Our Team

Leith Abdulla

Leith Abdulla is the VP of Engineering at Merit America. Prior to that, he was the Senior Engineering Manager at Khan Academy and an ASCII Architect at Coursera and a Co-Founder of Diffbot Corp., which offers an innovative API that enables developers to easily create applications that apply computer vision algorithms for the purpose of extracting information and understanding the visual layouts of various web pages. Previously, he was a Software Engineer at IBM for their Pervasive Computing group. Awarded an NSF graduate fellowship, Abdulla attended Stanford’s Electrical Engineering Ph.D. program, where he was a researcher for their HCI department. His research interests include education technology, online transparency, and the future of decentralized computing.

Dr. Geoffrey Abrams

Dr. Abrams is Board Certified in Orthopedic Surgery, with a subspecialty certificate in Sports Medicine. He serves as Director of Sports Medicine for Varsity Athletics at Stanford University, Assistant Team Physician for the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, and previous Assistant Team Physician for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. Dr. Abrams received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University where he starred on National Championship tennis teams, and his Doctor of Medicine from the University of California – San Diego. He completed his residency in Orthopedic Surgery at Stanford University.

Avani Agarwal

Avani Agarwal is currently a Social Good UX Designer and Strategist at Google, and formerly the art director for the front page of Yahoo! Inc., responsible for the design of special events pages, advertising modules, and development of Yahoo! applications for new devices. At TeachAids, she directed the construction of the first TeachAids website, from wire-frame to polished product, oversaw the site’s user experience, and consulted on user-interface aspects of TeachAids videos. She holds a B.A. in Visual Communications with a minor in economics from Loyola University of Chicago and has had further education from Parsons School of Design.

Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson is a healthcare technology leader and clinical expert. He has led large multidisciplinary healthcare organizations, rebuilding them to prominence through operational excellence, cutting edge research, and development/commercialization of clinical and performance products.  He currently serves as Product Lead and Chief Clinical Officer at NeuroSync, which delivers clinical tools and services used in the diagnosis and treatment of Neuro Health disorders. Scott advises other startups with novel technologies in the healthcare, education and consumer space. He is also an experienced international speaker on topics related to health, technology, and innovation.

Ray Anderson

Ray Anderson oversaw a new level of excellence for the Arizona State Sun Devils. A Los Angeles, California native, Anderson studied political science at Stanford and excelled in football and baseball before earning a J.D. at Harvard Law. Earlier in his career, Anderson was Executive Vice President of Football Operations at the NFL. He has earned a spot on numerous “Most Influential” lists. He now serves as law professor at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, ASU with an expertise in Sports Law and Business.

Diana Anthony

Dr. Paul Auerbach

Dr. Paul Auerbach was the Redlich Family Professor Emeritus at the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine, a founder of the Wilderness Medical Society, member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and served on the National Medical Committee for the National Ski Patrol System. He was a first responder to the earthquakes in Haiti (2010) and Nepal (2015) and was visiting scholar at the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health. He served as a team physician for sports at all levels: youth, high school, college, and professional. He was co-author of Enviromedics: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health, editor of the textbook Wilderness Medicine, and author of Medicine for the Outdoors. He passed away on June 23rd, 2021.

Asad Ayaz

Asad Ayaz is President of Marketing and Chief Brand Officer for Walt Disney Studios. Working with the company since 2005, Ayaz has spearheaded record-breaking marketing campaigns for Walt Disney Studios’ multi-billion dollar box office franchises, including Disney Live Action, Marvel Studios, LucasFilm and Pixar Animation Studios. Ayaz has overseen campaigns for over half of the top 10 highest grossing films of all time worldwide. With a Bachelor Degree from Bennington College and a Masters in Economics from the University of Southern California, Ayaz has been highlighted in The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen list, as well as Advertising Age’s 40 Under 40.

Megan Abarca

Megan Azebu Abarca was named Head Coach of the Stanford University artistic swimming team in May 2018. She led her 2021 team to the Collegiate National Championship, and her team swept all individual honors. Previously she served as an assistant coach for the Stanford Program for 6 seasons. She was selected as head coach of the 2018 13-15 Junior National Team and assistant coach for the Silver Medal 2024 Olympic Team.

Prof. Jeremy Bailenson

Prof. Jeremy Bailenson is the Thomas More Storke Professor in the Department of Communication, Professor of Education by courtesy, Professor Program in Symbolic Systems, a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, and a Faculty Leader at Stanford’s Center for Longevity. Prof. Bailenson studies the psychology of Virtual and Augmented Reality, in particular how virtual experiences lead to changes in perceptions of self and others. His most recent research focuses on how virtual experiences can transform education, environmental conservation, empathy, and health. He is the recipient of the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Stanford.

Dean Michele Barry

Michele Barry, MD, FACP, FASTMH is the Drs. Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine and Tropical Diseases, Director of the Center for Innovation in Global Health, and Senior Associate Dean for Global Health at Stanford University. She is the Co-Founder and Director of the Yale/Stanford Johnson & Johnson Global Health Scholar Award program and a past President of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Dean Barry is an elected member of the National Academy of Science Medicine  and has been selected for Best Doctors in America. She is the 2018 recipient of AMWA’s highest award – the Elizabeth Blackwell medal for creating pathways for women in medicine.

Dr. Eran Bendavid

Dr. Eran Bendavid is a Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health), of Health Policy, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. In his day to day work, Dr. Bendavid explores the economic, political, and medical conditions that can lead to improved health in developing countries. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Bendavid completed his residency and fellowship at Stanford Medical School, where he now cares for patients with HIV and related conditions. He has ongoing projects in South Africa, Rwanda, and Uganda.

Karl Benson

Karl Benson hails from Spokane, Washington. Benson was a student-athlete, playing baseball for both Spokane Community College and Boise State University. He worked for the NCAA and was rapidly promoted to Director of Championships, where he oversaw 68 NCAA championships. He went on to serve as the commissioner of the Mid-American Conference and then further polished his reputation for accomplishment in the Western Athletic Conference.

Mahesh Bhatt

Mahesh Bhatt is a prominent film director, producer, and screenwriter. Winner of the National Film Award, the most prestigious film award in India, Bhatt is known for his unconventional style of filmmaking and his unique depiction of subjects, which reflect many of his experiences in life. Along with producing and directing hit Bollywood movies, he is responsible for launching widely known actors and musicians including Anupam Kher, Sushmita Sen, and more recently, Kangana Ranaut. He also found spiritual companionship and guidance with philosopher U.G. Krishnamurti, who Bhatt wrote about in two books, U.G. Krishnamurti: A Life and A Taste of Life: The Last Days of U.G. Krishnamurti.

