Meet the Color Leadership Team

Othman Laraki is a technology entrepreneur, an investor, and the co-founder and CEO of Color Health. Othman was an early Product leader at Google, where he worked on performance infrastructure and client-side software, including the Google Chrome browser. After leaving Google, he co-founded MixerLabs, which was one of Twitter’s first acquisitions. At Twitter, Othman was the Vice President of Product, helping create the company’s first revenue products and grow the user base from 50 to 200 million users. After leaving Twitter, Othman co-founded Color Health, which he has been leading for the past ten years. Othman holds degrees in computer science and management from Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a long-time investor and advisor to leading companies such as Pinterest, AngelList, Slack, Instacart, Gitlab, and others.

Caroline Savello is Color’s President, leading the company’s work with over 1500 private and public organizations including employers, funds, plans, and government institutions. Prior to joining Color in 2018, she worked at Bloomberg LP in their global media business. Caroline began her career at the Boston Consulting Group, where she focused on global and public health. She is a graduate of Yale University with a joint B.A./M.A. in political science.

Dr. Rebecca Miksad is a mission-driven Physician-Scientist with extensive expertise in cancer and patient-centric health technology and AI solutions. As Chief Medical Officer at Color Health, she oversees Color’s medical and clinical functions, driving the expansion of cancer screening, diagnostics, care navigation, and survivorship tools for program participants. Dr. Miksad previously founded and led the Strategic Affairs team and Research Unit at Flatiron Health, developing pioneering healthtech products and establishing industry standards for real-world data. Her work has influenced FDA guidances and advanced Health Equity initiatives. With over 100 scientific publications, Dr. Miksad is an internationally recognized leader in oncology, clinical trials and data science. She established the first High Risk Cancer Genetics clinic at Boston Medical Center, where she is an Associate Professor and continues to care for patients. She previously directed the Gastrointestinal Cancer program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and conducted NIH-funded research. Clinically trained as a medical oncologist, Dr. Miksad holds an MD with Honors from Cornell University and an MPH in Clinical Effectiveness from Harvard University. For more on her vision on how to impact cancer at scale, read the personally penned article here. Her publications on PubMed can be found here.

Dr. Scott Topper is Color’s Chief Clinical Operations Officer. He is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of Color’s laboratory, genetics, and genetic counseling services. Before joining Color, Scott was the Head of Clinical Genomics at Invitae, where he led the development and operations of clinical diagnostic testing, including clinical sign out, genetic counseling support, and variant classification. Scott is an ABMG-certified molecular geneticist, trained at the University of Chicago.

Sarah is the Chief Product Officer at Color, where she leads the organization’s product management and design teams. Prior to joining Color in 2022, Sarah served as Senior Director of Product at One Medical, spearheading growth and new services initiatives through One Medical’s IPO and through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has also held product roles at Included Health (formerly Grand Rounds), and Lantern, a digital behavioral health company. She is a graduate of Wellesley College where she studied political science with a focus on health policy.

Josh Sturm is Color Health’s Chief Revenue Officer. Josh focuses on expanding Color’s partnerships with employers, unions, health plans, and the public sector to provide equitable, accessible healthcare services. An accomplished leader in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, Josh previously was a Vice President at Hinge Health, where he focused on new markets and business development and played a pivotal role in expanding the company’s reach into new territories and complex healthcare ecosystems. Josh’s career includes tenure as a Vice President at Surescripts and at Express Scripts, where he provided strategic oversight and managed significant national accounts. He began his career in sales roles with Allergan and Medicine Shoppe International. Josh earned a B.S. and B.B.A. from Viterbo University and an M.B.A from Webster University.

Stephan Meyer-Ewald is Color’s Chief People Officer. Prior to joining Color, they were the Head of People at Roblox and SmartThings, focusing on helping companies earlier in their lifecycle to navigate through massive growth and frequent changes, while retaining their cultural identity and evolving their leadership practices. They also spent time at Google, where they built out the People Technology and Operations team and led them through a massive scale-up. As a business leader with deep expertise in leadership effectiveness, organization design, and culture building, SME believes building deep, trusting relationships with people across an organization is the key to success. They were born and raised in Nürnberg, Germany, and came to the US 25 years ago, after completing their master’s degree in Computer Science.

Wendy McKennon is Color’s Chief Product Innovation Officer, focusing on experiences for participants and providers that make actionable use of Color’s data and technology. Prior to Color, she spent seven years at Google and led design for core Google products such as Google Maps, Wallet, and AdWords. She has also worked at Method Design and Yahoo!. Wendy holds a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.

Jake Hargraves is Color’s General Counsel and leads all of Color’s legal operations. Prior to joining Color, Jake was an Associate General Counsel at Tesla, where he spent time leading the global employment law team. He also previously served as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC. Jake began his legal career in his home state of Arkansas, where he worked in private practice and as a prosecuting attorney.

Howard Rauscher is the SVP of Engineering and is responsible for software engineering, technical infrastructure, corporate IT, and information security at Color Health. Howard has 15+ years of experience building software and systems at startups and large organizations. He was an early contributor to open source projects, such as Prototype and jQuery, and a member of the Austin startup community including Austin Startup Games, Austin JavaScript, and Austin on Rails. Howard received a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dany is Color’s SVP of Client Services. He leads Color’s customer success, patient care advocacy, and patient support teams. In his role, he oversees the delivery of all of Color’s programs with employers, funds, plans, government institutions, and public health initiatives. Before joining Color, Dany advised government, healthcare, and life sciences clients as a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He is a physician by training and holds a Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.