As Chief Relationship Officer, Ken oversees the firm’s executive relationships and growth and marketing strategies. He also provides advice, counsel, and coaching to healthcare leaders who believe their organizations should seek to be the best in the world at everything they do, starting with safety but encompassing every performance dimension including financial success. He is a thought leader regarding healthcare safety and high-performance healthcare, and hosts Value Capture’s Habitual Excellence podcast series. Prior to assuming the role of Chief Relationship Officer in March, 2025, he served as CEO of the firm for 11 years.
Prior to co-founding Value Capture, Mr. Segel served as the founding director of the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative (PRHI). PRHI achieved best-in-nation regional results in the elimination of several classes of risk for patients.
Before helping to create PRHI, Mr. Segel served for five years as Senior Program Officer at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh, where he guided many community health improvement initiatives and initiated the Foundation's formal public policy program.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Segel served as an aide to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives, directed the overnight operations in the 1992 Clinton-Gore presidential campaign “War Room,” and served as Policy Director and speechwriter for the Democratic Party. He also taught political organizing and election monitoring in Ukraine and Russia.
