Nicole J. Macarchuk is a Parter at Dechert, LLC. Prior to becoming a Partner at Dechert, she served as Angel Island Capital Management’s Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. Prior to joining Angel Island Capital, Ms. Macarchuk was a Managing Director and General Counsel of Public Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., including KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC and KKR Financial Holdings LLC . Prior to joining KKR, Ms. Macarchuk was Co-General Counsel of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, responsible for the firm’s global private equity, energy, and transactional business groups and initiatives, as well as the U.S. public distressed debt, structured products, and public equity business units with respect to transactional matters. Prior to joining Och-Ziff, Ms. Macarchuk was counsel at O’Melveny & Myers LLP and O’Sullivan LLP focusing on private equity transactions and fund formation and an associate at White & Case focusing on banking and corporate credit transactions. Ms. Macarchuk received a B.A. in Economics from Fordham University and a J.D., cum laude, from Fordham University Law School.

Sarah has an extensive background in both finance and operations, working primarily in the healthcare space for the last 15 years. As an investment banker and private equity investor, she began to focus on investments in the healthcare space. After business school, she made the transition into healthcare operations, initially working for Tenet Healthcare. She completed a training program in hospital operations and was then asked to support major corporate initiatives in operations improvement and executive compensation. She then focused on honing her management skills, working as VP of Operations at St Elizabeths hospital for several years. Most recently, Sarah has focused on raising her young family while doing consulting assignments in the healthcare and non-profit sectors and running a small farm. Sarah received her Bachelors in Business Administration from the College of William & Mary and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Vivian Vasallo is a mission-driven leader with executive experience in Fortune 500, philanthropic and non-profit organizations. Vivian serves as Executive Director of Delta Dental Institute. Previously she held leadership positions at AARP Foundation, First American Financial Corporation and Milken Institute. She has led high-performing teams and has a demonstrated track record in business development, strategic planning and launching national initiatives. Her subject matter expertise is in financial services, housing, health and longevity. Vivian is working on a Masters of Science in Aging and Health at Georgetown University and holds a BA in International Relations from American University and MA in International Studies from University of Miami.

Georgia Casciato is passionate about contribution/collaboration amongst key stakeholders in the healthcare dialogue. She is the twice-elected President of Chicago Health Executives Forum, the largest chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), and participates on numerous healthcare boards. Her expertise is in healthcare strategy, business development& growth, strategic partnerships, and entrepreneurship. Half of her career was invested in leadership roles with health systems/consultancies (Adventist, Aon, William Mercer, Inc., Columbia/HCA,) the other half in her own consultancy. Georgia is a requested speaker/moderator and has authored more than 30 articles including white papers for Modern Healthcare and Best Doctors. She has a longstanding background in wellness and community health outreach for underserved populations. Georgia is board certified in healthcare management and an ACHE fellow.

Dr. De Santi is a neuroscientist with almost 20 years of research experience and clinical expertise in Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, she holds the position as Executive Director, Global Medical Affairs, Patient Journey, Neurology Business Group, Eisai, Inc.

Prior to joining Eisai, Inc., she worked as VP, Medical Affairs North America & Asia Pacific for Life Molecular Imaging and Piramal Pharma, Global Medical Director for GE Healthcare, Global Clinical Director for Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and briefly as Director of Research at the MedAvante, Research Institute.

In addition, she worked in academic settings, including as Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York University Langone Medical Center, New York City.

Susan served as the Administrative Director at the Center for Brain Health and continues to hold an adjunct Associate Professorship at this institution. Dr. De Santi’s research focused on early diagnostic markers of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease using brain imaging, biological markers, and cognition. She was part of the team that identified, using both MRI and FDG PET, the brain regions showing the earliest changes in Alzheimer’s disease.

In addition, Dr. De Santi developed robust cognitive norms and robust imaging norms for identifying the earliest changes in healthy individuals which predict cognitive decline. Dr. De Santi received her Ph.D. focusing in neurolinguistics from the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. Dr. De Santi and the NYU Center for Brain Health are internationally recognized for their contribution to the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease using a multi-modality approach. She has authored numerous scientific articles and has presented her work internationally.

Carladenise Edwards serves as Henry Ford Health System’s senior vice president and chief strategy officer. She previously served as the executive vice-president and chief strategy officer for Providence St. Joseph Health. She is an expert in health policy, public and private health services, managed care programs, and health information technology.

Prior to joining PSJH, Dr. Edwards served as the chief strategy officer for Alameda Health System in California, as well as the president and chief executive officer of Cal eConnect, a non-profit public benefit corporation created to serve as the state governance entity for electronic Health Information Exchange in California. She owns a successful consulting practice that provides strategy and business development services to health care provider groups, health plans, technology companies, community-based organizations, and state and federal government agencies. She holds a Master of Science degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania and a Doctorate in philosophy from the University of Florida.

