About Us
PATH provides public entities, private corporations, and nonprofit agencies with health and productivity management programs. PATH helps worksites develop a coordinated, comprehensive program. We provide a suite of wellness strategies that we integrate with other wellness partners, and our client’s existing employee benefits, into one co-branded website platform that provides employees with a one-stop shop for health and well being. PATH also provides wellness, health and productivity management, employee benefit design, and organizational development consulting.
Gillian Pieper M.Ed.
Gillian Pieper has been a trainer and presenter in the field of Workplace Wellness and Health Promotion for over 17 years. She has a B.S. in Kinesiology (exercise science) from the University of Michigan (1989) and a M.Ed. in "developmental studies and counseling in adult health education," from Boston University (1994). For the past 12 years, Gillian served as the Director of Health Promotion for the Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust and The Benefits Alliance, where she designed, implemented, and developed health and productivity management programs for school districts, nonprofit organizations, and corporate worksites. Gillian is a founding member of PATH - Planned Action Toward Health, LLC.
John Gutman MBA
John Gutman has worked in the employee benefits field for over 30 years. John started the Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust to help bring reasonably priced insurance products to Vermont school districts and to help schools pool risks for optimal insurance rates. Under John's leadership as CEO, VSBIT now runs one of the most successful fully-funded, self-insured risk pools in the country and the largest in Vermont. John also served as Executive Vice-President of St. Michael's College in Colchester Vermont for 20 years. In 2001, John started a consulting brokerage firm to provide services to the private sector. The Benefits Alliance now serves numerous clients throughout Vermont as a successful licensed employee benefits consulting firm. John is a founding member of PATH - Planned Action Toward Health, LLC. and serves as the entities' Manager. He has also started several other successful companies and governmental risk pools over the past 20 years.
Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas worked for the IBM Corporation for 40 years in a variety of financial and accounting management and analysis positions. He also served as the Chair of the Richmond Elementary School Board in Richmond, VT for 14 years, served as Treasurer of Richmond Housing, Inc. for 12 years, and has served on several committees and boards at the Richmond Congregational Church. Finally, Dave served as a most dedicated Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust board member for 22 years, most of them as Chair. Dave is a founding member of PATH - Planned Action Toward Health, LLC.
Amy Gilbert
Amy has more than 12 years of progressive experience working with Wellness Programs. Prior to joining PATH, Amy worked for the Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust for 18 years and served as the internal liaison between the Trust and the wellness program's participating employees. Amy functions as the main point of contact between our customers and the coordinators. Starting with account implementation, Amy will ensure that the contracted services are delivered properly and timely. Amy will set up the chosen Adventure, provide all materials to participants and provide coordinator training. As the account manager, she will act as the day-to-day contact for the coordinators to diagnose and resolve any technical difficulties.
Mary Ellen Sheehy
Mary Ellen is a seasoned B2B events, marketing and sales leader with a 20+ year record of success in strategic and operational positions. Most recently, Mary Ellen was responsible for developing the global business strategy and leading the product development process for $150MM+ Gartner Events. She has expertise in strategy, product development, new business development, joint ventures and partnerships, B2B marketing and sales management. Mary Ellen joined PATH in January 2010 to lead our marketing and sales efforts.