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Martin Mendoza, PhD
Director of Health Equity
All of Us Research Program
Martin Mendoza, Ph.D., serves as the director of health equity for the All of Us Research Program. In this role, he provides leadership and high-level expertise to improve inclusion and equity in precision medicine and address health equity issues for the program.
Before joining All of Us, Martin served as director of the Division of Policy and Data at the Office of Minority Health in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, charged with developing health policies and initiatives to eliminate health disparities and advance health equity. Previously, he led extramural research for minority health in the Office of the Commissioner at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He is a recognized expert in clinical trial diversity and while at FDA testified before Congress in support of diverse clinical research inclusion. Martin is also the primary author of the pivotal FDA guidance document Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data in Clinical Trials.
Prior to FDA, Martin served in the Division of Clinical Research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. He conducted his primary research training in the National Cancer Institute’s Pediatric Oncology Branch and served at the National Human Genome Research Institute, where he helped to map chromosome 7 as part of the Human Genome Project.
Martin is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and received his Ph.D. in cancer biology from the Johns Hopkins University.
The Honorable Steve Adler
Mayor, City of Austin
Austin, TX
Steve Adler was elected Austin’s 52nd Mayor in December 2014, and looks forward to doing big things to improve the quality of life for everyone in Austin. As the Mayor of this historic first new 10-1 Council, Mayor Adler plans to lead Austin’s government to a new level of inclusive civic engagement between residents and their elected officials. Mayor Adler, along with his brother, were the first in their family to graduate from college. After completing his undergraduate studies at Princeton, Mayor Adler moved to Austin to work his way through law school at The University of Texas. Like many others, he fell in love with Austin and has made it his home for nearly four decades. Mayor Adler practiced civil rights law for many years, and later founded a successful eminent domain law practice representing landowners. Mayor Adler also served nearly ten years as Chief of Staff and General Counsel for Texas State Senator Eliot Shapleigh, working primarily on school finance, equity and access issues. Mayor Adler has been deeply involved with, and has chaired, many Austin civic and non-profit institutions over the past twenty years. Together with his wife, Diane Land, Mayor Adler is the proud parent of three wonderful daughters.
The Honorable Donna Howard
State Representative
District 48
Representative Donna Howard has served in the Texas House of Representatives since 2006. She is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, and State Affairs Committee.
A native of Austin, Donna earned a Bachelor’s degree in nursing and a Master’s degree in health education from the University of Texas. She worked as a critical care nurse at Brackenridge and Seton hospitals, and served as Austin’s first hospital-based Patient Education Coordinator.
Donna is a past president of the Texas Nurses Association (District 5) and was a health education instructor at UT.
Donna was elected to the Eanes ISD board in West Austin for the 1996-1999 term. She has served on the boards of Austin Area Interreligious Ministries, Common Cause Texas, Texas Freedom Network, and the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. She now serves as a board member of the Expanding Horizons Foundation, supporting low-income housing and education.
Representative Howard was married to attorney Derek Howard for 40 wonderful years and they proudly raised three children together. Rep. Howard is also a grandmother to seven perfect grandchildren.
Kenneth Ramos,
MD PhD
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Kenneth S. Ramos, MD, PhD is an accomplished physicianscientist with designations in the National Academy of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences. He is a transformational leader recognized throughout the world for his scientific contributions in the areas of genomics, precision medicine and toxicology.
With formal training in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, Dr. Ramos is helping to steer the changing landscape of medicine, Ankit Sanghavi currently serves as the Executive Director of Texas Health Institute. Previously, he served as the Director of Community and Oral Health Program at THI. Ankit provides leadership and direction on all Texas Health Institute initiatives and develops collaborative efforts with its local, state, and national partners. Ankit earned a Master of Public Health from Texas A&M University in 2014 and Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences India in 2011. His professional interests are research, innovation, and data in public health and healthcare. Dr. Ramos is helping to steer the changing landscape of medicine, biotechnology and healthcare. In this context, he leads several translational, clinical research, and educational programs that integrate diverse approaches to elucidate genomic mechanisms of disease and to develop novel therapies for several oncologic, pulmonary, and vascular diseases.
Dr. Ramos has provided academic, executive, administrative, and scientific leadership in the areas of genetics and genomic medicine and toxicology at various academic institutions and over the course of his career has positively influenced the career of numerous clinicians and scientists engaged in medical, veterinary and pharmaceutical practice. He is deeply committed to initiatives that advance modern technological applications to improve quality of healthcare and reduce disease burden and health-associated costs.