Matt Birk

Matt Birk is a Super Bowl Champion with a prolific 14-year NFL career. He played college football at Harvard University, where he studied Economics. He was a 6th round selection for the Minnesota Vikings. Birk went on to win 6 Pro Bowl Selections, the 2011 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, and the Super Bowl as a center with the Baltimore Ravens in 2012. He has served as a Board Member of USA Football and of the Professional Football Hall of Fame, Vice President of Development at American Youth Football, and a youth football coach.

Dr. Terrence Blaschke

Dr. Blaschke is Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology (Emeritus) at Stanford University, Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at UCSF and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Indiana University. He joined the faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine in 1974. From November 2012 through 2015 Dr. Blaschke was a Senior Program Officer/Senior Advisor at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and was a consultant to the BMGF. Dr. Blaschke was a member of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group and served as chair of the Pharmacology Committee. His research has focused on sources of variability in drug response. Studies of variability have emphasized modeling PK/PD relationships. His recent clinical efforts are directed at improving patient adherence in TB and other chronic diseases. Dr. Blaschke has over 180 original publications in peer reviewed journals. He is an Associate Editor of the Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Dr. Josh Bloom

Dr. Josh Bloom is a partner physician at Carolina Family Practice & Sports Medicine and Medical Director of the Carolina Sports Concussion Clinic.  He is Team Physician and Medical Director for the Carolina Hurricanes (NHL), Team Physician for USA Baseball and Apex Friendship High School. Dr. Bloom serves as Co-Chief Medical Officer of USA Baseball, on the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, as well as the North Carolina Brain Injury Advisory Council. He has clinical faculty positions in the Department of Family Medicine at UNC School of Medicine and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Duke University.

Jamie M. Bogle

Jamie M. Bogle, AuD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Audiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. She earned her Doctorate of Audiology (AuD) and PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the James and Martha Crawford Endowed Clinical Research Fellowship in Otolaryngology at Mayo Clinic Florida. Dr. Bogle evaluates children and adults with dizziness and imbalance challenges, often due to concussions. She is interested in improving diagnostic tools for evaluating patients of all ages to understand how the vestibular system is involved in concussions or migraine.

Amy Bokker

Amy Bokker was named Ohio State University Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach in June 2019 after serving as Head Coach at Stanford University for 11 seasons prior to beginning her PhD in sports leadership and joining Pickle & Chill. At Stanford, she led the Cardinal to six conference titles and eight NCAA tournament appearances,  and she coached eight All-Americans, five conference Player of the Year honorees and six conference tournament MVPs. She led the team to their first NCAA Tournament in 2013 and to their first Pac-12 Tournament title in 2018.

Jason Borrelli

Jason Borrelli moved to American University in 2021 after serving 13 seasons as head wrestling coach for Stanford University. While at Stanford, he was twice named National Coach of the Year. He coached 26 wrestlers to the NCAA Championships. Borrelli holds the Stanford program’s all-time coaching career wins. His successes have continued at American University.

Bob Bowlsby

Bob Bowlsby has spent his career raising the bar for American collegiate athletics. He was selected as the fourth full-time Commissioner of the Big 12 Conference in 2012. Before this role, Bowlsby spent 6 years at Stanford as the Director of Athletics, increasing Stanford’s total to a record-breaking 17 consecutive Learfield Sports Directors’ Cups. Prior to his successes at Stanford, he served 22 years as Director of Athletics, first at University of Northern Iowa and then at University of Iowa, where he took charge of the merger of the Hawkeye men’s and women’s athletics.

Brian Bulcke

Brian Bulcke played the majority of his career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after time with the Calgary Stampeders and San Francisco 49ers. He has 3 Grey Cup appearances, 2 CFL Most-Outstanding Nominations and consistent Team Captain and Leader honors. Bulcke holds a BA in Mechanical Engineering and MA in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. With interests at the intersection of sports, technology and youth advocacy. He serves as the Founder and Managing Director of “play4tomorrow,” an on-line design academy to change the real-world game of education, sports and youth development.

Dr. David Camarillo

Dr. David Camarillo holds a B.S.E in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford. His expertise is in instrumentation and biomechanics and his research interests include medical technology design over a broad range of applications from prevention of mild traumatic brain injury, prediction of embryo viability, and cardiovascular robotic surgery. He directs a National Institute of Health (NIH) funded laboratory at Stanford.

Dr. Robert Cantu

Dr. Cantu also serves as Chief of Neurosurgery Service and Director of Sports Medicine at Emerson Hospital. He is a Clinical Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Clinical Therapeutics Leader AD-CTE Center Boston University Medical Center, is a Founding member and Medical Director Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, an Adjunct Professor Exercise and Sport Science and Medical Director National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Cantu also is Senior Advisor Brain Injury Center Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Vice President and Chairman of Scientific Advisory Committee, National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE), Senior Advisor NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee, Member NFLPA Mackey-White Health and Safety Committee, NCAA Concussion Advisory Group Member and NCAA Student-Athletic Concussion Injury Litigation Committee (Medical Science Committee).

Dr. Martin Carnoy

Martin Carnoy is the Vida Jacks Professor of Education and Economics at Stanford University. He writes on the economic value of education, on the underlying political economy of educational policy, and on the financing and resource allocation aspects of educational production. Much of his work is comparative and international, and investigates the impact of global economic and social change on the way educational systems are organized. He is the author of numerous books including, Sustaining the New Economy: Work, Family and Community in the Information Age (Harvard, 2000), The Charter School Dust-Up (co-author, 2005); Cuba’s Academic Advantage (2007), and Vouchers and Public School Performance (2007). He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.

Dr. James Chesnutt

Dr. James Chesnutt is Medical Director of the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Concussion Program. Board-certified in Sports Medicine, Dr. Chesnutt is Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Neurology, and Orthopedics & Rehabilitation and works with the Rebound Clinic as Team Physician for the Portland Trail Blazers. He is active in concussion research, legislation and education, serves as Co-Director of the Oregon Concussion Awareness and Management Program (OCAMP), is on the Oregon Governor’s TBI Task Force and advises the Oregon School Activities Association. A graduate of Stanford University, Dr. Chesnutt currently partners with Stanford on several academic and educational concussion projects.

