PHILADELPHIA – May 20, 2019 –  Health Union announced today that Jake Ridgway has joined the company as vice president of people. With almost 20 years of experience building organizations and growing top tier talent, Ridgway will continue to cultivate Health Union’s commitment to prioritizing people as the company’s most important resource.

In his role, Ridgway will lead a team that handles all aspects of human resources, including talent acquisition, management and development, organizational development and effectiveness, compensation, benefits and diversity and inclusion initiatives.

“I am excited by Health Union’s commitment to celebrating people,” said Ridgway. “Joining a Top Workplace in Philadelphia is exciting and challenging in that I am committed to making sure I continue to build the momentum. I look forward to actively advocating for and developing all the great people here.”

Ridgway joins Health Union following a successful, 12-year career at audience measurement firm Comscore, where he led the global talent acquisition strategy and execution for a team of more than 1,800 employees in over 20 countries. Prior to that, he led an office for staffing company Randstad. A native of the Caribbean, Ridgway will leverage his personal experience growing up in a diverse culture to continue to champion and implement Health Union’s core values of community, inclusion, transparency and excellence.

“Jake brings a critical voice to our executive leadership team,” said Health Union co-founder and CEO Olivier Chateau. “In addition to understanding the value of our online health communities and how they translate to our overall culture, he also understands our business objectives. We look forward to his contributions toward advancing Health Union’s ongoing initiatives to cultivate our people-first culture.”

Ridgway earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Mary Washington College. He has recently relocated to the Philadelphia area with his wife and twin sons.

About Health Union, LLC

Health Union encourages social interactions that evolve into valuable online health conversations, helping people with chronic conditions find the information, connection and validation they seek. The company creates condition-specific online communities – publishing original, daily content and continuously cultivating social conversation – to support, educate and connect millions of people with challenging, chronic health concerns. Today, the Health Union family of brands includes 21 online health communities, including ParkinsonsDisease.net, MultipleSclerosis.net, Blood-Cancer.com and Type2Diabetes.com.