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Mindy Legler Jones

“We can’t change aging or cure catastrophic illnesses, but we can make the journey easier and provide peace of mind to our clients. When I see how our families are impacted by our care, this is the reward and reason for PyxisCare.”
–Mindy Jones, PyxisCare Management Founding Principal

Mindy Jones is the Founding Principal of PyxisCare Management, a healthcare consulting firm transforming how families and businesses navigate complex healthcare systems. Inspired by personal experience struggling with the healthcare system, Mindy built PyxisCare to bridge clinical expertise with strategic planning and compassionate service.

She leads a team of highly qualified nurses who deliver holistic, patient-centered solutions addressing medical, financial, emotional, and family needs. Under her leadership, PyxisCare has grown from supporting individual families to helping companies design and manage strategic health plans.

Mindy oversees operations, business development, recruiting, and strategic partnerships. She collaborates with executives to reduce healthcare costs, improve employee well-being, and enhance organizational performance. Her published work focuses on preventative care and its long-term impact.

She holds a BS from Indiana University, an MS from Purdue University, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas. Mindy lives with her family in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, where she actively volunteers in her community, especially through Scouting and teaching Bible classes.

For Mindy, PyxisCare is more than a business, it’s a mission to redefine what compassionate, strategic healthcare can achieve.

Stephanie Cook

“Our more mature clients have had the opportunity to reflect over
their lives, and I have compassion for their stories and experiences.
It’s an honor to provide resources and guidance to these clients.”

Stephanie Cook, PyxisCare’s newest Nurse Client Advocate, brings more than 16 years of teaching experience along with the ability to see the humanity and unique needs of every person she works with. She can take a complicated medical process and deliver it in understandable terms and easy-to-follow instructions, knowing that clients are not medical professionals.

What lead you to pursue a nursing career? I grew up close to my dad, and he encouraged me to pursue a nursing career. I have such respect for him, it was an easy choice to pursue a bachelor’s degree in this field. After I graduated and began working, I quickly realized this was God’s calling for me and my dad was right. For 24 years I’ve treated patients in med surgical, cardiac ICU, home health, and nursing homes. Additionally, I’ve taught nursing and medical classes at a junior college for 16 years.

Tell us about your role at PyxisCare As a Nurse Client Advocate, I first meet with families to understand their situation. Our medical system is complicated and difficult to navigate. I serve as a bridge to our messy system and collaborate with the PyxisCare team to find whole-person integrated solutions, meeting clients where they are. We serve families in five areas: medical, environmental, financial, psycho-social, and legal. Some families need help in all the areas and some in just one or two areas.

I particularly like that PyxisCare pairs clients with team members who can best serve their needs. My specialty is adults and geriatrics, but I’m also qualified to serve in other areas. To best support our clients, we partner with other team members with specialties such as mental health, pediatrics, and hospice. This ensures that clients are getting the best expertise for what they need.

Can you give us some examples of how you help families? We help families understand how they can get services such as Medicaid, assistance with meals and groceries, and finding a caregiver. If they need a ramp or other home accommodations, we find solutions. Often clients don’t understand what’s available to them. For example, a client came to us with a health issue that surgery could correct. The family did not realize surgery was an option and we explained how surgery could help and researched surgeon options.

What do you love about nursing and what unique skills do you bring to PyxisCare? Our older clients have had the opportunity to reflect over their lives, and I have compassion for their stories and experiences. It’s an honor to provide resources and guidance to these clients. Sometimes our clients are challenged with loss, grief, financial issues, and loneliness, and this can be difficult. Our team cares for each person holistically and provides the care and support they need.

Facing the end of life can be overwhelming and hard to understand. With my teaching experience I know how to break down medical terminology into easy-to-understand language. I have taught students who know nothing about nursing to students who know the basics. These skills help me meet families where they are as it relates to their situation. I communicate compassionately, seeing their humanity in all that I do. I am grateful to work for a company that exemplifies these values.

Meagan Peables

 

When a family first calls PyxisCare Management for help, they will likely hear the clear, kind voice of PyxisCare’s Relationship Manager, Meagan P.

Tell us about your role at PyxisCare . I serve as a liaison between the services our company provides and the client. When I chat with a family, I first listen and understand their needs. Sometimes families come to us in crisis, and they need emotional support in addition to the health-related services they receive. We are sometimes contacted for assistance with a less urgent need, such as planning for future healthcare decisions or making a long-term plan for living and estate planning. It’s my responsibility to ensure all their needs are met by the right expert on the team.

How does your position work with the rest of the PyxisCare team? After I meet with a family, I explain the full range of resources available to them, and then I collaborate with our team to tailor services for their specific situation. For example, do they need legal support or help managing a chronic illness? What benefits such as Medicare and disability are available? We offer benefits analysis, end-of-life care, psycho-social support, and much more. With my experience, I can assist parents seeking guardianship of their special needs child when they turn eighteen. PyxisCare offers holistic solutions to often complex situations.

Shannon Howell

Shannon Howell

— Shannon H., PyxisCare Special Education Advocate

 

Shannon Howell has a comprehensive background in education and advocacy, with a focus on special education. She holds a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation studies and a master’s degree in special education, with an emphasis on emotional and behavioral disorders. With over 22 years of experience, she’s worked extensively as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, and school counselor across various educational levels. Currently, she serves as a district specialist, providing support to students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and overseeing compliance with the 504 programs.