Dr. George Chiampas

Dr. George Chiampas is an Assistant Professor at the Feinberg school of medicine in the departments of Emergency medicine and Orthopedic surgery at Northwestern University. He is fellowship trained in Sports Medicine and is trained to lead in emergency preparedness. Dr. Chiampas launched and leads the soccer player and coach safety platform www.recognizetorecover.org for youth across the country. He serves on FIFA’s medical committee advancing the sports awareness and rule changes for player welfare. He served as a team physician at Northwestern University from 2008-2013. Dr. Chiampas is a team physician with the Chicago Blackhawks and as a visiting team medical liaison (VTML) for the NFL. He is the Chief Medical Officer for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

Dr. David Cifu

Dr. David Cifu is the Associate Dean for Innovation and System Integration, Herman J. Flax, MD Professor, and Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and Health System. He is the Senior Traumatic Brain Injury Specialist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and formerly served as National Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for Veterans Health Administration from 2009 to 2015. Dr. Cifu is also the Principal Investigator of the Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC-LIMBIC), and has been funded on 46 research grants for over $240 million. He holds an MD from Boston University and completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine.

Jack Clark

Jack Clark has served as head coach for men’s varsity rugby at the University of California, Berkeley since 1984. His Golden Bears have won 29 national collegiate titles. Founder of the U.S. Collegiate All-American Team, Clark also served as head coach of the U.S. National Team, notching more victories in his tenure than any other U.S. coach. He is a member of the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame and Cal Athletic Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Glenn T. Seaborg Award in honor of the former Chancellor and Nobel Prize winner. Clark was named a Pac-12 Living Legend and one of Cal’s Ten Most Influential Sports Figures of the 20th Century.

Bernadette Clavier

Ms. Bernadette Clavier was the director of the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) from February 2014 – August 2022. The center educates insightful leaders for social and environmental change. Prior to this, she was in charge of the center’s social innovation programs and before that its communications, digital strategy, and conferences. Ms. Clavier came to the United States from France, where she worked as vice president of seasonal products for E. Leclerc, the French retail chain equivalent of Wal-Mart. She was a Founding Board Member of Spring Impact, and a Partner at Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund. She sits on the board of ICSF, a nonprofit consulting organization that supports the scaling of social ventures. She holds an MBA from HEC Paris, speaks French and English, and in her spare time she advises social entrepreneurs, advocates for autism spectrum disorders awareness, and works as part of the Climate Reality Project team. She now works as an advocate at the Center for Lyme Action.

Dr. Harvey Cohen

Dr. Harvey Cohen was appointed the first holder of the Deborah E. Addicott – John A. Kriewall and Betsy A. Haehl Family Professor in Pediatrics in February 2007, and the Katie and Paul Dougherty Medical Director of Palliative Care in August 2010. He was previously the Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University. Dr. Cohen’s research interests extend from hypothesis-driven studies in biochemistry and cell biology to discovery-driven interests in proteomics and systems biology to clinical treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia of children.

Dr. John Corrigan

John D. Corrigan, PhD, is an emeritus Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Ohio State University. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation and directs the Ohio Brain Injury Program – the State of Ohio’s designated lead agency for brain injury policy and planning. Dr. Corrigan has received many awards for his service and research, including the Brain Injury Association of America’s William Fields Caveness Award, the 2007 Robert L. Moody Prize and the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s Gold Key Award.

Jeannette Cox

Jeannette Cox, with over 20 years of accounting expertise, also manages the account for Medic Mobile. She has served on the executive boards of several Bay Area organizations, including the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Parent Advisory. Her passion for service and philanthropy has been recognized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals as a Golden Gate Chapter Honoree.

Dr. Kevin E. Crutchfield

Dr. Kevin Crutchfield specializes in vascular neurology, sports neurology and concussion care, as well as the use of cerebrovascular ultrasound. He has over 35 years of experience treating adults who experience stroke, concussion, and brain injury. He has served as a neurology consultant for professional sports teams including the Baltimore Ravens, the Baltimore Orioles, DC United Soccer, Chesapeake Bayhawks Lacrosse, and DC Divas Football. He also is a founding member of the Mackey-White Health and Safety Committee of the NFL Players Association, and served as a brain injury consultant for  U.S. Special Forces through the Department of Defense.

Dr. Daniel Daneshvar

Dr. Daneshvar conducts research on the long-term effects of moderate-severe traumatic brain injury, concussion, and repetitive head impacts, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Dr. Daneshvar’s work has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Neurology, and Brain, and has been featured broadly including in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, and ESPN. He also founded Team Up Against Concussions, the first scientifically validated concussion education program for kids. He is the Director of the Institute for Brain Research and Innovation at TeachAids, which created CrashCourse: a free, scientifically validated virtual reality and computer based concussion education program. He received his S.B. from MIT, and completed his M.D./Ph.D. at the BU CTE Center. His research resulted in the first dissertation in history to study CTE. He completed residency at Stanford University before joining the faculty at Harvard Medical School.

Tara Danielson

Tara Danielson led Stanford to nine NCAA Tournament appearances in 11 seasons and guided Stanford to six conference titles. Coach Danielson was a member of the USA Field Hockey National Team and Team USA’s National Indoor Field Hockey squad, competing in over 89 international events, including the World Cup. Tara now serves as a Director of Admissions at the Governor’s Academy in Boston.

Ashwini Doshi

Ashwini Doshi provided technology risk advisory services focused on Information Technology and business process controls and risk management in the financial services industry. She had worked on several projects related to information security risks, data migrations, and cloud computing. She held an M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University. She passed away on December 1, 2017, but is fondly remembered for her brilliant mind and inspiring spirit.

Dr. Raj Doshi

Rajiv Doshi is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and Director of the India Biodesign Program, a collaboration with the Government of India to train the next generation of Indian medical technology innovators. He serves as a pro-bono board member of TEAMFund, an impact investment fund focused on medical technology innovation for India and Africa. He is the Founder and CEO of Piper Biosciences which develops medical foods to support the management of chronic medical conditions. He has 70 patents and is the inventor of nasal EPAP to treat sleep apnea and snoring. A Soros Fellow, he earned degrees in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and medicine from Stanford University.

Dr. Rafiq Dossani

Dr. Rafiq Dossani is a Director of RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy and Senior Economist at RAND Corporation. His research interests include technology policy, higher education and South Asian security & regionalism. Previously, Dr. Dossani was a senior research scholar at Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and Director of the Stanford Center for South Asia. He has authored/edited the following books: Higher Education: Triumph of the BRICs?; The Prospects for Peace in South Asia; and Telecommunications Reform in India. Dr. Dossani holds a B.A. in economics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, India; an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India; and a Ph.D. in finance from Northwestern University.

