Donato J. Tramuto is the CEO of Tivity Health®, Inc., a leading provider of fitness, nutrition and social engagement programs, including SilverSneakers®, the nation’s leading fitness program for older adults and Nutrisystem®, a leading weight management program. A recognized innovator and industry leader with more than 35 years of healthcare experience, Donato was named a ‘global healthcare activist’ by The New York Times and is a frequent public speaker on healthcare access, business leadership, healthy aging and social isolation.
In less than a year after being named Tivity Health’s CEO, Tramuto executed a turnaround of the company’s performance and engineered a creative sale of a non-performing division, adding nearly $1 billion of valuation. In 2019, under Donato’s leadership, Tivity Health completed its acquisition of Nutrisystem, creating an integrated portfolio of fitness, nutrition and social engagement solutions to support overall health and wellness.
In 2011, Tramuto founded Health eVillages, a non-profit organization which provides state-of-the-art mobile health technology in the most challenging clinical environments. He is also the chairman and founder of the Tramuto Foundation, which helps individuals and organizations achieve their educational and healthcare goals.
Tramuto has been widely recognized for his more than three-decade commitment to social change and healthcare innovation. In 2014, he was honored with the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award. A member of the board of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Tramuto is chairman of its Leadership Council where he is leading a national initiative to address workplace dignity and inclusion. Tramuto is also chairman of the board of Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Europe.
Donato leads Tivity Health Inc.™, a leading provider of health improvement, nutrition, fitness and social engagement solutions, including SilverSneakers®, the nation’s leading fitness program for older adults and Nutrisystem®, a leading weight management program.
Founder, CEO and Chairman of Physicians Interactive Holdings (now known as Aptus Health), the world's largest online provider of medical content to healthcare professionals. Founded in 2008, Physicians Interactive was formed through four acquisitions and was successfully sold to Merck Global Health Innovation Fund in 2013.
$300+ Million Global Pharmaceutical Services Division of UnitedHealth Group.
Developed the integration strategy in an effort to drive market differentiation for the seven businesses reporting into i3. Total responsibility for the P&L, acquisition strategy, sales/business model, financial growth & controls and long term customer partnerships.
Constella Health Strategies (formerly Protocare, Inc.)
Co-Founder & CEO
1998 - 2003
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Donato directed operations for the nation’s leading pharmaceutical & managed care product & service company. Full responsibility for P&L, capital financing, business planning & financial planning activities. Orchestrated all aspects of strategic planning & marketing. As Corporate Officer & Co-Founder of Protocare, he also provided strategic direction to the company’s two other Divisions.
Value Health Sciences
Senior VP, New Business Development
1995 - 1998
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Donato managed the development of business strategies during the pre & post acquisition of the company’s purchase by Columbia / HCA. Founded the Health Care Management Product transitioning the firm to a more product-focused company. Directed new business development functions and served on an executive team in identifying venture capital for the Protocare, Inc. business strategy.
Caremark International
Vice President & General Manager - HIV Disease Management Division
1991 - 1995
Boston, MA, USA
Caremark International, Inc. provides various alternate-site healthcare products & services, including home intravenous therapies, HIV/AIDS care, women's health programs & hemophilia care. Other services include immune therapies, prescription drug services & orthopedic/rehabilitative therapies.
Boehringer Ingelheim is a research-driven pharmaceutical company. Their aim is to improve the health & quality of life of patients. Family-owned since it was established in 1885, Boehringer Ingelheim is one of the pharmaceutical industry’s top 20 companies.
In this poignant & penetrating book, Tramuto, a successful health care entrepreneur & global philanthropist, recounts the business and life lessons he learned & shows that adversity can lead to success. He shows anyone bulldozed by life how to pull themselves out of the rubble, dust themselves off & find meaning and purpose.
Health eVillages collaborates to advance healthcare access and improve the quality of care by providing state-of-the-art mobile health technology including medical reference and clinical decision support tools, as well as other community-focused resources, to medical and public health professionals in the most challenging clinical environments around the world.
Boston University School of Public Health is one of the graduate schools of Boston University, founded in 1976. The School offers master's & doctoral programs in public health.
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, founded in 1968, is led by human rights activist & lawyer Kerry Kennedy and advocates for a more just and peaceful world. Working alongside local activists to ensure lasting positive change in governments & corporations, the RFK team includes leading attorneys, advocates, entrepreneurs & writers united by a commitment to social justice.
The Tramuto Foundation was founded by Donato Tramuto as a tribute to two friends and their young son who perished on 9/11. The Foundation annually awards college scholarships to graduating seniors who have overcome great adversity in their lives, and provided tens of thousands of dollars in grants to non-profit organizations whose mission is to make the world more just and fair.
The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Europe is a non profit organization, created in 2005, the European branch of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights in Washington DC, which is led by human rights activist and lawyer Kerry Kennedy and advocates for a more just and peaceful world.
