RUSSELL GLASS
CEO, Ginger
Russ is CEO at Ginger, where he leads the company with his experience as a technology entrepreneur and a passion for digital mental health, strategy, and building great cultures. Prior to Ginger, Russ led products for the marketing solutions group at LinkedIn. He is the founder and former CEO and president of Bizo, a B2B marketing and data platform, which he sold to LinkedIn in 2014. While at Bizo, Russ co-authored The Big Data-Driven Business, a guide on how big data can lead to better decision making in business. He serves on the board of Rock the Vote, where he focuses on using his experience with technology, data science, and branding tactics to increase engagement and turnout among young voters. He is also the author of the children’s book Voting with a Porpoise. Russ has a BSE in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Duke University. LinkedIn, Twitter, Vator
ALON MATAS
President, Teladoc’s BetterHelp
Alon Matas is the founder of BetterHelp, an online counseling platform. Currently, he is a board member of StyleToGo, a marketplace for online style advice. He is also engaged in Health Outcome handling the same position. He has been working with Connected Health Startup Accelerator as an advisor and mentor since 2015.
SANDEEP ACHARYA
CEO & Founder, Octave
Chris Molaro
CEO, NeuroFlow
CEO and Founder of NeuroFlow. Promoting behavioral health access and engagement in all care settings to improve outcomes, overall wellness and cost of care. We offer secure, real-time technology that optimizes mental wellness and performance through effective monitoring, positive reinforcement, and targeted guidance.
ALISA MALL
Managing Director, Foresite Capital
Alisa Mall is a managing director at Foresite Capital responsible for corporate development, long term capital strategy, investor relations, and ESG engagement. She joined the team in November 2020.
She graduated magna cum laude from Yale College with an honors degree in political science and received her JD from Stanford Law School.
ALEXI ROBICHAUX
Co-founder and CEO, BetterUp
Alexi Robichaux is the co-founder and CEO of BetterUp. He founded the company in 2013 with a mission to enable all professionals to live with greater purpose, clarity and passion through one-on-one coaching. Prior to BetterUp, Alexi was the Director or Product Management at VMware and co-founded Youth Leadership America, a non-profit organization that fosters peer-to-peer leadership in high school students.
PETER ANTALL, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Amwell
Dr. Antall has expertise as a physician, health care entrepreneur, and physician manager. He has a track record of disruptive innovation in the areas of care delivery, medical management, telemedicine, and telehealth. Dr. Antall has built a thriving pediatric practice, a hospitalist company, written software for mobile apps and is currently President and Chief Medical Officer of a national telehealth physician organization, where he manages over 4600 physicians, has developed a credentialing program and has developed tools to measure and manage clinical quality in telehealth. Dr. Antall's strengths are strategic planning, program development, clinical quality and credentialing, sales support, and physician management. LinkedIn, Twitter
SAM BRASCH
Senior Managing Director, Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Sam Brasch leads the program at Kaiser Permanente Ventures as the group’s Senior Managing Director. He returned to KPV in 2016 to lead the corporate venture fund’s activities after serving as a venture partner at New Leaf Venture Partners and as a senior advisor to Health Catalyst. Sam’s health care industry experience spans more than two decades.
During his tenure at Kaiser Permanente Ventures from 2011 to 2014, Sam led the group’s investments in iRhythm Technologies, Health Catalyst, Nordic Consulting, and multiple other companies. Earlier in his career, Sam was a Vice President with Frazier Healthcare Partners, a Seattle-based venture capital firm, and a Senior Manager with Medtronic, Inc. Sam has also worked in multiple healthcare technology start-ups. He began his career as a management consultant with APM/CSC Healthcare. LinkedIn
PATRICK CARROLL
Chief Medical Officer, HIMS/HERS
Current Chief Medical Officer HIMS/HERS overseeing clinical programs, quality, and healthcare collaborations.
Former Group Vice President/Chief Medical Officer at Walgreens oversaw retail clinic business unit as well as clinical programs and health system alliances. At retail clinics leads provision of care,
clinical outcomes, patient safety, healthcare information systems, strategic initiatives, and programs. LinkedIn, Twitter
Steve Kraus
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Steve Kraus is a partner at Bessemer in the Cambridge office and a world-renowned healthcare investor. He is the author of Bessemer’s 10 Laws of Healthcare and is a co-host of A Healthy Dose podcast. Steve currently sits on the boards of Bright Health, Hinge Health, Ginger, Welltok, Artemis Health, Groups, Qventus,
Alcresta, and is a board observer at Collective Medical Technologies.