Dr. Ruben Echemendia

Dr. Ruben Echemendia is the Co-Chair of the National Hockey League’s Concussion Subcommittee  and the Director of their Neuropsychological Testing Program. He is the Chair of the Major League Soccer’s concussion program. and is the consulting clinical neuropsychologist to the U.S. Soccer Federation, the U.S. Soccer National Teams, and Princeton University’s Department of Athletic Medicine Dr. Echemendia serves on the US Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee, the NCAA Concussion Task Force, NCAA Medical Science Committee, and the US Soccer Medical Advisory Committee. He is a Past President of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

Jené Elzie

Prior to joining Dunes Point Capital in 2023, Jene Elzie was the Chief Growth Officer for Athletes First Partners. She has held leadership positions at the National Basketball Association as well as Comcast/NBCUniversal. Ms. Elzie received her B.A. in Economics and M.A. in Organizational Behavior from Stanford University, where she was an All-American and co-captain of the gymnastics team.

David Esquer

David Esquer was named Stanford’s head coach in 2017. Stanford Cardinal baseball won Pac-12 Conference titles in 2018, 2022 and 2023. Esquer is a four-time Conference Coach of the Year. In 2011, while serving as head coach at University of California, Berkeley, he was named the National Coach of the Year. Coach Esquer was a starter on Stanford’s 1987 national championship team, before playing four years in professional baseball.

Dianna Fahel

Dianna Fahel is a communications strategist specializing in growth and consumer engagement. As the former Director of Marketing and Communications at the Brain Injury Association of America, Fahel spent seven years working to advance education, understanding, and access to care for individuals with brain injuries, including concussions. She spearheaded the internationally recognized More Than My Brain Injury awareness campaign and expanded BIAA’s award-winning online Resource Center. During her tenure at BIAA, Fahel was editor-in-chief of THE Challenge! newsmagazine and edited several publications including the revised Essential Brain Injury Guide 5.0, Brain Injury Fundamentals Training Workbook, and Moderate to Severe Brain Injury: A Practical Guide for Families. Fahel is currently based in Toronto, Canada.

Coby Fleener

Coby Fleener played his collegiate career with the Stanford Cardinal from 2008-2011 where he was named an All-American. Fleener played for the Indianapolis Colts for four years and then the New Orleans Saints from 2016 to 2018. Having been exposed to concussions throughout his football career, Fleener is dedicated to finding the best ways to make the game safer. He now serves as an advisor to multiple startup companies.

Dr. Jamshid Ghajar

Dr. Jamshid Ghajar also serves as a fellow on the Committee on Trauma (American College of Surgeons). He was a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center. Under his leadership, the Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center aimed to improve outcomes for TBI patients by developing best practice guidelines and education, and conducting clinical research. He invented several neurosurgical devices used around the world, and served as Chief of Neurosurgery at The Jamaica Hospital-Cornell Trauma Center in New York for 25 years. He holds an MD and Ph.D. from Cornell University Medical College.

Shuman Ghosemajumder

Shuman Ghosemajumder is co-founder and CEO of Reken, an AI cybersecurity startup. As an early Google employee, he helped build Gmail and grow AdSense. As Google’s Global Head of Product for Trust & Safety, he started the Trust & Safety product group, protecting over one billion users. He was later CTO of Shape Security, which he helped build from a pre-product startup to its $1B acquisition by F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV), where he became Global Head of AI. A graduate of MIT, he was named by The Boston Globe in 2011 to their MIT150 list of the top MIT innovators of all time.

Thom Glielmi

Thom Glielmi has led the team to seven NCAA Championships in 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, and top five finishes at the NCAA Championships for 17 consecutive seasons. He is a six-time National Coach of the Year. In 2016, Coach Glielmi received the CGA Honor Coach Award, in recognition of his service in coaching and developing gymnastics for over 25 years. He served as the head coach of men’s gymnastics for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Dean Shelley Goldman

Dean Shelley Goldman also is a Professor of Learning Sciences & Technology Design at the School of Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering by courtesy. Her interest in educational anthropology drives her research on real-world contexts of learning. Her current work involves broadening participation in STEM via family activities, design-based engagements and through empathy work with scientists doing research. Dean Goldman is currently a principal investigator for the Stanford Education for Global HIV/AIDS, Infectious Disease, and Epidemics project. She holds an Ed.D. from Columbia University.

Paul Goldstein

Paul Goldstein ranked among the top 10 junior players in the world and became the 1st player to win three consecutive national junior championships. He helped lead Stanford to four straight NCAA team championships and was named Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1998. As a professional athlete, Goldstein was the highest ranked player in the world with a college degree for most of his career. During his tenure as Director of Men’s Tennis at Stanford, he has led the men’s team to an average of 19 wins per season and three Pac-12 Conference Championships.

John Goodman

John Goodman’s career spans over 30 years in retail and apparel. He was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors at The Wet Seal, Inc., Executive Vice President of Home and Apparel at Sears Holding, Inc., Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors at Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Mervyn’s LLC Department Stores. John also served as President of the Dockers Brand, Chief Apparel Office at Kmart Holding Corporation and held various executive positions over a 10 year period at Gap, Inc.

Dick Gould

Dick Gould served as head coach of Stanford Men’s Tennis for 38 years, and he led the team to 17 NCAA Team Championships (top five among all NCAA Division I coaches in all sports), 10 NCAA singles champions, and 7 NCAA doubles championship teams. Thirteen of his former players hold 72 Grand Slam championships (singles, doubles, mixed), including tennis legends John McEnroe, Mike Bryan, and Bob Bryan. Gould’s leadership and service have been recognized widely over the years, including by the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) and the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA).

Dr. Gerald Grant

Dr. Gerald Grant directs a Blood-brain Barrier Translational Laboratory focusing on enhancing drug delivery to brain tumors in children. He is committed to the treatment of children with intractable epilepsy and is an expert at state-of-the-art brain mapping techniques and awake language mapping in epilepsy patients. Dr. Grant serves as a Section Editor for Neurosurgery, an Education Chair for the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, and a fellow on the Committee on Trauma (American College of Surgeons). He holds an MD from Stanford University School of Medicine.

Wylie Greig

Wylie Greig is currently on the Advisory Council and was formerly the President of One World Children’s Fund where he focuses on its internal organization and operations. His interest in grassroots economic and social development began as a volunteer for the Peace Corps in India during 1966-68. He also worked for CARE, Inc. stationed in India, Afghanistan and Jordan. He retired from Deutsche Bank in 2006 as a Managing Director of Real Estate Infrastructure and Private Equity, its global real estate management arm. He currently advises international and domestic real estate investment management businesses. He holds a Masters degree in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

Jeremy Gunn

Jeremy Gunn led the team to three consecutive NCAA championships, and his teams reached the College Cup final four times. Under his leadership, Stanford has also won six Pac-12 titles. He is a recipient of the National Men’s Coach of the Year awarded by Top Drawer Soccer in 2017 and United Soccer Coaches Far West Region Coach of the Year honors in 2014 and 2015. Coach Gunn and his team were also collectively named the 2017 National Staff of the Year by United Soccer Coaches.

