Board of Advisors

Federal & State Correctional Leaders

  • Jim Plousis began his law enforcement career as a Police Officer with the Ocean City, NJ Police Department in 1978.

    In November, 1985 Jim was first elected Sheriff of Cape May County, NJ. He would go on to serve six terms as Sheriff, with a staff of over 200 professionals and an annual operating budget in excess of $30 million.

    In 2002, while still serving as Sheriff, Jim received a Presidential appointment as the United States Marshal for the District of New Jersey. Under Marshal Plousis’ leadership the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force was established.

    After serving as U.S. Marshal, Jim was appointed the Chairman of the New Jersey State Parole Board in 2010, supervising over 16,000 parolees and a staff of over 800 employees. Jim continues his exemplary record of public service to this date.

    Jim is the author of Jersey Lawman: A Life on the Right Side of Crime. He is member of the Board of Directors of Hand-to-Hand Mission to Haiti and an active supporter and former Chairman of the U.S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund Executive Board.

  • Kathleen Allison retired as Secretary for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) after serving from October 1, 2020 to December 28, 2022, where she managed a nearly $15B correctional annual budget for the state of California.

    In her over 35 years at CDCR, she has held several leadership roles, including the responsibility of Undersecretary of Operations from 2018 until retiring in December of 2019. Prior to that, she was Director of the Division of Adult Institutions (DAI) from 2016 to 2018; Deputy Director of Facility Support from 2012 to 2016; and Associate Director for the Female Offender Programs and Services from 2011 to 2012. Ms. Allison also served in several positions at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran from 2002 to 2011, including Warden; Chief Deputy Administrator; Correctional Administrator; and Correctional Health Services Administrator II. Ms. Allison held the position of Community Resource Manager at Avenal State Prison from 1997 to 2002. From 1993 to 1997, she served as Senior Medical Technician at North Kern State Prison, as well as Avenal State Prison. Ms. Allison began her career as a Medical Technical Assistant at Avenal State Prison in 1987. She is a licensed Registered Nurse.  

    Ms. Allison has experienced nearly all aspects of corrections in her tenure at CDCR, from healthcare and custody operations to fiscal administration, rehabilitative programs, mental health services, and community relationships. As Undersecretary, Ms. Allison held a critical role in the responsibility for the response of CDCR to the COVID-19 pandemic in some of the state’s 35 prisons.  

    Additionally, Ms. Allison has been instrumental in the evolution of California’s correctional policies to create a system focused on public safety, personal accountability and positive change.   She was responsible for the successful implementation of various criminal justice reforms, and emphasized focus on rehabilitation and restorative justice to ensure a safer community both in and outside of facility settings.

    Mrs. Allison is known to her colleagues as a dedicated, compassionate and knowledgeable leader who acts with informed intention. She provides dXh with clinical recommendations of digital health technologies as well as identifying critical challenges that the State of California and other large state correctional facilities face in managing the health and well-being of justice involved communities.

  • Dan O’Donnell retired from the United States Marshals Service after a distinguished 25-year federal law enforcement career. Dan served in many senior executive positions including Chief of the Prisoner Operations Division at U.S. Marshals Headquarters.

    Dan also served as Chief of Staff of the Florida Department of Corrections. He is currently the managing partner in a specialty consulting partnership working with and advising private and public sector organizations.

    Dan is the founder of the U.S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund; a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity which provides line-of-duty death and education benefits to the surviving family members of fallen U.S. Marshals Service employees and other law enforcement officers serving as Special Deputy U.S. Marshals.

Correctional Healthcare Advisors

  • Dr. Patel retired from the U.S. Department of Justice after 27 years of distinguished service, where he held the position of Chief of Health Care Quality and Risk Management at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) headquarters in Washington, D.C. In this role, he oversaw healthcare quality and risk management programs across 122 federal prisons, including seven major Federal Medical Centers.

    Beyond his federal career, Dr. Patel has been deeply involved in community service in New Jersey. Since 2006, he has led the Health Camp of NJ (HCNJ), providing free health screenings to over 13,000 underserved individuals in South Asian communities. He also serves as President of the Indo-American Cultural Foundation of Central Jersey (IACFNJ) and has held leadership roles with the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO).

    Dr. Patel’s contributions have earned him numerous awards, including the NJ Governor’s Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service and the NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Award. His service to the community has also been recognized by U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez, as well as local New Jersey officials.

    Dr. Patel provides dXh with clinical recommendations of digital health technologies the Company is implementing as well as strategic guidance on healthcare challenges of the Federal BOP.

  • A former Kerr White Visiting Scholar with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality with decades of experience in population health, health economics, outcomes research, health care quality, and patient-centered care. Her experience across diverse settings including corporate, nonprofit, and government, drives her unique expertise in improving care through innovation, effectiveness, and quality improvements in health care. She continues to lead efforts that focus on strategic development, research and assessment, as well as implementation and is currently focusing on how innovations can both improve care, increase efficiency and lower costs.

    At dXh, Dr. Zema leverages her background in HEOR to conduct data analytics to determine the impact of digital solutions on health outcomes, cost savings, and cost avoidance. Dr. Zema will also be responsible for developing the Population Health Management platform as the Company continues to expand.

  • Zayed Yasin, MD leads the Healthcare and Life Science team at Writer, using the leading full-stack Generative AI platform to improve healthcare, collaborating primarily with payers, providers and pharma. He has designed, built and led technology driven healthcare transformations in the US, Europe and Asia with academic medical centers, governments, and start-ups. A board-certified emergency physician, Dr. Yasin practices clinically in Massachusetts.

    Dr. Yasin’s leverages his ER experience and digital health technologies expertise to provide dXh with clinical reviews and recommendations of health technologies the Company is considering in implementing. Dr. Yasin also will support designing the population health management capabilities using the latest in GenerativeAI technology.

Digital Health Technology & Strategic Business Advisors

  • A Managing Partner of Global Digital Health at FINN Partners with over 20 years of Digital Experience across Online Marketing, Advertising, Sales, CRM and E-Business, Ritesh has consulted at a number of Fortune 500 companies and regularly speaks at a wide variety of global digital and healthcare events.

    As a leader in digital health, Ritesh provides dXh with a access and continuous finger-on-the-pulse of the latest technologies, allowing us to stay one-step ahead of the curve in health innovations.

  • Globally experienced medical products executive with extensive background in successfully driving transformational growth and innovation (product innovation and/or corporate development) by integrating insights, growth-oriented strategies, M&A, marketing and product/solution development, including cloud-based technologies. Proven leader with demonstrated ability to toggle between short-term flawless execution and long-term strategic planning with significant experience in US, EMEA & Emerging Markets.

    Guru provides dXh with strategic guidance around finances, business models, and establishing partnerships with technology providers.