Prior to joining Bessemer, Steve worked for a growth-stage, private equity firm as a management consultant at Bain & Company. He has also worked on several different political campaigns throughout his career.
He serves as an Observer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an advisor to Boston Children’s Hospital and the Harvard Business School’s Center for Entrepreneurship, and on the investment committees of BCBS Massachusetts and Rock Health.
Steve graduated summa cum laude from Yale University and earned his MBA from Harvard, where he was a Baker Scholar. LinkedIn, Twitter
IAN TONG
Chief Medical Officer, Doctor On Demand
Ian Tong, MD is Chief Medical Officer of Doctor On Demand. He has spent his entire career working hard to improve access to high quality care and has continued this work at Doctor On Demand.
Ian is Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) at Stanford University Medical School. Prior to joining Doctor On Demand, he has had multiple medical
leadership roles including former Stanford Internal Medicine Chief Resident; Founder and Medical Director of The Health Resource Initiative for Veterans Everywhere (THRIVE) which was honored, in 2008, with the VA Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Service to Homeless Veterans; Co-Medical Director of the Arbor Free Clinic and most recently as Medical Director of Doctor On Demand.
DAVID BOND
Director of Behavioral Health, Blue Shield of California – Promise Health Plan
Experienced healthcare strategist and clinician dedicated to the healthy development and wellbeing of vulnerable populations. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress, I am passionate about enhancing strong and supportive communities, facilitating inclusive collaboration and promoting civil rights and equitable access to healthcare and education for all. I particularly enjoy developing creative solutions to complex policy, research, and behavioral healthcare delivery challenges. LinkedIn
ALEX KATZ
Founder & CEO, Two Chairs
Alex Katz is the founder and CEO of Two Chairs, an innovative mental health system based in San Francisco and serving clients throughout California. Prior to founding Two Chairs, Alex led the Consumer Packaged Goods group at Palantir Technologies and served large health systems at McKinsey & Company. He received his M.S. and B.A. from Stanford University. LinkedIn, Twitter
EVA BORDEN, CINGA
President, Behavioral Health, Evernorth
Eva started her career as an actuary and has evolved into the Vice President of Behavioral Health at Evernorth, a subsidiary of Cigna Healthcare. She leads a team of 1500 people towards a common goal, mostly from her home office in Iowa. She has lived in Iowa and worked remotely for the Connecticut based company for over a decade, all while climbing the corporate ladder of a large corporation.
You will see that she is very passionate about math and curious about learning. Also, a side note, she summited four Colorado 14ers (mountain peaks over 14,000 feet) in one day last summer. To say she is driven is a major understatement! LinkedIn
Dr. Pankaj Vij
Best-selling Author, Turbocharge your metabolism, Board Member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Pankaj Vij, M.D. FACP, is passionate about preventing and reversing metabolic diseases by treating their root causes. He is the global Director of the Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance and the Chief Architect of Crack the Wellness Code- a global community platform for health promotion. He is a graduate of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He is a thinker, writer and an entertaining and inspiring speaker. LinkedIn, Twitter
Marc Schroder
Managing Partner, MGV
Marc is the Managing Partner of MGV focusing on working with world class entrepreneurs in tech. Early in his career, Marc founded a successful HR and staffing company that served all of Germany. He then became the Head of Global Sales at the Maschmeyer Group, and most recently was an investor at Seed + Speed Ventures. Marc is originally from the Netherlands, grew up in South Africa, and graduated with a Law Degree from Bertolt-Brecht University. LinkedIn, Twitter
NICO ARCINO
Executive in Healthcare & Technology, Advisor, Strategic Partnerships, Intrapreneur, Innovator, Public Speaker
Nico Arcino is an executive leader with 26 years of experience at the intersection of healthcare and technology, having pioneered organization-wide technology transformation, building and leveraging partnership ecosystems for Kaiser Permanente, the largest integrated non-profit healthcare system in the U.S. Nico is an intrapreneur who naturally builds strong relationships, working closely with C-suite, product and technical
engineering teams to bring the right people and resources together. Nico is centered around leveraging digital and emerging technologies to shift healthcare into delivering patient-centered experiences, informed by his background in design thinking and innovation.