Jerod Haase

After four successful seasons as the Head Coach at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Jerod Haase was appointed Stanford’s 18th men’s basketball coach for the 2016-17 season. He coached at Stanford through 2024. In only his second season at The Farm, Coach Haase guided the Cardinal to a third-place finish in the Pac-12 with 11 conference wins, the program’s highest finish and most league victories in 10 seasons.

Colonel (Ret.) Dallas Hack

Colonel (retired) Dallas Hack is a brain injury expert and is board certified in Preventive Medicine with multiple degrees and certifications including a Master of Public Health and a Master of Strategic Studies. Dr. Hack directed the Combat Casualty Care Research Program at the US Army Medical Research & Materiel Command from 2008 to 2014, where he coordinated over $2 billion in Trauma Research and Development funding (including traumatic brain injury) across all Department of Defense groups. The initiatives Dr. Hack developed have dramatically improved trauma care worldwide. He now serves as a Brain Health advisor to numerous organizations.

Dr. Brian Hainline

Brian Hainline, M.D., is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at NYU School of Medicine and Indiana University School of Medicine. He oversaw the NCAA Sport Science Institute, a national center of excellence whose mission is to promote and develop safety, excellence, and wellness in college student-athletes, and to foster life-long physical and mental development. Dr. Hainline has served as Chief Medical Officer of the US Open Tennis Championships and the United States Tennis Association. He is co-author of Drugs and the Athlete, and played a pivotal role in the rollout of drug testing and education worldwide. He has served as chair of the American Academy of Neurology’s Sports Neurology Section and presently is the president of the United States Tennis Association.

Kevin Hambly

Kevin Hambly started at Stanford in 2017. His Stanford teams have won two NCAA Championships – in 2018 and 2019. He was named AVCA Pacific North Region and Pac-12 Coach of the Year for a second time in 2022. Hambly came to The Farm after spending eight seasons as the head coach at Illinois, where he led the Illini to six NCAA regional appearances and the 2011 national title match. He also spent time as an assistant coach at Illinois, UNLV, and for the U.S. National Team.

Dr. Odette Harris

Dr. Odette Harris is the Director of Brain Injury for the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr Harris manages and coordinates the medical and surgical care of all patients suffering from traumatic brain injury that are admitted to the Stanford System. Dr. Harris is the Deputy Chief of Staff, Rehabilitation at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. She has authored several scientific articles and books, is a member of several Editorial Boards and National Committees, including National Football League (NFL) Head, Neck and Spine Committee. and has won numerous academic, research and humanitarian awards. Dr. Harris is a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Dean Theresa Hernández

Dean Theresa Hernández is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. She also serves as Director of the WHOLE Student-Athlete Program, addresses the psychological, physical and academic health, including concussions. She has studied traumatic brain injury (TBI) since 1985 using basic and clinical neuroscience methods aimed at optimizing recovery and functional outcome in Veterans, civilians and athletes, by reducing the impact of stress and promoting psychological health. Dean Hernández also works in partnership with the Wardenburg Concussion Team at CU Boulder to develop ways to enhance campus-wide concussion education, awareness and understanding.

Tom Holmoe

Tom Holmoe has overseen this nationally recognized program since 2005. Holmoe served as a member of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee from 2015 to 2018, and was the Executive Council Committee Chair for the West Coast Conference from 2014 to 2017. As an athlete, he earned first-team All-WAC honors as a senior in 1982. Over a seven-year NFL career, he played on three Super Bowl championship teams with the San Francisco 49ers in 1984, 1988, and 1989. Holmoe served as an assistant coach at BYU, Stanford, for the 49ers (where he earned a fourth Super Bowl ring) and at the University of California, where he was the head coach from 1997 to 2001.

Mike Izzi

Mike Izzi is a veteran athletics leader who has more than 20 years of experience in NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics and sports administration. He served as the Director of Athletics, California State University at Northridge where he was responsible for CSUN’s NCAA Division I athletic program that includes more than 350 student-athletes on eight men’s and 11 women’s teams. Izzi formerly served as the Director of Athletics at UC Irvine, where he oversaw the Anteaters’ 18-sport intercollegiate athletics program.

Dr. Seble Kassaye

Dr. Seble Kassaye is trained in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology. Her research interests include issues related to mother-to-child transmission, HIV prevention, drug resistance, and the monitoring of HIV treatment. She has worked as an instructor of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University and has practiced medicine as an Infectious Diseases physician at Stanford Hospital and the San Mateo County Medical Center. She is now working as an Associate Professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She received her M.S. in Epidemiology from Stanford University and her M.D. from the University of Chicago.

Dr. David Katzenstein

Dr. David Katzenstein was a Professor of Infectious Diseases Emeritus at the Stanford School of Medicine. He co-founded and served as the Principal Investigator of the Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention Project, a community-based research organization. He conducted HIV-related research throughout the United States, Africa, and Asia. His recent laboratory and clinical efforts spanned the AIDS Clinical Trials Group and HIV Prevention Trials Network. He focused on prevention of viral evolution, mother-to-child-transmission, and drug resistance in the context of scaling-up antiretroviral drug treatment for AIDS in Africa and Asia. He held an M.D. from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

Aparna Khare

Aparna Khare on speech and language technologies. She was part of the science team that launched the Amazon Echo, a first of its kind speaker that uses far field speech recognition. Prior to that, she was a software engineer at Cisco where she worked on developing a speaker identification system. At TeachAids, Ms. Khare manages several programming elements. She also supported the development and launch of 14 animated software versions. She is an active member of the Stanford chapter of Asha for Education, a nonprofit focused on bringing about socio-economic change in India by means of education. She holds an M.S. from Texas A&M University.

Dean Paul Kim

Dean Paul Kim is the Chief Technology Officer and Assistant Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. He has been leading various academic technology initiatives and teaching graduate level courses related to learning technology and digital innovations at Stanford since 2001. His courses focus on contextualized innovations in education, mobile empowerment design, and enterprising higher education systems. He is currently one of leading researchers for Programmable Open Mobile Internet, a National Science Foundation project to develop and evaluate wireless mobile computing and interactive systems for K-20 learning and assessment scenarios. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Technology from the University of Southern California.

