NEW YORK – November 17, 2025 – Unite Us, the nation’s trusted technology partner for integrating health and community-based care, today announced the appointment of Sean Burke as its new President. With a career dedicated to improving healthcare access, technology, and workforce development, Burke brings extensive leadership experience and a deep personal connection to Unite Us’ mission to improve the health and economic well-being of communities nationwide.

Burke joins Unite Us with a demonstrated track record of leading successful go-to-market strategies and building strong healthcare product portfolios. As Ascend Learning’s President of Healthcare, he led several businesses including ATI Nursing Education, National Healthcareer Association, MedHub, BoardVitals, and Advanced Practice Education Associates. Prior to Ascend Learning, he held roles at GE and GE Healthcare including President & CEO – Asia Pacific (Japan, Korea, Australia & New Zealand), Chief Commercial Officer – US & Canada, and Chief Marketing Officer of Diagnostic Imaging and Healthcare IT. Burke has consistently championed innovation and collaboration to strengthen healthcare ecosystems and the people within them.

“We could not be more excited to welcome Sean to the team,” said Taylor Justice, CEO and Co-founder. “Sean’s leadership embodies exactly what Unite Us stands for: connecting people, systems, and purpose to create meaningful change. His deep experience across healthcare and his personal connection to our mission will help us continue building stronger, more self-sustaining communities. He brings a track record of aligning teams around shared purpose-driven goals, mirroring what we strive for every day at Unite Us. We’re thrilled that Sean has joined us as our new President.”

As President, Burke will oversee Unite Us’ strategic and operational execution, focusing on customer outcomes and continued innovation toward a seamless integrated ecosystem for health and human services. His leadership will help Unite Us to continue to drive positive, strategic change in communities by infusing efficiency into cross-sector workflows, so providers, payers, government agencies, and community-based organizations can work collaboratively and proactively toward whole-person health. 

“I’m honored to join Unite Us and collaborate with the incredible people driving this work forward,” said Sean Burke, President of Unite Us. “Unite Us is tackling one of the most important challenges in healthcare; helping people get the care they need without falling through the cracks. Making it easy to connect people to the right support when and where they need it is all about building trust and creating solutions that improve lives.  I’m excited to build on the company’s strong foundation and help scale the impact of this essential work so even more Americans can be connected to the care they need to live long, healthy lives”

Burke earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in management and marketing from Boston College. With a proven record of leading customer-focused growth and innovative solutions in healthcare, he is well positioned to help Unite Us be a guiding voice in the evolution of whole-person care. His leadership will help the company advance its solutions to empower healthier, more connected communities nationwide. 

For more information about Unite Us and its leadership team, please visit Unite Us Team.

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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Unite Us, the nation’s trusted technology partner for social care transformation, is excited to announce the appointment of Dale Sanders as its new Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO). With an impressive 40-year career spanning healthcare, government, and technology, Sanders brings deep expertise in data analytics and product innovation to Unite Us as the company continues to expand its social care technology solutions nationwide.

Sanders will lead Unite Us’ product and technology strategy, driving its solutions continual cutting-edge and impactful results. His leadership will strengthen the company’s three core strategic pillars—people, technology, and networks—by advancing products that easily connect providers, payers, government agencies, and community-based organizations with individuals who need assistance with non-medical services such as housing and shelter, food insecurity, transportation, and more.

“I came out of semi-retirement to join Unite Us because I believe in the mission, and I believe Unite Us has been at the forefront of transforming how we address social care,” said Sanders. “A few years ago, population health was the soup du jour, but under that model, there was a naive expectation that healthcare providers alone could address social drivers of health—factors that account for 80% of healthcare risk and outcomes. Unite Us has been leading the market by pioneering tech-enabled solutions that seamlessly connect communities, payers, and providers, ushering in a future where social care and healthcare are fully integrated to break the cycle of unnecessary emergency room visits and homelessness.”

As CPTO, Sanders will drive the evolution of Unite Us’ technology vision to ensure our solutions empower partners and the communities they serve. With a strong commitment to a customer-driven approach, he champions collaborative product development—one that is informed by customer input and anticipates market trends. Under his leadership, Unite Us will continue to set the standard for social care transformation by focusing on usability, interoperability, and innovation, to empower stakeholders to seamlessly integrate social and healthcare services, improve care coordination, and drive measurable health outcomes at scale.

“Half of my career, I’ve been a customer and the other half I’ve been a vendor. The development of impactful, convenient products are driven by the people who use them,” said Sanders. “Unite Us is essentially the only company in this emerging space, which means there’s little to no precedence to follow. The only way our product strategy will succeed over the long term is to be driven by the domain experts and customers in social care who know what they need. Our Unite Us team will add a pinch of creative ideas, but fundamentally, we’ll be dogmatically driven by domain and customer expertise.”

