David Thai

About David Thai

David graduated with honors and a BA in Health & Societies from the College of Arts and Sciences and a concentration in Healthcare Markets and Finance through the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Motivated by his personal upbringing as a first-generation, low-income student, David has worked to support socioeconomically disadvantaged communities through social advocacy and academic and professional enrichment. He has co-founded, oversaw, and grown non-profit organizations, student groups, and program initiatives across Penn and Philadelphia. Most recently, David served as the VP and Chief Content Officer of Rise First, an online educational non-profit aimed at closing the achievement gap for first-generation, low-income students nationwide.David is currently a Manager of Growth Strategy at LifeStance Health, one of the fastest growing mental health practice groups in the US where he owns strategic and operational solutions across Specialty Services. Previously, David was a Strategy Insights & Planning Consultant at ZS where he worked on several projects spanning patient and consumer health, value and access, strategy and transformation, and growth marketing. Prior to ZS, he was a Senior Analyst at Windrose Consulting Group, where he worked on commercial and pricing and market access strategies for the pharmaceutical industry. Ask him about the year he spent teaching high school English in rural Vietnam, his 99th percentile typing speed, or the way he likes his coffee (hint: iced with condensed milk).

Experience

1. Growth & Operations Strategy

   LifeStance Health

   Jan 2025 — Present

   Scaling Specialty Services (PNT, TMS, Spravato) across LifeStance to expand access and enhance patient care.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  Bachelor of Arts, Health and Societies, Concentration in Healthcare Markets and Finance (Wharton)