Riley Rees, Female Veteran, Pilot, & Entrepreneur, Trailblazing the Health & Wellness Industry

Riley Rees is the CEO of Sofia Health, an online health and wellness marketplace she founded in 2019. The mission of Sofia Health is to connect individuals suffering from chronic conditions or looking for mental health support to holistic, complementary, alternative, and naturopathic providers. Riley built Sofia Health because there is a gap in our health system that doesn’t address our needs holistically: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Sofia Health is a collection of practitioners who take a holistic approach to address an individual’s health.

Before founding Sofia Health, Riley spent 20 years serving in the Air Force, both as an enlisted Aeromedical Evacuation Technician and an Officer turned C-17 pilot. Early in her career, Riley expected to leave the military and pursue a career in medicine. However, she discovered the military is the perfect training ground for entrepreneurs. It provided her with an elite, unique education that has provided core fundamentals that she still uses every day, particularly in business operations. Being a pilot requires a particular reliance on critical thinking, preparing for a variety of situations and keeping calm and mission-focused, all of which are incredible skills to bring into a new business.

When Riley decided to pursue entrepreneurship, she saw it as an opportunity to bring her business skills and interest in improving healthcare together. www.sofiahealth.com