Scott Filer brings nearly three decades of executive leadership experience in clinical research, public health and early-stage HealthTech companies. From life sciences to ambulatory care – and from nonprofit as well as governmental global health/pandemic preparedness organizations, to for-profit healthcare technology startups, Scott has served a wide array of organizations, including Force Diagnostics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Argonne National Laboratory, and the British Embassy in Washington DC. He has also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Chicago, on the board of advisors of the Benedictine University Goodwin School of Business, as a mentor on behalf of the mHUB HardTech Incubator in Chicago and as an editor of the DePaul University Journal of Healthcare Law. He presently serves as CEO of ProMedix, Inc. – a medical device startup dedicated to improving sepsis diagnosis and monitoring in hospitals and homecare settings; with offices at the Oregon Biosciences Incubator in Portland, OR, and at MATTER; a healthcare startup accelerator in Chicago, IL. Scott received his MPH from the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health and his MBA from the University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business.

Jean C. O’Connor has spent nearly 20 years working at the intersection of law, policy, and public health. Jean is passionate about improving health outcomes through evidence-based interventions and policies, and building the public health workforce. She has worked in state health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and non-profit organizations. She teaches health professional students at Emory University and the University of Georgia part-time. She earned her joint JD and MPH from Emory University and her DrPH from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Santosh is Co-founder of Visgenx, Inc. a startup developing treatments for age-related macular degeneration which is the leading cause of vision loss worldwide and affects over 196 million individuals worldwide. Throughout his career, he has pursued a passion for developing drugs for addressing unmet medical needs in diverse areas ranging from cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, hemophilia, sickle cell disease and pediatric epilepsy. He has previously served as Chief Medical Officer for multiple public companies. In the area of community service, Santosh has provided pro bono clinical care at an indigent medical clinic and has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He received his PhD from the Virginia Commonwealth University, his MD from the University of Maryland and his MBA from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Edward Yip serves as Vice President, Legal and Compliance at Euclid Systems Corporation. Previously, he held senior positions (including chief legal officer and chief compliance officer) at other life sciences companies, including QIAGEN, Celera Genomics, Evidera, Human Genome Sciences, ImClone Systems and Osiris Therapeutics.

Edward’s other community leadership roles include serving as a member of the National Diversity Advisory Council for the American Red Cross, audit chair for Heluna Health, commissioner on the Maryland Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, co-chair of Maryland’s Asian American Business Conference, board chair for the Union of Pan Asian Communities and board member for Girl Scouts San Diego.

Celina Gorre is the CEO of WomenHeart, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., whose mission is to improve the health and quality of life for women living with heart disease. Prior to leading WomenHeart, Celina served as the executive director of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases, in London, UK, overseeing more than $250M in public research funding across 66 countries. From 2009-2011, Celina served as the managing director of the Foundation for the UN Global Compact, initiating a 501(c)(3) that helped companies support the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative. From 2007-2009, she worked in the field with UNFPA and UNICEF in Angola as a senior HIV/AIDS advisor. Celina has had extensive experience at the intersection of corporate responsibility and global health, developing health and social programs for multinational companies, as the Technical Manager for the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from 2005-2007, and has held in-house corporate responsibility positions, leading global training for Gap Inc.’s social responsibility department and conducting factory audits for Mattel Inc. Gorre received an MPH from UCLA and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.

Bonnie Midura serves as a senior program manager at The California Endowment, where she oversees a grant portfolio that includes both the Los Angeles region and statewide health system teams. Bonnie’s career has spanned public health, community health, and philanthropy and she has experience working in nonprofit community-based organizations, health systems, foundations, and public agencies. Bonnie rejoined The California Endowment in May 2016, having served as a staff member of the foundation from 2001-2009. During these years she focused on grantmaking related to expanding access to health coverage for all children in California and protecting and expanding the health care safety net across the state. Prior to returning to The Endowment, she served as an independent consultant for seven years providing initiative development, content expertise, and program management services to a variety of public and private health-related funders in California. Bonnie was one of the founding members of the Los Angeles chapter of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy and is an active troop leader for Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. Bonnie received her MPH from UCLA and BS in Sports Medicine from Pepperdine University.

Blayne Cutler, MD, PhD, joined Heluna Health in 2014 as Chief Executive Officer. She is a physician trained in infectious disease and public health. Prior to joining Heluna Health, Blayne served as New York City’s Assistant Commissioner for HIV Prevention and Control under Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Bill DiBlasio, and as the City’s Director of HIV Prevention from 2007-2013. During her tenure, new HIV diagnoses declined by more than 25 percent, and HIV fell off the list of top ten causes of death among New York City residents for the first time in 30 years.  Blayne has published widely on topics related to HIV, epidemiology, history and public health. She has lectured at universities around the world and has assisted in the scale-up of HIV treatment and care in Africa. Blayne received her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania; completed her residency training at Brown University; and her infectious diseases fellowship at Columbia University. At Columbia, she was awarded a research fellowship from the Mailman School of Public Health’s Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, where she studied the safety and acceptability of microbicides for the prevention of HIV and novel diagnostics for tuberculosis. Blayne also has a deep love of the humanities: she holds a doctorate in history from Yale University and worked as a journalist prior to becoming a physician.

