Meet our Board

Ron Saxton, JD, Executive Board Chair. 

Ron served as EVP and General Counsel of PeaceHealth from 2015 until February 2023. Prior to joining Peace Health, he was a partner at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, where he specialized in corporate strategy counsel, transactional, regulatory, and financial guidance. Previously, Ron was a member of the executive leadership team of global door and window manufacturer JELD-WEN, serving as executive vice president and global chief administrative officer.

Ron’s time with JELD-WEN followed almost three decades of legal practice, which included founding and serving as president of the Ater Wynne law firm. A former candidate for Governor of the state of Oregon, Ron holds a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from Willamette University.  Ron has served on numerous corporate and civic boards and currently serves on boards of companies in both healthcare and building products sectors.

Ann Bunnenberg, CEO of White Horse Consulting, is a medical device entrepreneur, investor, and business advisor, as well as a partner with the Oregon Venture Fund. She holds numerous board roles in addition to WellRithms, including Rewire Neuro, BIOMOTUM, Advamed Prime, Theana, and Invivo Biosciences.

Ann has extensive operating experience as COO and President of EGI from 1992 to 2017, as well as President of Synergic Medical Technologies from 2017 to 2018. She holds a BA from Stanford University and PhD and JD degrees from the University of Oregon.

After graduating from Oregon Health Sciences University, completing a fellowship in neuropharmacology at Vollum Institute of Advanced Biomedical Research, serving on the board for the Portland Rescue Mission for over 20 years, and founding Qmedtrix, Dr. Quarum founded WellRithms. As an expert in medical reimbursement and a legal expert with courtroom experience, he leads WellRithms in its mission to simplify payor and reimbursement models, having created the first integrated utilization management/bill review system.