Marcia Ory, phd
Regents and Distinguished Professor
Marcia G. Ory, PhD is a regents and distinguished professor for the Department Environmental and Occupational Health at the Texas A&M School of Public Health. With a long-standing interest in aging and public health, Ory is known for her work to make healthy aging the new normal. She is one of the most productive researchers in the field editing over 10 books and writing more than 500 articles and editorials about factors associated with healthy aging and the best social, behavioral, environmental, and technological solutions for promoting health and well-being across the life course in diverse populations and settings.
Ory was honored for her sustained commitment to her research, having received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aging and Public Health Section of the American Public Health Association, Research Laureate status from the American Academy of Health Behavior, and the Redefining American Health Care Award from the Healthcare Leadership Council. Most recently she received The Association of Former Students’ Distinguished Achievement Award in Research from Texas A&M University in 2021. Aside from research accolades, Ory is committed to translating research to practice and ensuring that all populations have the opportunities to age well.
Prior to coming to Texas A&M University, Ory spent 20 years in federal service as chief of Social Science Research on Aging in the Behavioral and Social Research Program at the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging.
Ory received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology and psychology from the University of Texas, Master of Arts in sociology and human development from Indiana University, doctorate in family studies and human development from Purdue University and Master of Public Health in chronic disease epidemiology and behavioral sciences from John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Omolola E. Adepoju, PhD
Research Director Humana Integrated Sciences Institute,
University of Houston, Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Omolola E. Adepoju, PhD, is a health services researcher and clinical associate professor at the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine. She is responsible for teaching evidence-based medicine and research methods and serves as the director of research at the Humana Integrated Health Sciences Institute at the University of Houston. She is committed to equipping students with applied knowledge that demystifies research concepts and promotes experiential learning.
Adepoju’s career has spanned the government, academic, and healthcare sectors. Her collective experiences have informed her approach to teaching and research, which connects the dots between policy, research, and healthcare operations. For more than a decade, Adepoju’s work has addressed chronic-disease management, value-based care, and the use of predictive algorithms in identifying and managing at-risk individuals. Her research uses advanced analytics and robust methodologies to uncover patterns that promote individual and population health outcomes to alleviate the cost, quality, and access-to-care issues in vulnerable populations. Adepoju has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in this field.
Adepoju earned a Bachelor of Science in physiotherapy from the University of Lagos, a master’s degree in public health from Emory University and a doctorate in health services research from Texas A&M University
Ankit Sanghavi
Executive Director
Texas Health Institute
Ankit Sanghavi currently serves as the Executive Director of Texas Health Institute. Previously, he served as the Director of Community and Oral Health Program at THI. Ankit provides leadership and direction on all Texas Health Institute initiatives and develops collaborative efforts with its local, state, and national partners.
Ankit earned a Master of Public Health from Texas A&M University in 2014 and Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences India in 2011. His professional interests are research, innovation, and data in public health and healthcare.
Chris Moose
Partner
IBM
Chris Moose drove IBM’s interaction with the State of New York and deployed the nation’s first state-issued digital COVID credential. With over 19 million eligible users this is a new model for parties to represent facts, establish trust and has far reaching implications beyond COVID and healthcare.
He does this by combining cryptography and blockchain to form new business networks and ecosystems. Currently he is scaling IBM’s Healthpass platform globally and presenting IBM’s blockchain and ecosystem point of view to congressional, federal agencies, states and national media.
Marcus Carey
Author/Creator
Tribe of Hackers
Marcus J. Carey is currently an Enterprise Architect at ReliaQuest where he invents new technology, performs cybersecurity research and development, and architects solutions to help defend some of the world’s most important companies.
In the past, he has built cybersecurity systems and software that were utilized to build NISIRT, the NSA’s Information Systems Incident Response Team. Marcus also created and delivered digital forensics training to agents from the U.S. DoD and other government agencies to guard the nation against commercial and intelligence espionage at the DoD Cyber Crime Center.
He is the creator of the best-selling cybersecurity book series Tribe of Hackers published by Wiley. He also wrote and illustrated two children’s books, Think in Code and Three Little Hackers to allow parents to initiate conversations about technology and online safety.
