Ellen Stang, MD
President. CEO. Founder

Dr. Ellen Stang is the founder of ProgenyHealth®. As the President and CEO of the company, she is responsible for the strategic direction and daily operations of the company. Her primary goal at Progeny is to create a culture and work environment that promotes and inspires an active, continuous improvement philosophy with regard to products and services. Dr. Stang’s leadership is present and valued throughout the organization as Progeny continues to succeed and grow in this ever changing health care environment. ProgenyHealth® under Dr. Stang’s leadership provides neonatal care management services on a national scale, working with NICUs in all 50 states.

Prior to founding ProgenyHealth®, Dr. Stang was a Regional Medical Director at Keystone Mercy Health Plan. During her tenure there, she developed and implemented a successful neonatal management program which was used as a model to share with their affiliated health plans. Before entering managed care, she enjoyed many years in private practice as one of the founding partners of Bucks County Pediatrics, a practice of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. While in private practice, she was Co-Director of the newborn nursery for the newly established maternity wing at the Bucks County Campus of the Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Stang is board certified and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She attended Dickinson College for her undergraduate studies where she was Senior Class President. Dr. Stang received her Medical Degree from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and completed her residency at Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.

Donna P. Scott, MD, MBA
Medical Director

Dr. Donna Scott is the lead Medical Director at ProgenyHealth^®. In this position, Dr. Scott oversees both the utilization management and case management programs. She supervises the clinical care nurses who interface directly with NICU providers and ensures compliance with URAC and client-specific standards. She also oversees the neonatal /pediatric case managers who work with families and primary care providers to keep our NICU graduates healthy throughout the first year of life.

Prior to joining ProgenyHealth^®, Dr. Scott spent 14 years as a Pediatric Hospitalist and served as the Director of Inpatient Pediatrics at two hospitals in the Philadelphia area. She was the proud winner of the Outstanding Teaching Attending Award. She also served as a Medical Director for a Pennsylvania Medicaid health plan where her main responsibilities were to conduct concurrent reviews, evaluate requests for prior authorizations and home care, and to conduct first and second level appeals.

Dr. Scott received her BS in Biology from Widener University and earned her Master’s Degree in Microbiology from The Pennsylvania State University. She received her Medical Degree from The Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed her residency in Pediatrics at The Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children. In addition, she received her MBA in Medical Services Management from The Johns Hopkins University. She has a special interest in child abuse and remains an active member of her county Child Death Review team.

Sonia E. Hulman, MD, MBA
Associate Medical Director

Dr. Sonia Hulman is the Associate Medical Director at ProgenyHealth. In this role, Dr. Hulman supervises the clinical care nurses, who are performing utilization reviews of infants while they are in the NICU. By collaborating with the nurses and the attending doctors, Dr. Hulman is able to confirm that the highest quality of care is being administered and that resources are being utilized efficiently. In addition, she oversees the case management nurses that coordinate the care of infants after they are discharged from the hospital.

Before working with ProgenyHealth^®, Dr. Hulman spent 13 years as the Director of Neonatology and Medical Director of the two NICUs in the Crozer-Keystone Health System. Dr. Hulman has also served as the Interim Chair for the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Hulman is double boarded in pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society for Pediatric Research. Dr. Hulman is the author of several articles published in journals such as “Hypertension” and the “Journal of Perinatology.” Her accomplishments have been recognized by Main Line Today when they included her as part of their “Top Doctors” list in 2005 and 2011.

Dr. Hulman attended the University of Michigan for her undergraduate studies and then earned a Master’s Degree in Biochemistry at Ohio State University. She continued her education at The Medical College of Ohio where she obtained her Medical Degree. Dr. Hulman completed her residency in Pediatrics at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia and completed her fellowship in Neonatology at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Hulman received a Master of Business Administration at LaSalle University, where she was an elected member of the Business Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma.

Eric Stang
Chief Financial Officer

Eric Stang serves as the Chief Financial Officer at ProgenyHealth. Since the company’s inception, Eric has managed all financial aspects of the business including accounting, budgeting, financial analysis, and monitoring of financial performance. In addition, he handles day-to-day technology issues and oversees new system installations.

Eric has an engineering background and has worked in the nuclear power industry while with United Engineers & Constructors and for the past 25 years has been employed as a Systems Engineer with Lockheed Martin. Eric earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University.

Letitia M. Lieb, MHA
Director of Client Services

Letitia Lieb is the Director of Client Services at ProgenyHealth^®. In this role, she oversees new client implementations, manages all health plan relationships, develops public relations strategy and supports marketing and sales initiatives. Additionally, Letitia is responsible for the development and facilitation of the annual client satisfaction surveys.

Ms. Lieb has 22 years experience in the regional healthcare marketplace, which includes 15 years in the managed care industry. This experience has given her a diverse background with demonstrated successes in relationship management, network development, marketing and customer service.

Prior to working at ProgenyHealth^®, Letitia was the Associate Vice President of Pediatric and Ancillary Services at Keystone Mercy Health Plan (KMHP). She was responsible for establishing contracts and managing the Plan’s relationships with pediatric hospitals, pediatricians, FQHCs, District Health Centers, DME Companies, Home Health Agencies and other ancillary providers. In this role, Letitia managed provider relationships which accounted for $200,000,000 in annual expenses.

Prior to joining KMHP, Letitia was the Director of Provider and Member Services for QualMed Plans for Health. Additionally, she spent time as the Manager of Managed Care Contracting for Integrated Health Networks and as a Planning Associate for Main Line Health.

Letitia has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Dayton, and an M.H.A. from The Ohio State University. She is also an alumnus of the Philadelphia Leadership Program. Letitia serves on the Board of Directors for the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Philadelphia.

Gina Arnold, MBA
Director of Human Resources

Gina Arnold is the Director of Human Resources at ProgenyHealth^®. As the Director of HR, she supports ProgenyHealth^® in addressing the company’s growing Human Resources needs. Through partnership with the President and Progeny leadership team, Gina develops and implements various human resource programs and initiatives that support strategic business operations.

She oversees the development and implementation of comprehensive human resource functions including: policies and procedures, training, compensation, employee development, recruiting strategy, employee retention, benefits and employee relations.

Outside of Progeny, Gina is a member of various local human resource networking groups. She has over 15 years of experience in different human resources roles. In these positions, she has worked with business leaders to improve and maintain a variety of HR strategies in the banking and pharmaceutical industries as well as many small businesses.

Gina attended the University of Delaware for her undergraduate studies where she graduated with a BA in Psychology. She went on to continue her education at Drexel University, where she received her Master’s in Business Administration. One of her major achievements at ProgenyHealth^® is the development of a recruitment and retention strategy which has enabled the ProgenyHealth^® staff to grow rapidly over the last several years.