Ryan Pardo

Ryan has served as LifeStance’s Chief Legal Officer since 2017. Prior to joining LifeStance, he was General Counsel at Liberty Dialysis until its acquisition by Fresenius Medical Care in 2012, when he subsequently served in a mergers and acquisitions and business development capacity for Fresenius. In addition, Ryan co-founded and served as a director and in an executive capacity overseeing value-based program design, lobbying, and analytics in addition to core legal issues at Liberty Health Partners, which merged with Signify Health.

Ryan also served as general counsel for AIM Consulting, a technology consulting company. Previously, he served as Corporate Counsel at Eddie Bauer Holdings, leading the securities law reporting function prior to their going private transaction. Prior to entering the corporate world, Ryan practiced corporate finance and acquisitions at the law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP.

Ryan received an undergraduate degree in Economics from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.