Progyny appoints Melissa Cummings as COO, Geoffrey Clapp as CPO

Progyny (PGNY) announced the appointments of Melissa Cummings as the company’s first COO and Geoffrey Clapp as its first Chief Product Officer. Cummings served most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, and prior to that as Vice President, Strategic Product Solutions at Aetna. Complementing Cummings’ experience is Clapp who brings more than two decades of experience in healthcare technology, start-up innovation, engineering, and product development. As a Senior Vice President as well as Head of Strategy, Optum Health Solutions, he drove innovation that helped significantly increase earnings for both the Renal Care and Organ Transplant products, rebuilding them from the ground up.