Peter Dale is a seasoned program, contracts, and grants professional with over 20 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Dale’s experience includes serving on active duty as a U.S. Air Force Contracting Officer and working for various large environmental, aerospace, and non-profit corporations. Peter also served as the Director of Contract Administration for the Los Angeles Unified School District and RAND Corporation supporting the NSRD Intelligence Policy Center and Project Air Force.  He has designed, developed and managed a myriad of contract and grant policies/processes, designed/instructed various contracting courses for the American Management Association and is highly proficient in pre- and post-award contract and grant management. Peter is a Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM), active member of the National Contract Management Association, and holds a B.A. in Psychology from California State University and a M.A. in Psychology from Chapman University specializing as a MFT.

Jordan Gadd joined Heluna Health in 2021 as Chief of Staff. He is responsible for the collaborative implementation of Heluna Health’s Strategic Plan and provides leadership for other cross-agency initiatives. Additionally, Jordan serves as a liaison to the Board of Directors and other external stakeholders. Jordan joined Heluna Health from Loyola Marymount University where he served for 12 years in a variety of project management, strategic planning, and communications roles, including serving in a Chief of Staff capacity for University Advancement and the School of Education.

Jordan holds a MA in education from Loyola Marymount University and BA in art history from Pomona College.

Dr. Jo Kay Ghosh joined Heluna Health in 2021 as director of research and evaluation, bringing more than 15 years of experience in public health research and practice. She leads the effort to build a robust research and evaluation program for Heluna Health and to highlight and augment the impact of the organization’s work in collaboration with our many program partners.

Dr. Ghosh has worked in both academic research and in public health practice with deep roots in environmental health and communicable disease. Prior to joining Heluna Health, she served as health effects officer & director of Community Air Programs at the South Coast Air Quality Management District in the greater Los Angeles region. Previously, Dr. Ghosh worked at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health in the Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Division, where she led the epidemiology team in the tuberculosis program. She has conducted research in these roles, as well as at UCLA and USC, and has numerous publications in the fields of air pollution health effects, maternal/child health, and tuberculosis.

Dr. Ghosh received her PhD in epidemiology from the UCLA School of Public Health. She holds an MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and a BS in bioengineering from UC Berkeley’s School of Engineering.

Brian Gieseler joined Heluna Health in 2017 as its Chief Financial Officer leading the Accounting and Operations teams. Brian joins Heluna Health from Tatum, where he was a CFO Engagement Partner for more than ten years. While at Tatum he served as an interim senior financial executive for a variety of clients, most notably as interim CFO for the Special Olympics International, the J. Craig Venter Institute, as well as many other private and public entities. Prior to joining Tatum, Brian served in various financial and operational roles for companies ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, including Burroughs Corporation, Perot Systems, Inc. and MCI.

Brian holds a Master of Business Administration from the Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Administration from Catawba College and an Accounting Certificate from the University of Virginia. He enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, tennis and golf.

Elizabeth Power Robison joined Heluna Health in 2022 as its first Chief Advancement Officer. She is responsible for creating an ambitious advancement roadmap; engaging new and existing donors; pursuing new revenue streams; and building sustainable partnerships—all in support of the organization’s mission to enhance the health, wellness & resilience of every community it serves.

During her 30-year career in nonprofit organizations, Elizabeth’s expertise in fundraising, public relations, and entrepreneurial initiatives has generated more than $550 million in private gift support. At the Milken Institute, a nonprofit with a focus, in part, on public health, she helped to launch the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream. Elizabeth has served as Vice President for Advancement at the California Institute of the Arts, Whittier College, and Keck Graduate Institute.

Elizabeth serves on the board of directors of the Matías Rosado Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to addressing the youth mental health crisis, and serves as an auxiliary officer on the board of trustees of Temple Israel of Hollywood. She holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and BA from Brandeis University.

Kiran Saluja is the Executive Director of the PHFE WIC Program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children). PHFE runs the largest local WIC agency in the country, serving approximately 4% of the nation’s total and 23% of California’s WIC recipients. Ms. Saluja is a Registered Dietitian. She obtained her Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from the UCLA School of Public Health. She also holds a Masters and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delhi, India. Ms. Saluja is a passionate supporter of breastfeeding and has participated in numerous breastfeeding coalitions, task forces and special committees at the local, state and federal levels. She served on the Board of the National WIC Association for seven years and was Board Chair in 2012.

She has spoken widely about WIC, breastfeeding and nutrition education, including before the U.S. Congress in 2010 and at the Institute of Medicine in 2011.

Tim Seifert joined Heluna Health in 2015 as the human resources officer. He brings 25 years of experience in employment/labor law and human resources leadership across multiple industries and as a consultant. Tim has worked as an attorney in the private practice of law and as in-house counsel with both public and private ownership corporations. Prior to joining Heluna Health, Tim served as Assistant General Counsel, and then Vice President of Human Resources, for Kellwood Company. He earned his BS in Public Administration from the University of Missouri – St. Louis, and his Juris Doctor from St. Louis University School of Law. Tim is admitted to the bar in Missouri and Illinois, and he is certified as a senior human resources professional by the Society of Human Resources Management.  He lives with his wife in Long Beach, California, and serves on the board of directors of Power4Youth, a youth mentoring organization in Long Beach.