Jennifer Schulz
Chief Executive Officer at Lyra
About
Jennifer Schulz is the CEO of Lyra Health, the workplace mental health company last valued at $5.58 billion, which she joined in January 2025 after leading Experian North America — a $4.5 billion business with 8,000 employees — as its CEO. Over more than a decade at Experian she ran the health, automotive, data-quality and marketing-services groups, including Experian Health, which serves over 60% of US hospitals. Before Experian she was a senior vice president at Visa leading global product strategy, innovations and e-commerce — including the V.me digital wallet, PlaySpan and the Visa Developer Center — and was COO, then CEO, of the payments company Verifi. She sits on the board of Bright Horizons, holds an MBA from Michigan's Ross School of Business and a BA from the University of Wisconsin, and led Lyra's July 2025 acquisition of pediatric mental health provider Bend Health.
Beyond investing
- Boards
- Director of Bright Horizons Family Solutions (NYSE: BFAM) since September 2024, serving on the Compensation Committee; previously a director of Leaf Group (formerly Demand Media) from 2016 to its 2021 sale, chairing the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Family
- Married to Bob Roback, with two sons and two stepchildren, as she shared in Experian's 2018 International Women's Day feature.
- More
- Named CEO of Lyra Health on December 5, 2024, effective January 13, 2025, joining the board and succeeding co-founder David Ebersman; she said: ‘Mental health is one of the defining challenges of our time. I cannot think of a better mission than expanding access to the highest quality care for more people around the world.’ CEO of Experian North America from April 2022 to January 2025, leading a $4.5 billion business with 8,000 employees and serving on Experian's global Operating Committee. Joined Experian in November 2013 as Group President of Vertical Markets and spent 2013–2022 running Experian North America's Health, Automotive, Data Quality and Marketing Services groups; also served as global lead for Women in Experian. Senior Vice President at Visa (2010–2013) responsible for global product strategy, innovations and e-commerce, leading the V.me digital wallet, PlaySpan and the Visa Developer Center; earlier held operational and leadership roles at Visa from 2003 to 2008. COO and then CEO of Verifi, a SaaS electronic-payments company, from 2008 to 2010. As Lyra CEO, led the July 2025 acquisition of Bend Health, expanding Lyra into whole-family pediatric mental health care. MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business; BA from the University of Wisconsin.
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featuring Jennifer SchulzFrequently asked questions
- Who is Jennifer Schulz?
- Jennifer Schulz is the CEO of Lyra Health, the workplace mental health company last valued at $5.58 billion, which she joined in January 2025 after leading Experian North America — a $4.5 billion business with 8,000 employees — as its CEO. Over more than a decade at Experian she ran the health, automotive, data-quality and marketing-services groups, including Experian Health, which serves over 60% of US hospitals. Before Experian she was a senior vice president at Visa leading global product strategy, innovations and e-commerce — including the V.me digital wallet, PlaySpan and the Visa Developer Center — and was COO, then CEO, of the payments company Verifi. She sits on the board of Bright Horizons, holds an MBA from Michigan's Ross School of Business and a BA from the University of Wisconsin, and led Lyra's July 2025 acquisition of pediatric mental health provider Bend Health.
- Where does Jennifer Schulz work?
- Jennifer Schulz is Chief Executive Officer at Lyra.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Jennifer Schulz?
- Tracked appearances include "Jennifer Schulz Joins Lyra Health as CEO, Succeeding David Ebersman", "Women of Experian: Jennifer Schulz".