Eardie Curry, PharmD
Medical Affairs Executive Director
Genentech
Eardie Curry, PharmD is the Medical Affairs Executive Director for Genentech, covering Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Eardie Curry has 20+ years of experience within hospital systems and pharmacy departments. A pharmacist by training, Eardie has been fortunate to work in three NCI designated cancer centers, been awarded NCI-grant funding, and was the Director of Pharmacy at the hospital where he was born, which is now a grassy knoll across the street from the Frank Erwin Center.
An avid cyclist, Eardie lives in Austin with his wife and family, and dreams of a day where your zip code does not determine your life expectancy.
Rick Silva, PhD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Clinical/Translational/Industry Collaborations
Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine
Dr. Rick Silva joined the Texas A&M in 2019 to develop an external-facing collaborations program to augment the clinical and economic impact of the research enterprise at the Texas A&M Health Sciences Center. He has successfully led over 300 transactions with academic, nonprofit, and commercial organizations in the US, Europe, and Asia, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500® companies including the creation of 60 biomedical startup companies.
Prior to Texas A&M, he spent 5 years at University of Arizona’s academic medical center in a similar role spanning the implementation of Banner Health’s academic affiliation with University of Arizona and assuming operation of their hospitals and practice plan. Previously, in 15 years at the University of Colorado, he had diverse roles in developing and leading a variety of collaborations including licensing transactions, technology development partnerships, public-private partnerships, multiparty collaborations, clinical trials, biomarker validation projects, supply and distribution agreements, strategic alliances, and a major emphasis on new venture development.
He holds an academic appointment in Texas A&M’s Institute for Biosciences and Technology in the Texas Medical Center where he has led implementation of a pharmacogenomic clinical practice and registry that utilizes several artificial intelligence technologies for clinical decision support. He publishes and speaks on emergent collaboration models at the academic industry interface.
Dr. Silva is passionate about strategies for achieving organizational effectiveness at the academic medical center- industry interface.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from New Mexico State University, a Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology from Colorado State University, and a Master of Business Administration emphasizing Entrepreneurship and Finance from the University of Colorado-Boulder Leeds School of Business and is Certified Licensing Professional.
Deborah Vollmer Dahlke, PhD
President/CEO
DVD Associates
Dr. Deborah Vollmer Dahlke is an accomplished technology entrepreneur, a public health researcher and author with a passion for applying mobile technology in cancer and chronic disease research. At her firm, DVD Associates (DVDA), Deborah provides strategic consulting and grant writing for early-stage cancer drug development companies and has helped her US and international clients win over $160 Million in non-dilutive Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) product development grants matched by $1.2 B in venture and institutional funds over the past 9 years.
Serving as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the TAMU School of Public Health and a Senior Fellow in the TAMU University-wide Center for Population Health and Aging, Deborah is involved in designing, developing and evaluating mHealth applications including accessibility and usability analyses for technologies focused on cancer survivors and those with chronic disease. Her work in mobile technology extends across
the life course and includes the use of voice activated technology and AI by the disabled and older adults.
Deborah is a leader in helping to develop Texas’ biotech ecosystem. Deborah was the founding Director for the Research Valley Innovation Center, a biotech and clean energy incubator where she developed the Texas BioLocator app. She has served on the Cancer Alliance of Texas’s (CAT)
Executive Committee from 2004 to the present, was Chair from 2012-2014, At the TAMU School of Public Health, Deborah designed and developed AYA Healthy Survivorship, a mobile web and iOS app, www.MyHealthFinder.org , a mobile web and iOS/Android app and www.HealthySurvivorship.org. Currently Deborah is editor-in-chief for the Journal of Medical Internet Research’s (JMIR) Cancer Journal and serves as a reviewer for JMIR’s other journals and the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology.
Prior to developing an interest in public health and technology, Deborah worked with early-stage companies and in management consulting. She co-founded Zilliant, a successful enterprise pricing optimization software company, and led the firm in raising over $14 million in venture capitalization.
Deborah’s consulting history includes tours of duty at Deloitte & Touche
and McKinsey and Company, Inc. Deborah received her B.Sc. degree from Indiana University and graduated with honors with an MPAff degree from the LBJ School at The University of Texas in Austin and a Doctorate in Public Health from Texas A&M University.
Ramona Magid
Chief Prevention Officer
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
Ramona Magid serves as the Chief Prevention Officer of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. She oversees CPRIT’s prevention program in supporting grant recipients and their evidence-based cancer prevention programs. Her responsibilities include directing the prevention program and fostering collaboration among the cancer and disease prevention community to maximize CPRIT’s impact.
