Lyra Health Welcomes Sandra Beaver as Chief Financial Officer

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lyra Health, the leading provider of mental health solutions for employers, has named Sandra Beaver as Chief Financial Officer, effective June 16. She brings exceptional business acumen and judgement, global public company experience, and expertise in complex international operations to the role.

Sandra joins Lyra from Evolus, a publicly traded medical aesthetics company approaching $1 billion in market capitalization, where she has served as CFO since 2022. Prior to that role, she served as Senior Vice President of Finance at Experian with both North American and global responsibilities. Sandra spent the bulk of her career with global gaming company International Game Technology PLC (“IGT”) in roles of increasing responsibility and scope culminating in Chief Financial Officer of the company’s North America Gaming and Interactive business unit.

“It is a sincere pleasure to welcome Sandra to Lyra. Sandra is a warm and engaging leader who possesses an extraordinary depth of financial and operational skills which will be crucial as we continue to scale our business,” said Jennifer Schulz, CEO Lyra Health. “Her insights will be instrumental in helping us navigate our next chapter of growth and innovation.”

“Joining Lyra speaks to so many things I care about: mental health, working with passionate high-performing teams, and scaling to serve a massive market where there is so much opportunity to help people,” said Sandra Beaver. “Lyra already has such a strong foundation and I can’t wait to help Jennifer and the team build on it.”

Lyra looks forward to working with Sandra as we pursue our mission to transform access to life-changing mental health care around the world.

About Lyra Health

Lyra Health is the leading provider of mental health solutions for employers supporting more than 20 million people globally. Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions for members, providers and HR leaders. The company has delivered nearly 12 million sessions of mental health care, published 20 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness and cost efficiency. Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. For more information, visit lyrahealth.com.