Sanders also emphasized his confidence in the company’s leadership and business model. “I have the highest regard for the values, leadership, and ethics of the founders, Dan Brillman and Taylor Justice, who I’ve known for a decade. They are the real deal, and I’m proud to be affiliated with them,” he said. “Unite Us has an incredible business model at a pivotal moment in U.S. healthcare—driven by an honorable mission and led by genuine leaders. That’s a compelling combination I couldn’t resist.”

A Proven Leader in Healthcare and Technology

Sanders has held key leadership roles across the healthcare, technology, and government sectors. His detailed background and bio can be found on his LinkedIn profile

“Dale Sanders’ unparalleled expertise in healthcare technology, data analytics, and product innovation makes him the ideal leader to drive Unite Us into its next phase of growth,” said Dan Brillman, co-founder and CEO of Unite Us. “His proven track record of transforming complex systems into scalable, high-impact solutions will be instrumental in advancing our technology and expanding our ability to connect people to care. With Sanders at the helm of our product and technology strategy, we are positioned to set a new standard for innovation in social care delivery—empowering our partners, strengthening our networks, and improving outcomes for communities nationwide.”

For more information about Unite Us and its leadership team, please visit Unite Us – Team.

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NEW YORK,

Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience‌, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention, and increased innovation.

“Great Place To Work Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience,” says Sarah Lewis-Kulin, the Vice President of Global Recognition at Great Place To Work.

Lewis-Kulin emphasizes that Certification is the sole official recognition earned by employees’ real-time feedback regarding their company culture.

What Makes Unite Us a Great Place to Work:

• Innovation at its Core: Working at Unite Us means contributing to cutting-edge technology solutions that make a real difference in addressing social determinants of health.
• Employee Empowerment: Unite Us empowers employees to contribute meaningfully through feedback initiatives, recognition programs, and the autonomy to drive impactful projects.
• Mission-Driven Culture: Unite Us employees are united by a shared mission to improve community health and social care outcomes, creating a sense of purpose and fulfillment in their work.

“We are extremely proud to be recognized once again as a Great Place to Work,” said Dan Brillman, co-founder and CEO of Unite Us. “This certification highlights the strong and supportive culture we have built. We will continue to prioritize employee well-being, foster a culture of innovation‌ and create an environment where everyone can thrive. We are grateful to our team for making Unite Us such a wonderful place to work.”

According to Great Place To Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified Great Workplace. Employees at Certified workplaces are 93% more likely to enjoy coming to work. They’re twice as likely to be paid fairly, get a fair share of the company’s profits‌, and have a good chance of being promoted.

“By successfully earning this recognition, it is evident that Unite Us stands out as one of the top companies to work for, providing a great workplace environment for its employees,” added Lewis-Kulin.

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We know that coordinated care teams can help improve community health outcomes by addressing health from every angle. Our technology facilitates the journey, starting from a client’s first interaction with a care provider. Onboarding organizations into our software is simple, but engaging those organizations to become active and collaborative partners is much more complicated. Building effective community partnerships requires a personal connection that takes time to build. While technology can help streamline the process of building patient-centered networks of care, a human touch is still essential.

Recently, Unite Us hosted a webinar, The Secret to Provider Engagement. This allowed a group of our network leaders to share their best practices, learn from other community experts, and inspire dialogue around the importance of engaging your community’s service providers. The conversation included over 35 of our network leaders, several of whom spoke up about their experiences working with their partners and clients daily.

As a Customer Success Account Manager, I work hand-in-hand with network leaders to build and maintain high-quality networks through active partner engagement. Here are five proven methods for building effective community partnerships.

1. Understand where a service provider lies on the engagement continuum before you interact with them.

You shouldn’t approach every community partner in the same way. It is crucial to know your audience and tailor your communications to fit their lens. As said by Nicole R. French, Psy.D., of Veterans Bridge Home, “It is important to understand what an organization’s mission is. What tools they use to support their mission; to understand their workflows.” When approaching service providers, there are always different variables at play, so remember to keep their context in mind. Knowing as much as you can about each partner will help you understand their pain points and the needs of their organization. This information prepares you to address them appropriately and deliver the value proposition. Service provider engagement depends on understanding the relationship between that partner, the network, and the community.

2. Be personal—in real life and online.

People appreciate authenticity. Use the right language! Say “we” or “us,” not “you” or “them.” Be conscious of your tone and word choice. This goes along with method number one; you’re going to want to know a little about each provider in order to form that genuine connection. Find out what each provider needs, and if you don’t know, ask. Ask open-ended questions. Get to know their stories. Don’t hold back from sending personalized emails. Whether it’s welcome emails, informational emails, invitations to community events, a simple message takes a few minutes to write but could mean the world to someone who feels disconnected.