She has been with CPRIT since January 2010, first as the Senior Program Manager for Prevention, and has been in her current role since May 2019.
Prior to joining CPRIT, Ramona served as Executive Director of the Austin Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization where she was responsible for the overall operations of the Affiliate and oversight of the Race for the Cure. Previously, she was employed by Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee as a health services research manager and as a Specialist in Blood Banking.
Ramona received a bachelor’s degree in medical technology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and obtained a master’s degree in business administration from Memphis State University.
Andrew Eye
CEO/Co-Founder
closedloop.ai
Andrew Eye is the CEO and Founder of ClosedLoop.ai.- Healthcare’s Data Science Platform. ClosedLoop makes it easy and affordable for healthcare organizations to use data science to improve quality and reduce costs.
Prior to founding ClosedLoop, Andrew co-founded the mobile software company Boxer. Boxer developed mobile productivity software for individuals and large corporations. Prior to Boxer, Andrew co-founded the cyber security firm Ciphent in 2007. Ciphent grew to nearly 100 employees with 1,000 customers by 2010 before being acquired by Accuvant (now Optiv). During his tenure as SVP of Services at Accuvant, Andrew oversaw a $50mm, 200 person organization and was responsible for doubling revenues in 18 months.
Andrew also served as CEO of Bodkin Consulting Group where he worked with Fortune 500 brands and technology companies to define their interactive marketing strategies. Andrew began his career as a software architect working with NASA, i2 technologies, and the US Marine Corps.
Andrew graduated Summa Cum Laude from Virgina Tech with a degree in Management Information Technology. Andrew lives in Austin TX with his wife, two daughters and champion “Dock Dog” Sophie.
Alex Huff
Vice President, Health Technology Innovation
Texas Hospital Association Foundation
Alex Huff serves as Vice President, Health Technology Innovation for the Texas Hospital Association Foundation.
Alex has been in the healthcare industry for 20+ years working to advance the adoption of the technology in the hospital industry. His role as the VP of Health Technology Innovation at the Texas Hospital Association Foundation has provided him with regular contact with the best hospital IT executives in the country, and he has developed a unique view as a consolidation of many different perspectives.
He runs the Texas Hospital Association’s Compass Data Program, which is the largest private claims data program in Texas.
John Sun
Vice President of Health Equity and Indian Health Service
Philips Healthcare
John Sun, Vice President of Health Equity and Indian Health Service at Philips Healthcare has over 24 years of experience supporting the federal government.
Prior to joining Philips, John supported Cherokee Nation and Bristol Bay Native Corporation as Vice President of Business Development bringing economic opportunities to the tribal governments and communities. John also serves as a Board of Advisors to Hesperus, a 501C3 that supports Native American veterans in securing hightech jobs through training.
John is leveraging his experience in change management and business process reengineering challenging the status quo in improving the definition/model of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and data collection to improve Health Equity.
On July, 2022, AZ State Senator Nancy Barto recognized John’s efforts to once and for all improve access to care and quality of care for the Tribal communities via a disruptive, yet proven process.
Diana Dobson
Executive Director
Regarding Cancer
Diana Dobson is the Executive Director of Regarding Cancer, and had over 25 years of experience working in large and small-scale non-profit organizations.
Diana has been involved in fundraising support, event coordination, community engagement, and relationship building with key donors and groups within the community. She is an advocate for cancer patients, survivors, their families, and other experts on the disease, amplifying their voices in public policy matters that are relevant to the cancer community.
As the daughter of a cancer survivor, she is thrilled to be witnessing the impact Regarding Cancer is making every day for cancer patients and their caregivers. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from The University of Texas at Austin.
Mary Ann Roser
Founder & Chief
Roser Prose
Roser Prose evolved from my work as the longtime medical writer at the Austin American-Statesman where I saw a common struggle: The researchers, scientific faculty and physicians I interviewed often did fascinating work but had a hard time explaining it. They relied on the lingo of their field, not the everyday language that can enthrall a crowd. But telling a compelling story is a crucial skill at a time when courting philanthropists, investors and public support is more important than ever.
Roser Prose is the culmination of my long-time dream to change that. The business is aimed at helping people who do complicated work tell great stories. It makes perfect use of my skills as a journalist, especially the ability to quickly translate complex material into common language.