 

Shannon’s decision to pursue advocacy aligns with her lifelong commitment to
supporting students with special needs. Recognizing the importance of ensuring educational
equity, she emphasizes the legal and ethical obligations schools have to provide services
outlined in IEPs and 504 plans. Drawing from personal experiences and familial connections to
special education, she highlights the necessity of leveling the playing field for all students,
regardless of their challenges or disabilities. Her expertise and passion drive her advocacy
efforts, aiming to bridge the gap between policy mandates and practical implementation in
educational settings.

Shannon underscores the critical role advocates play in navigating the complexities of
special education systems. She stresses the significance of advocacy in holding schools
accountable for meeting legal obligations and ensuring that students receive appropriate
support and accommodations. Shannon explains “Students and families deserve an equitable
education. It’s my goal to ensure each student has every opportunity to succeed.” Through her
work, she aims to empower parents by providing them with the necessary knowledge and
support to advocate effectively for their children. Her dedication to staying informed about
evolving laws and regulations reflects her commitment to advocating for the rights of students
with special needs. Overall, her tireless efforts contribute significantly to improving the
educational experiences and outcomes of students with disabilities.

The Power of Team

When you’re taking care of someone’s health and wellbeing, teamwork is EVERYTHING. You want the people on your side to understand what teamwork means. At PyxisCare, we work together toward a common vision of improving health, wellness and quality of life. 

I’m still glowing from the best time I’ve spent all year, which was our team’s Gratitude Day a few weeks ago.  In this most challenging year, we took a day to count our blessings and celebrated our accomplishments. Our team motto has been “mask up, glove up, show up” and this mighty team has met that goal with shining resilience.

We took the time to discuss the many events that transpired this year; there was personal growth, loss and lots of joy. It was marvelous to hear the laughter of our hardworking group, and witness true bonding. It was a day of reflection and relaxation, which is precisely what we needed.

Like any business owner, I’ve done everything I can to make my business successful. And the first priority is making the people who work at PyxisCare a high performing and valued team.  I start by choosing the right people. Intelligence, empathy, critical thinking and a creative mind with a great attitude aligns with our goal of caring for others.

Like others, we have had challenges with remote work and the isolation of 2020.  Now more than ever, fostering collaboration and communication between team members is crucial to maintaining all that PyxisCare stands for with our clients.

I took the opportunity to capture our day, so I can look back on the moments that build culture and  make us a team. Our clients look to these faces for empathy, confidence and expertise.

I look at these faces, and I’m inspired.

Lyndan Gann

Lyndan Gann ensures seamless administrative and operational support for nursing and non-clinical staff serving clients throughout Texas and beyond. She has a passion for helping others and working behind the scenes to maximize the client experience. She also manages PyxisCare’s training and compliance standards in health information and client service. Her prior experience includes corporate executive assistant positions and business coaching.

Outside the office, Lyndan thrives as a counselor in central Texas twice a year and volunteers with the Fort Worth chapter of Polished Ministries. While she loves people and meaningful connection, she also appreciates the value of a quiet night in, cozied up with a good book, coffee in hand. A born and raised Texan, she dreams of a day when I-35 is free of construction and all cars are equipped with seat warmers.

Laura Jones

Laura Jones’ top priority at PyxisCare is ensuring excellence in client experience and quality of service. She works to seamlessly integrate the work of clinical Nurse Client Advocates and client services coordinators to meet client needs at the appropriate level of service.  She also leads the cost mitigation and benefits/bill reconciliation practice as intermediary with insurance companies.

Her previous experience managing and administrating the activities of hospice practices provided a solid background in compassionate care in the clinical support service industry. She now workswith the PyxisCare operations manager to integrate industry-leading procedures, compliance and regulatory training into the daily practice of the care teams.

When she’s not at the helm of PyxisCare’s care and coordination, she enjoys being “La La” to her grands and great grands, celebrating her children and caring for her three pups and husband, Jim. A people person to the core, she leads with compassion and acute attention to detail, advocating with integrity day in, day out.

John Winslow

John Winslow is a private investor whose five-decade career has spanned business leadership in publicly traded corporations, privately held companies and successful entrepreneurship in information technology (IT) and marketing services.

He built his expertise in establishing IT system frameworks in the complex oil and gas industry as chief information officer of Lear Petroleum; chairman and chief executive officer of Dwight’s EnergyData; and general manager for the oil industry computer services and staffing firm Cutler Williams.

His substantial experience in business management, strategic planning, IT organizational systems consulting, and mergers and acquisitions led him to found The Systems Group, a staffing firm; The Harbour Group, a consulting firm; and TradeOne Marketing, a co-op marketing services firm. His early experience included technical and managerial positions at the University of Texas Medical Branch, NASA and IBM.

Today, his passion is investing in and advising small firms as they develop to their full potential.

Abel Silva

Abel Silva, Jr., is president of Validus Technology Group, an IT consulting firm specializing in evaluation, assessment and solutions strategy for IT environments, technology applications and business operations.

His passion and career focus has been in enabling companies to best utilize their technology environments to support business functionality in highly complex environments.  He has served as a senior advisor to executive leadership in oil and gas, healthcare, retail, real estate, energy, manufacturing, telecommunications and marketing services.

Before establishing Validus Technology Group in 2009, Abel spent over 20 years in corporate information technology management and operations for international companies such as TEX/CON Oil & Gas/British Petroleum, Pennzoil, Enserch Exploration Inc. and Dalen Resources. He then joined his first IT consultancy, The Harbour Group, where he continued oil and gas IT integration and diversified his portfolio of industries.

Abel received his Master of Science in Management, Computing and Systems from Houston Baptist University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Corpus Christi State University (now Texas A&M at Corpus Christi).  He is based in Texas but finds that technology has taken him literally – and virtually – everywhere.