Ted Knapp

Ted Knapp captured 7 NCAA championships and a conference title for 30 of the 34 season’s he served as an assistant, associate head coach and head coach with the program. Knapp trained 10 individual swimmers who set 20 world records and 19 Olympians representing eight countries at the Summer Games. In his first three seasons as Head Coach, the Cardinal finished in the top-10 at the NCAA Championships for the 35th consecutive year. Coach Knapp served as the men’s manager of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.

Dr. Cheryl Koopman

Dr. Cheryl Koopman was the Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emerita at Stanford University. She wrote numerous publications focused on psychological consequences of highly stressful events and on evaluating the effects of educational and mental health interventions. Her research emphasized HIV-related attitudes, risk behavior, and quality of life among gay and runaway adolescents, HIV-positive men and women, and others in numerous countries, including India, China, Haiti, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, and Malawi. She held a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Virginia.

Sriram Krishnan

Sriram Krishnan currently leads and manages the YouTube website, which serves hundreds of millions of users a day. He helped author the AMP framework which is used by all major news organizations, including The New York Times, Washington Post and CNN. He joined TeachAids in 2020, to help drive large-scale impact with technologies benefiting humanity. Today, he co-leads all aspects of technology at TeachAids.

Michael Krueger

Michael Krueger and his team oversee the athletic and activity programs for Colorado. He most recently served as the Senior Director of Education for USA Football, a member of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. There his team led the evolution and design of the Football Development Model, which is based on long-term athlete development principles. Krueger is also a member of the National Teaching Faculty for the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. Among his numerous awards are the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Award of Merit and the National Federation of High Schools Citation Award.

Vin Lananna

Vin Lananna has served as the Director of Track and Field and Cross Country at the University of Virginia since September 2019. During his 3+ decades as a head coach (including Stanford University from 1992-2003), he led his teams to win 11 NCAA team championships and 42 conference championships, as well as produced numerous NCAA individual champions and Olympic medalists. A five-time NCAA cross country coach of the year, Lananna was inducted into the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame in 2012. He served as Olympic Head Coach (2016), and as President of USA Track and Field.

Marie Kagaju Laugharn

Marie Kagaju Laugharn is a member of the Seeds of Empowerment at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education. The project is dedicated to adapting technological advances for international development. While at Stanford, Laugharn lectures on governance and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Previously, she worked as a Political Affairs Officer at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at The Hague, Netherlands. At the United Nations Development Programme in Mali, Laugharn managed projects on governance, elections, and peace-building. She received her M.A. in English from the Université Nationale du Rwanda and her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Lycée Notre Dame de Citeaux in Kigali, Rwanda.

Dr. John Leddy

Dr. John J. Leddy is the Medical Director of the UB Concussion Management Clinic. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and of the American College of Physicians, and Director of Outcomes Research for the Department of Orthopaedics. He has served as a Division 1 team physician and as a Member of the Expert Panel for the Berlin Fifth International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport and as a consultant to the NIH on sport concussion research. In conjunction with Dr. Barry Willer, he developed the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test. He was awarded the North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) Award for Innovative Clinical Treatment (2024).

Dr. Young Sung Lee

Young Sung Lee, MD, Ph.D. is the former president of the National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency(NECA), a governmental agency that conducts Health Technology Assessment(HTA) research based on scientific evidence. Dr. Lee is also a professor of Health Informatics and Management at the College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University. He is currently serving as a President and board member of the Korean Society of Medical Informatics. He has contributed to development of medical informatics in Korea over the last two decades. He was a visiting scholar at Stanford University Medical Media and Information Technology and was a member of the Committee on Infrastructure Technologies, National Science and Technology Council, the Nation’s highest decision-making body on science and technology policies under the President of the Republic of Korea.

Sarah Lewis

Sarah Lewis designs and develops mobile learning technologies and research programs for classrooms, informal learning contexts, and larger networked collaborations. She built interactive TeachAids applications for mobile devices and directs new research efforts to study heath education in mobile contexts. A Ph.D. candidate in Learning Sciences Technology Design in the Stanford School of Education, she also conducts research in the Computer Science department at Stanford on mobile technologies to support science classrooms. She holds a Masters in Education from Stanford, and a B.A. in African History from Dartmouth College.

Sara Lilly

Sara Lowe was also the head coach of the Stanford Synchronized Swim Team for six years, leading the team to two national championship titles and five runner-up finishes. She served as a representative on the Board of Directors for USA Synchro and the USOC Athlete Advisory Council. Lowe received a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympic Games and graduated in 2008 from Stanford University with four national championship titles. Sara is currently serving as a Board Member for Athletes’ Soul, helping athletes as they move into retirement.

Ronnie Lott

Ronnie Lott is a 2000 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, and four-time Super Bowl Champion. He is one of the most accomplished football safeties of all time and played fourteen seasons with the league. He holds a number of awards, including All-Pro eight times, All-AFC once, and All-NFC six times. Lott played for the University of Southern California and was honored as a consensus All-American. By founding All Stars Helping Kids, Lott made a commitment to giving back to his community by supporting disadvantaged youth in the Bay Area and across the nation. He has been active in numerous other community organizations.

Dr. S. V. Mahadevan

Dr. Mahadevan was a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center and Director of Global Affairs and Strategy at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Mahadevan founded Stanford Emergency Medicine International (SEMI) and served as the Director of this program for 15 years. Previously, Dr. Mahadevan was the Medical Director and Associate Chief of Stanford Emergency Medicine from 2000-2012, and was the founding department chair of Stanford Emergency Medicine from 2015-2017.

Prof. Anurag Mairal

Dr. Anurag Mairal is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine and the Director, Global Outreach Programs at the Byers Center for Biodesign at Stanford University. He is also lead faculty for Technology Innovation and Impact at Stanford Center for Global Health. He is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of Orbees Medical, a global healthcare strategy consulting firm. Prof. Mairal has an extensive background in medical technology development and commercialization, collaborating with partners in the U.S., India, China, and other emerging markets. An alumnus of  global health nonprofit PATH, he serves as the Chair of its Bay Area Leadership Council. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. His work has been published in more than 30 publications, and he has been issued seven patents.

Dr. William Maloney

Professor William Maloney has focused on failures in surgical joint replacement, and his research has paved the way for improvements in joint replacement surgery strategies and earned awards from the Hip Society. A member of the Central Program Committee of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Maloney serves as the chair of national organizations including the National Hip and Knee Registry Workgroup of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He completed his medical education at Columbia University and residency at Stanford University.