I came to journalism after graduating from my hometown school, the University of Cincinnati, with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a desire to be a famous novelist. Instead, I went to work for newspapers in Kentucky, Washington, D.C., and Texas. But I was allowed to write, and I got to tell stories.
Best of all, my editors at the Statesman let me cover health and medicine from June 2000 until my departure in May 2016. On that beat, I won first-place statewide awards for my reporting as well as national fellowships to study at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda and MIT in Cambridge.
I still love telling stories and talking to people who do interesting work. They’re not hard to find in Austin where I live with my husband and three cats who have no trouble communicating — or getting — what they want.
Elizabeth Jennings
Managing Partner
Venture Atlas Labs
Elizabeth Jennings has worked in international commercialization of new healthcare technologies for the last decade, spanning 28 countries and all classes of complexity. In addition to leading strategic partnerships for New Zealand-based mental health startup oVRcome, she is the Managing Partner of Venture Atlas Labs, a commercialization firm known for bringing innovative technologies to commercial success in some of the most challenging markets around the world.
She also serves on the Board of Directors for the fastest-growing angel impact network in the US, SWAN Impact; is a healthtech VP with SWAN’s VC fund; leads the European Network of Research Innovation Centres and Hubs’ healthcare portfolio in the US; and serves on multiple international healthcare councils, federal grant review panels, and accelerators. Her book, US Digital Healthcare Procurement, was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and is a leading resource for navigating the US healthcare landscape for international startups.
She frequently offers keynotes and workshops at the intersection of commercialization and investment for international trade organizations, academic institutions, and think tanks to prepare both entrepreneurs and early-stage investors with real-world tools to make stronger decisions. Previously, she led innovation programs for foreign governments at the Global Innovation Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, commercial expansion for multiple large diagnostics corporations in the US and France, and upstream investments in neglected tropical disease research.
With nearly a decade of professional experience living abroad, she speaks Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese reasonably well, and French with good intentions.
Steven Cutbirth
VP, Marketing & Communications
Emocha Health
Steven Cutbirth leads all marketing and communications efforts for emocha Health, which provides breakthrough medication support for better health via their 360° model of care that enhances the gold standard of medication adherence, Directly Observed Therapy.
Prior to his role at emocha, Steven was head of marketing at Point Health (Formerly The Karis Group), a digital health company making healthcare easy to find, easy to understand, and easier to afford through its smart healthcare platform.
Steven also served as Director, Digital Analytics and Engagement at W2O Group, directly partnering with clients to guide the integration of social, search and media analytics; identify actionable insights from complex data sets and create insights-based marketing & communications strategies. Client work included Aetna, Intuitive Surgical, CVS Health, Bayer, Houston Methodist Health System, Optum Health, & Merck.
Additionally, Steven is a Notley Fellow, an adjunct professor at St. Edwards University and co-founder of ATX.Health, a community focused on fostering collaboration in Austin for those passionate about innovation in health and wellness by serving as the central resource for news, events, and coordination of all things health[care].
Steven holds a BBA in Marketing & Management from Baylor University, an MBA in Economic Development from Eastern University and recently completed a Masters of Science in Healthcare Transformation from the Value Institute for Health and Care, a joint venture between Dell Medical School and the McCombs School of Business.
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United States Congressman Lloyd Doggett represents communities from San Antonio to Austin. He serves as Chairman of the Heath Subcommittee on the House Ways & Means Committee, the oldest committee of the United States Congress. Congressman Doggett is also a member of the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee, the Joint Committee on Taxation, and the House Budget Committee.
As Chairman of the Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, Rep. Doggett works to put patients first, lower Big Pharma monopoly prices, cut out-of-pocket cost, and reverse Republican sabotage of our healthcare system. He is a sponsor of multiple pieces of legislation that would allow Medicare to use its purchasing power to lower drug costs for seniors and taxpayers through negotiation, fight anti-competitive pay-for-delay deals, and promote transparency throughout the drug development and pricing process.
Congressman Doggett was an active member of the Health Subcommittee when the Affordable Care Act was written in 2009-10. Since before coming to Congress, he also served as a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court.
Dr. Jacob (“Jake”) A. Childers, MD, currently practices Urgent Care Medicine at Austin Regional Clinic’s Far West location where he has worked since 2009. Dr. Childers serves as Medical Director of NormanMD, ARC’s acute care on-demand telemedicine service.
