About me
Mitul Desai has spent the past two decades helping care for his brother, who lives with schizophrenia. Driven by a mission to ensure no other family suffers in isolation as his did, Mitul co-founded The Care Hack to provide evidence-based, practical support for families navigating the complexities of serious mental illness.
Currently supporting thousands of families, The Care Hack operates through a multi-state provider contract and an innovative Medicaid partnership in New York State to deliver tech-enabled support for family caregivers of high-acuity populations. The company’s work is further bolstered by a strategic partnership with Harvard’s McLean Hospital, the nation’s leading psychiatric hospital.
Mitul served for over three years as a strategic advisor to the CEO of Fountain House, the organization that pioneered the "Clubhouse Model" for serious mental illness, now utilized in over 300 locations worldwide. Previously, Mitul spent five years at Mastercard leading global teams in data services and product, and served in the Obama Administration as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. State Department. He began his career in healthcare, first as an intellectual property attorney at Merck and later in healthcare equity research at Piper Sandler.
Mitul serves on the Board of NAMI-NYC and is a regular speaker on mental health and the caregiving crisis. His work and insights have been featured in NPR, Forbes, and USA Today.