Dr. Gordon Matheson

Dr. Matheson served as a Professor of Sports Medicine at Stanford and established and served as Director of Sports Medicine from 1994-2016. He also served as a team physician for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. He is an accomplished author and international lecturer. He founded the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, chaired the Board Governance Committee for the International Justice Mission, served as an expert for the World Anti-Doping Agency, and headed the International Olympic Committee Disease Prevention Working Group. Dr. Matheson was President of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine, team physician for the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team and the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. His academic work now focuses on the use of human-centered design to co-create effective programs for the prevention of chronic disease.

Kerry McCoy

Kerry McCoy is a two-time NCAA National Champion. He was the Head Wrestling coach at the University of Maryland and Stanford University, and he was named Coach of the Year three times throughout his tenure. McCoy has served as Secretary of USA Wrestling Board of Directors and on the USA Wrestling Executive Committee and Athlete Advisory Committee, as well as on the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

Scott McRoberts

Scott McRoberts is also the founding Associate Director of the International Institute for Sport Business and Leadership in the College of Business and Economics. He comes to the University of Guelph following previous positions at the University of Toronto, Stanford University, the University of San Francisco, San Jose State University, the City of San Francisco, and the Niagara Sport Commission. McRoberts has spent over 20 years in Athletics and Recreation and event management. He has led a number of organizations through change and has managed capital infrastructure investments totaling more than $250 million.

Greg Meehan

Greg Meehan is a three-time NCAA Swimming Coach of the Year and led Stanford to back-to-back-to-back national championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019, and also in 2023. He has continued the Cardinal’s unmatched streak of never finishing outside the top 10 at the national championship. Meehan has coached Olympians and one Paralympian, and served Team USA as an assistant coach at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Meehan was the head coach for the 2020 Team USA women’s Olympic Team and an assistant for the 2024 team.

Dr. Jesse Mez

Jesse Mez, MD, MS is a neurologist with clinical training in aging and dementia and research training in biostatistics/statistical genetics and epidemiology. He is Director of the Clinical Core of the BU Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Center, a Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Clinical Core.  Dr. Mez is also co-leader of the BU Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center. His research investigates risk factors for AD and CTE, including traumatic brain injury, repetitive head impacts (RHI), genetics and their interaction. In addition, he leads projects investigating CTE clinicopathological correlation with the goal of diagnosing CTE in life.

David Milestone

David Milestone is currently a managing director at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. He formerly was a senior advisor with McKinsey & Company in its social sector practice based in Washington, DC. Prior to his time at McKinsey, Milestone was Director (acting) of USAID’s Center for Innovation and Impact (CII). Prior to joining USAID, he held various roles at Stryker, where he led innovation, introduction, and strategy initiatives in India. Milestone has also worked as a management consultant with AT Kearney and as a design engineer at Boeing. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, an MS in Biomechanical Engineering from Stanford University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Prof. Grant Miller

Grant Miller is Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. Professor of Health Policy at the Stanford School of Medicine, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Director of the Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab. As a health and development economist, Miller’s overarching focus is research and teaching aimed at developing more effective health improvement strategies for developing countries. His agenda addresses three major interrelated themes. First, what are the major causes of population health improvement around the world and over time? Miller’s projects addressing this question are retrospective observational studies that focus both on historical health improvement and the determinants of population health in developing countries today. Second, what are the behavioral underpinnings of the major determinants of population health improvement? Policy relevance and generalizability require knowing not only which factors have contributed most to population health gains, but also why. Third, how can programs and policies use these behavioral insights to improve population health more effectively? The ultimate test of policy relevance is the ability to help formulate new strategies using these insights that are effective.

Chris Miltenberg

Chris Miltenberg began at the University of North Carolina in June 2019 after serving as Stanford’s Franklin P. Johnson Director of Track and Field and men’s cross country coach for seven years. Miltenberg is a two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year and his Stanford cross country teams combined for two Pac-12 championships. Under his leadership, the Stanford women received the Terry Crawford Women’s  Program of the Year Award in 2018. In 2019, the Stanford men’s teams won the John McDonell Program of the Year Award. Before arriving at Stanford, Miltenberg coached at Georgetown University and Columbia University.

Festus Mogae

His Excellency Festus Mogae was President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. Under his leadership, Botswana experienced steady economic growth that characterized its post-independence history. President Mogae has won international praise for his indelible efforts to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana. He is credited as one of the first heads of state in the world to get publicly tested for HIV. Under his administration, Botswana became the first country in Africa to provide free anti-retroviral therapy to citizens most in need. President Mogae has received a number of international awards, including the 2008 Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership and the Grand Cross of the Legion d’honneur by former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Bernard Muir

During Bernard Muir’s tenure, Stanford has maintained its reputation as the most successful intercollegiate athletic department in the nation. Muir has presided over the most decorated stretch in school history, with the Cardinal having won 33 NCAA championships and 39 national titles overall. Under Muir’s guidance, Stanford has won at least one NCAA team championship since the 1976-77 season, the longest such streak in the country. Muir is a recipient of the NCAA’s prestigious Silver Anniversary Award, and is serving as the Chair of the United States Olympic Committee’s Collegiate Advisory Council.

Dr. Gary Mukai

Dr. Gary Mukai, as the director of SPICE and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, focuses on its work in three areas: curriculum development for elementary and secondary schools; teacher professional development; and distance learning education. Before joining SPICE in 1988, he was a school teacher in Japan and California for ten years. In honor of his cross-cultural international work, the Japanese government awarded him with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and Stanford University.

Anne Firth Murray

Anne Firth Murray, through the Global Fund for Women, has distributed more than $61 million to advance the rights of women and girls in 167 countries. She is the author of two books: From Outrage to Courage: The Unjust and Unhealthy Situation of Women in Poorer Countries and What They Are Doing About It and Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change. She has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the African Women’s Development Fund, and as the chair of the Global Justice Center. In 2005, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as one of a group of women dedicated to social justice and peace, and was awarded the Society of Woman Geographers Outstanding Achievement Award in 1922.

Dr. Kamran Naim

Dr. Kamran Naim, as the  head of one of the world’s largest and most respected centers for scientific research, has amassed a portfolio of extensive international experience.  He has worked with the U.S. Department of State, USAID, NASA, National Academies and World Bank programs to support global scientific capacity building through broader access and visibility of research. He is currently a doctoral researcher and educator at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education and holds a Master’s Degree in International Science and Technology Policy from the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University.