Dr. Childers has practiced Urgent Care Medicine for 16 years after completing his residency in Family Medicine at Carolinas Healthcare System in Charlotte, NC. Since 2012, Dr. Childers has led the development of a crowdsourcing disease research platform, has been heavily involved in the creation and implementation of three separate telehealth software platforms, and has been an advisor to multiple med-tech startups.
Dr. Childers previously served as Executive Director of the Walters Physician Incubator and is currently active as an advisor in Dell Medical School’s Texas Health Catalyst. In 2017 Dr. Childers testified before the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Texas House Public Health Committee in favor of Texas’ recently enacted telemedicine bill, SB 1107.
Dr. Childers studied Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University, graduating Cum Laude. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas McGovern School of Medicine in Houston, TX before completing his Family Medicine Residency in North Carolina.
Dr. Childers recently celebrated 24 years of marriage to his high school sweetheart. He enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, cycling and hiking outdoors, reading non-fiction, snow skiing, travel, and photography.
Kevin presides as the President of Goodside Health, a role he has held since its inception. Setting out to reimagine the way in which pediatric care is delivered, he and his cofounder, Brian White, started Urgent Care for Kids (UCFK) in 2011. Kevin was instrumental in the UCFK expansion into telemedicine, leading development efforts that culminated in the launch of Virtual Care for Families in 2018 and subsequently the SchoolMed program in 2019.
In 2021 the two co-founders unified the companies under the new brand Goodside Health, updating to a new brand and moniker that best represents the portfolio of innovative pediatric care solutions which now provide access to care to more than 1,100,000 families annually. Kevin is the principal lead for the SchoolMed program and his strategic vision and unique experience at the intersection of healthcare and education is balancing the scales of health equity.
Kevin earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He resides in Lakeway, TX with his wife and two young children.
Lauren Lucy is a product management leader with experience in both knowledge marketplaces and healthcare. Currently, she is the Head of Product Management at MDisrupt, which connects digital health companies with health experts and practicing clinicians to provide the expertise they need to bring their products to market.
Prior to MDisrupt, Lauren was Director of Product Management at Gerson Lehrman Group, where she managed the product portfolios servicing both sides of the insight marketplace, and designed and implemented user experiences that increased the satisfaction and engagement of the network of over one million experts.
Before joining GLG she was a healthcare strategy consultant at both Deloitte Consulting and Acquis Consulting Group, where she worked with private and public sector clients on a variety of projects, including healthcare software planning and implementation and product launch strategy.
Lauren received her undergraduate degree in Business Economics from the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia and spent time studying abroad at the Prague School of Economics.
Dr. Blake McKinney, CirrusMD Co-founder, had a vision: to enable every person to have a better experience accessing healthcare services. Blake observed the barriers his patients were up against in seeking care, and at the same time, saw that his friends and family were able to reach out to him directly for guidance, most often via text. CirrusMD was created so everyone seeking care could immediately connect and communicate with a real doctor in this way.
Partnering with Andy Altorfer in 2012, Blake and the CirrusMD team built a platform to achieve this vision of an improved healthcare experience. Through the years, this path has been guided by Blake’s clinical insight and ongoing, practice-based understanding of the needs of both patients and doctors.
Dr. McKinney completed his internship and residency at the University of California Davis after graduating from the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. Prior to medical school he served four years as a Communications Intelligence Officer in the United States Marine Corps.
One of the main objectives of Dr. Roger Moczygemba is to fix a crippling problem in the current health care system. He recognizes that excessive health care costs, high copays, insane wait times, and rushed 10-minute doctor visits all prevent individuals, families, and employees from seeking the medical help they need when needed.
Dr. Moczygemba decided to adopt the revolutionary Direct Primary Care model, and through it, he made healthcare direct, accessible, transparent, and affordable to everyone. I
n 2017, he built Direct Med Clinic in San Antonio to transform his community. It is through his clinic that he and his team are able to provide real care to individuals, save millions on downstream costs for employers, and spread the word about the remedy to our current misaligned health care system. The Direct Primary Care model is designed to provide the ideal solution: direct contracting and membership access to fair prices without the hassle of third parties or fear of surprise billing.
Dr. Roger graduated from Texas A&M Health Science Center and then trained in Family Practice in the Navy. He has worked in Family Practice, Occupational Medicine, and Urgent Care for over 25 years and was a telemedicine pioneer in primary care nearly 20 years ago.
