is dedicated to education/training, research and collaboration among payers and providers. His collaboration with Mass General Brigham led to external, academic validation of Discovery’s clinical outcomes and national leadership in setting a new standard for measurement-based care. 

 Dr. Ruble works to elevate the needs of patients, providers and payers by decreasing barriers to care and prioritizing value while ensuring clinical quality.

 Prior to joining Discovery, he served as national medical director at Human and was part of the team that reviewed and advised Humana leadership on all behavioral health technology/innovations for potential investment/acquisition and implementation. 

 A former faculty member of Harvard Medical School for nearly 20 years, Dr. Ruble also served as the Director of Behavioral Health and the Associate Training Director for the Adult Psychiatry residency training program at the Cambridge Health Alliance.

 Dr. Ruble earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. He completed an Infectious Disease research Fellowship at Brown University’s School of Medicine before completing his MD at the Carver School of Medicine at the University of Iowa. He then attended Harvard Medical School to intern at the Department of Medicine and to complete his residency at the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Ruble became Chief Resident of Psychopharmacology at Cambridge Health Alliance. He then completed his Fellowship in Medical Education at the Academy of Harvard Medical School.

Edye Bauer joined Discovery in 2018 as general counsel, where she enjoys developing innovative solutions, solving problems and making a difference in people’s lives. Providing creative legal and strategic leadership at Discovery, Edye’s role includes, but is not limited to, advising on complex matters, corporate acquisitions, regulatory issues, risk management, insurance issues, compliance, licensing and employee issues.

Bringing over 20 years of legal experience to Discovery, Edye has significant partner-level experience at top law firms and in-house counsel experience at privately-held companies. Prior to joining the leadership team at Discovery, Edye was general counsel for a privately-held behavioral health company, focused on treating substance use disorders and a broad range of mental health conditions. Edye is a graduate of Stanford Law School and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California with bachelor degrees in international relations and East Asian area studies.

A member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, Edye is proud of her Hispanic heritage. She believes in leveraging equity and inclusion practices that attract and develop a diverse workforce and amplify the voices of the underserved and underrepresented. After serving for several years as a board member of Women of Color in Law, Inc., a San Diego-based organization focused on helping people of color, especially women, succeed in the legal field, Edye recently moved to an advisory role.

Edye aspires to be the calm in the storm, solving challenges for the company so that staff and clinicians can focus on providing the best quality care to patients. In her spare time, Edye enjoys spending time with her family and her pets.

Corey Procuniar is responsible for recruiting, building and training the Discovery team that is helping patients find hope in lifelong recovery.  In his role, Corey is responsible for recruiting, orientation, compliance, and onboarding, and oversees all human resource functions for our nearly 3,000 employees across 12 states.

As Discovery expands, Corey’s vast experience as a human resources leader in healthcare companies is helping to drive improvements in HR-related initiatives, including communication, employee benefits program and a comprehensive new onboarding to welcome new employees and share the spectrum of life-saving services offered by Discovery.

Prior to joining Discovery, Corey was head of human resources for Cambridge Healthcare Services in Orange County, California. He holds a B.A. degree in pre-med, chemistry, from Brigham Young University.

Dr. Jupinko drives the quality of care and clinical services for Discovery, which is setting new industry standards for measurement-based care. Under her leadership, Dr. Jupinko sets standards for elevating clinical quality, while maintaining regulatory compliance, policy adherence and developing and implementing risk management protocols.

Her role at Discovery prioritizes quality management, compliance monitoring, performance improvement and maintaining a culture of safety. Her team provides best practice guidance and updates from the field, promotes clinical training and staff development, incorporates measurement-based care, develops policies and procedures, and upholds accreditation standards and regulatory requirements.

With more than 25 years of experience, Dr. Jupinko has lent her talents in both clinical and operations roles for private and non-profit companies. Before joining Discovery Behavioral Health, Dr. Jupinko was vice president of clinical services for Acadia Healthcare’s national outpatient division and previously held the same role for CRC Health Group.

Dr. Jupinko earned her doctorate degree from the University of Arizona and her master’s degree from Duquesne University. When she is not developing best practice guidelines that ensure an optimal patient experience, she can be found spending quality time with her family, reading, working out and doting on her beloved dogs.

Marni Wratchford has worked at Discovery for over 17 years in a multitude of roles. She’s worked in the facilities as a facility manager and a primary therapist, as an admissions coordinator and clinical liaison and also in the UR department as a clinical advisor and UR manager. She currently works in the alumni services department and oversees the Discovery Mood and Anxiety Alumni and family apps leads our DMA alumni support groups and manages the D365 submissions for the entire DMA division. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of CA.

Samantha has been working in the field of eating disorders professionally for five years. She got her start by developing a snack-bar for patients struggling and has authored three books. She has held positions within the eating disorder field in nursing, case management, facility management and alumni services. Samantha has experience in working with both residential and outpatient levels of care. Samantha’s biggest passion is helping patients and families get the resources they need all while making their experience feel positive and memorable. Outside of her duties in alumni services.