3. Build trust by using all the tools available to you and solving people’s problems before they know they exist.

Leverage the tools at your disposal. All service providers in our networks are equipped with the software, the information, and perhaps most importantly, the data that they should need to show potential partners the network’s value. Aggregate, real-time data is tremendously powerful, so be prepared to use it. These numbers can help you address any objection a prospective partner may have and elicit the value collaboration brings to your organization. Always leave people with something to remember you by. A pamphlet, a flyer, or even a business card is a tangible reminder that can both educate your partners and remind them that you’re there. Share personal anecdotes to relate to your audience. If you continue to act as a reliable source of information, personalized support, and effective solutions, people will see the value in your network. Use your tools.

4. Set expectations early on to make communication smooth throughout the whole process.

Make your ask clear and follow through. When building a relationship with your community partners be sure to relay what you expect of them and what they can expect from you. During the Unite & Learn webinar, Brandon Wilson of the Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry spoke about how he breaks providers into groups based on the number of referrals they send. This helps him easily survey providers to see where they stand. If they aren’t reaching benchmarks, he knows to reach out. Keeping an eye on partner progress will help to gauge network success. By establishing a common set of standards in the beginning and following through on these standards throughout, you ensure the foundation for lasting engagement.

5. Hang in there—building effective community partnerships takes time.

Formulate a plan and stick to it. Network building is a gradual process and there’s no good way to rush it. As put perfectly by Paul Berry, USO of North Carolina, “You have to be where they’re at. If I get five minutes with my provider it has to be the most impactful five minutes of my day.” Spend time with your partners. Offer to walk them through their onboarding and registration processes. Invite them to In-Progress Reviews, weekly calls, and in-person meetings. Assess their progress and share what you know. When it comes to keeping your partners engaged, consistency is key.

Each of these strategies can be used differently depending on your partners’ unique needs. At Unite Us, we strive to share the lessons we learn with each community we work in. We know that technology and effective community partnerships are decisive in building healthier communities. The tools we’ve built can help your community shape thriving, scalable, and sustainable networks of service providers working together to help every client that walks through their doors.

A special thanks to our partners at The Institute for Veterans and Military Families, NCServes, and all who have contributed to our work in building healthier communities together.

Interested in learning more about how to bring Unite Us to your organization?

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We started this podcast to learn how other leaders develop, innovate, inspire, and lead to drive change. From our guests who are driving the for-profit sector, to the CEOs of nonprofits, and everything in between, this first season has taught us so much.

Welcome to this episode of What Unites Us, a podcast about building businesses meant to last. We aim to answer some of the toughest questions about branding, leadership, and success while talking to business trailblazers about their biggest lessons learned.

Today, we discuss what we’ve learned throughout this season, our favorite stories that our guests have shared, and how many seasons Esther hopes to host. We also ask that you leave us any feedback so we can continue to learn how to make our podcast better. We plan to be back for season 2!

In this episode, you will learn:

• Our favorite episodes of this season (0:50)
• The big themes of this season (4:24)
• What we’ve learned (7:34)
• We talk about our guests’ stories (9:54)
• Taylor talks about his challenges (14:19)

Let’s Connect:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter 
• Instagram
• Facebook

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Episode Credits:
Produced by Ginni Media and Unite Us
Original music by Starling Studios

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Growing up, most Americans were taught that the best way to earn a liveable wage was to go to college. But is education really the best determiner of a good employee? Our guest today disagrees.  

Welcome to this episode of What Unites Us, a podcast about building businesses meant to last. We aim to answer some of the toughest questions about branding, leadership, and success while talking to business trailblazers about their biggest lessons learned. 

Today, we welcome Maurice Jones. Maurice is the former CEO of OneTen, a coalition of businesses that are aiming to employ one million African Americans by the end of the decade. He shares what the Rhodes Scholarship is, his career journey, and why OneTen is dedicated to changing the mindset of the workforce. 

In this episode, you will learn:

• Maurice’s origin story (2:02)
• What the Rhodes Scholarship is (5:40)
• Maurice’s journey from being an attorney to working in the Treasury (11:36)
• The mentality of an attorney (15:19)
• What LISC is (19:21)
• How OneTen is revolutionizing the workforce with their ‘skills first’ initiative (22:00)
• Maurice answers ‘what makes a company last?’ (31:32)

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Want to learn more about Unite Us? Our newsletter comes out the first Wednesday of every month. It includes our latest happenings, network news, announcements, and ways to get involved with our movement to connect health and social care. Sign up here. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook and share your thoughts with us by emailing podcast@uniteus.com. 

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Episode Credits:
Produced by Ginni Media and Unite Us
Original music by Starling Studios

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All opinions expressed by podcast guests are solely those of the guest and do not reflect the opinions of Unite Us.

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