About Us

PatriotPledge.org is a non-partisan, grassroots coalition of voters seeking to improve the quality of our representation in Washington.

About the Founders:

Jeffrey J. Rice, MD, JD - co-founder

Dr. Rice has over 20 years of clinical, information technology and executive management experience within academic medical institutions, national health plans, disease management organizations and healthcare IT solution consulting firms.

Currently, Dr. Rice is CEO for the Healthcare Blue Book which provides fair pricing to consumers, employers and providers. Previously, Dr. Rice served as Executive Vice President of Medical Leadership and Business Development, for Healthways where he was responsible for leading strategic alliances, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that position, Dr. Rice served as CEO of CareSteps, which was successfully merged with Healthways.

Dr. Rice led the development and implementation of market leading technologies in consumer-oriented evidence based medicine and advanced predictive modeling for CareSteps. In addition, Dr. Rice has extensive managed care operational experience having served in executive roles with NYLCare (New York Life Insurance Company's managed health care subsidiary) and as Director of the Managed Care Organization at Duke University.

Dr. Rice also serves as an independent director of Source Medical Solutions and nTelagent and an advisory board member of Seneca Health Partners Venture Capital Fund. He serves on the editorial board for the American Journal of Medical Quality and is a member of the editorial board for the Population Health Management journal.

Rodney Rice - co-founder

Mr. Rice co-founded ServiceMagic, Inc. in 1998 and currently serves as co-Chairman of the Company. Before founding ServiceMagic, he was a member of the founding team of Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp. where he served as vice president of finance. Prior to joining Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp., he worked at Merrill Lynch within the Equity Capital Markets Group in the firm's New York office, as well as with the Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups in the Houston office, specializing in the domestic and South American energy markets.

Mr. Rice has been a featured industry speaker within the local marketing and real estate industries, appearing in venues such as Kelsey's Directory Driven Commerce, StartUp BaseCamp and Inman News' Real Estate Connect Conference. Additionally, in 2004, he was named one of the Denver Business Journal's "40 Under Forty". He holds a BBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas.

Mr. Rice also serves as an independent director of QualVu, Inc.