Nico advises digital health, tech and consulting start-ups, non-profits and Fortune 100 companies to advance their strategic goals. Areas of expertise: Product and operational readiness for large-scale deployments, product pilot design, and growth strategy. LinkedIn, Twitter
DR. DAN PARDI
CEO, humanOS.me
Dan Pardi, Ph.D. is an entrepreneur and researcher whose life’s work is centered on how to facilitate health behaviors in others. He is the developer of Loop Model to Sustain Health Behaviors to help people live a healthy lifestyle in a modern world. He does research with the Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department at Stanford, and the Departments of Neurology and
Endocrinology at Leiden University in the Netherlands. His current research looks at how sleep influences decision-making. Dan also works with Naval Special Warfare to help the most elite fighters in the world maintain vigilant performance in both combat and non-combat conditions. LinkedIn, Twitter
Ron Emerson, RN BSN
Global Healthcare Lead at Zoom Video Communications
Ron Emerson, Global Healthcare Lead at Zoom, about some of the innovations the company has been making in the areas of virtual and telehealth.
Emerson joined Zoom in June 2020; prior to that he was Global Director of Strategic Development at AMD Global Telemedicine, and he spent more than 10 years as Global Director of Healthcare at Polycom.
He is a former member of the board of Directors for the American Telemedicine Association and Chair of the Industry Council. Emerson was also the previous recipient of the American Telemedicine Association Industry Council Award for his leadership in the advancement of Telehealth. LinkedIn, Twitter
JUSTIN NORDEN, MD, GSR VENTURES
Partner, GSR Ventures
Justin Norden, MD, MBA, MPhil is a Partner at GSR Ventures, where he focuses on early-stage investments in digital health, AI/ML in healthcare, and enterprise technology.
Prior to GSR Ventures, Justin worked on the healthcare team at Apple and helped start the Stanford Center for Digital Health. He is an award winning machine learning and bioinformatics researcher
with 30+ publications/presentations. Justin also co-founded multiple startups in the applied machine learning space: Indicator - an NLP based platform for biopharma decision making and Trustworthy AI - a platform for rare-event simulation and risk modeling.
Justin received his MD from Stanford University School of Medicine, where he served as student body president. An MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he served as president of the healthcare club. An M.Phil in Computational Biology with distinction from the University of Cambridge, and his BA in Computer Science with distinction from Carleton College. LinkedIn, Twitter
KIANOUSH MISSAGHI, PHD
Senior Training Experience Manager, Freeletics
Kianoush Missaghi is the Senior training experience manager at Freeletics. Kianoush Missaghi worked at the Department of Neurosciences, Université de Montréal. Kianoush does research in Cell Biology, Physiology and Neuroscience. Their most recent publication is 'The neural control of respiration in lampreys'. LinkedIn, Twitter
Entrepreneur, investor, journalist, author of "Unequally Yoked: Finding hope and balance in our differences." Founder and CEO of Vator, a community for entrepreneurs and investors to learn about opportunities in tech innovation; VatorNews and Vator Events. Award-winning tech/financial columnist at Dow Jones MarketWatch, providing analysis on tech startups on Fox Business News, CNBC, CBS.
Archana Dubey, MD
GLOBAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR, HP
Co-Founder, Invent Health; Global Medical Director, HP; Adj. Asst Professor of Medicine, Stanford University.
MARK GOLDSTEIN
Chairman, UCSF Health Hub
I've been involved in online services since 1983 when I got my first job at Apple and was put in charge of home investing, banking and online gaming. I enjoy the rush of being the underdog with a new project and changing people's perception of the status quo. I've led industry trade associations, been a member of numerous founding teams and personally started a dozen companies, the bulk with solid outcomes. I've been driven to solving interesting, marketing-related problems in big known sectors (i.e. retail, investing, health care, gaming, accounting) and being a part of a smart heads-down team where everyone has dirty fingernails.
Most recently, I've been a full-time investor and advisor, run a lit' seed fund and am a partner at a Series A venture fund, and am Founder of UCSF Health Hub, UCSF's growth studio and effort to help speed healthcare advances to market.