Dr. Chris Nowinski

Dr. Chris Nowinski’s Foundation’s mission is to support athletes, veterans, and all affected by concussions and CTE; to achieve smarter sports and safer athletes through education and innovation; and to end CTE through prevention and research. Nowinski co-founded the Boston University CTE Center, where he earned his Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience. He has authored more than 30 medical journal articles and the critically acclaimed book Head Games: The Global Concussion Crisis. He was an All-Ivy defensive tackle for the Harvard University football team before becoming a professional wrestler with WWE. Dr. Nowinski’s own resulting concussion experiences inspired his since tireless dedication to brain injury prevention.

Dr. Douglas Owens

Dr. Douglas Owens also serves as the Director for the Center of Health Policy (CHP) in the Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI). In addition, he is also a Professor by courtesy of Management Science and Engineering. His research focuses on preventive and therapeutic interventions for various illnesses, including HIV and AIDS. Dr. Owens has chaired the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians, as well as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. He received a MERIT Award from the National Institutes on Drug Abuse for his work on HIV, HCV, and the opioid epidemic.

Dr. Roy Pea

Roy Pea studies and publications in the learning sciences focus on advancing theories, research, tools and social practices of technology-enhanced learning of complex domains, including his role as Co-Director and Co-PI of the NSF-funded LIFE Center (2004-2014). He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Education, Association for Psychological Science, the American Educational Research Association, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. In 2004-2005, Roy was President of the International Society for the Learning Sciences. He received his doctorate in developmental psychology from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Jim Plunkett

Jim Plunkett is a former NFL player, with sixteen seasons as a quarterback. Plunkett led the Oakland Raiders to two Super Bowl victories. Plunkett was selected by the New England Patriots as the first overall pick in the 1971 NFL Draft and also played for the San Francisco 49ers. Plunkett was named MVP at Super Bowl XV. He is a Heisman Trophy winner, playing for Stanford University. Plunkett received the Maxwell Award for the nation’s best player and was named player of the year by United Press International, The Sporting News, and SPORT magazine. He is in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Rob Poulos

Rob Poulos retired in 2023 as the long-time football coach at Sequoia High School. The San Francisco 49ers named Poulos the Charlie Wedemeyer Memorial High School Coach of the Week in 2011. He also served as Sequoia High’s Athletic Director. Double credentialed in Social Studies and Physical Education, Poulos is also a high school teacher, having taught everything from AP Psychology and IB History of the Americas to PE Weight Training. He has a BA in History from UC Davis and is pursuing a master’s degree in athletic administration.

Nimmagadda Prasad

Nimmagadda Prasad is the Founder of Matrix Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company based in Hyderabad, India. With his dynamic entrepreneurial initiatives, Prasad transformed Matrix into one of India’s major pharmaceutical companies. Matrix is now a part of Mylan, the world’s third-largest generic pharmaceutical company. Matrix launched “Project Hope” in 2003 to develop cost-effective medicines for HIV/AIDS treatment. Matrix signed two historic agreements with the Clinton Foundation through their Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI). Matrix currently provides medication to about 35% of HIV/AIDS patients in the developing world. Prasad created and funded the Nimmagadda Foundation to support institutions that work in facilitating healthcare, education, and empowerment. He serves on the Executive Board of the Indian School of Business (ISB).

Dr. Praveen Raja

Praveen Raja, Ph.D., is a VP and the Head of Digital  Health at Samsung Research America. He previously served as the Head of Health Innovation & Partnerships at Meta. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer PATH, a global nonprofit focusing on improving public health. He has also previously served as the Head of Global Clinical Development and Medical Affairs at Johnson & Johnson, the Vice President of Medical Science and Solutions (Digital Medicines) at Proteus Digital Health, the Chief of Behavioral Medicine at Kaiser Permanente, and the Technology Innovation, Digital Health, and Business Development Lead at Amgen Strategy & Innovation. Raja is also a Co-Founder and Board Member of the Brahmi Educational Trust and a Board Member of the Epilepsy Foundation.

Paul Ratcliffe

Coach Ratcliffe started at Stanford in 2023. Since then, the Stanford women have won three national championships, reached six NCAA finals, and won ten Pac-12 titles. Ratcliffe is a nine-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year  and a three-time NSCAA National Coach of the Year. Prior to Stanford, Ratcliffe had a successful coaching career at St. Mary’s and at UCLA. He was on the 1990 national championship team at UCLA.

Ted Robinson

Sportscaster Ted Robinson is a two-time Emmy Award winner with over three decades of broadcast experience with a wide variety of sports. He served as the radio voice of the San Francisco 49ers from 2009 to 2018. For television, Ted Robinson has served as an announcer for NBC’s coverage of the Olympics since 2000, and for many years as a tennis commentator of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. He has also worked extensively with The Tennis Channel. His other roles have included college football and basketball, professional swimming and diving, and triathlons, as well as broadcasting for Major League Baseball teams. Ted is a highly regarded Master of Ceremony for a variety of events in the sports world and beyond.

Dr. George Rutherford

Dr. George Rutherford is also Professor of Pediatrics and of Family and Community Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Health Administration at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. Educated at Stanford University and the Duke University School of Medicine, Dr. Rutherford is board certified in pediatrics and in general preventive medicine and public health, and has spent the majority of his professional career in public health practice, with a primary emphasis on the epidemiology and control of communicable diseases such as HIV and AIDS, domestically and internationally.

Dr. Tsetan Dorji Sadutshang

Dr. Tsetan Dorji Sadutshang has served as Personal Physician to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama since 1988. In addition to these duties, Dr. Sadutshang serves as the Chief Medical Officer of the prestigious Delek Hospital in Dharamsala, India. After obtaining medical degrees at the universities of Chennai and Wales, Dr. Sadutshang received a Master of Public Health at Harvard University on a Fulbright Scholarship. Dr. Sadutshang is a founding board member of the Central Council of Traditional Medicine and a board member of the Tibet Charity. He has generously donated his voice and likeness to the role of the sage male doctor in the Tibetan version of the TeachAids software.

Prof. Joel Samoff

Prof. Joel Samoff, with a background in history, political science, and education, researched and taught about education and development. Concerned with public policy as well as research, and especially with the links between them, Prof. Samoff worked regularly with UNESCO and international aid agencies involved in African education as a researcher and policy advisor. He served as the principal advisor for the Joint Evaluation of External Support to Basic Education. He is an Advisory Editor for the International Journal of Educational Development and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Educational Research in Africa and the Southern Africa Review of Education.

Dr. Lee Sanders

Lee M. Sanders holds joint appointments in the Department of Health Policy, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He teaches in the Human Biology Program and at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (Stanford d.School). Dr. Sanders directs the Stanford Health Literacy Lab, which aims to address child disparities (including obesity, chronic illness, and educational achievement) and provides analytic guidance to public policy at the local, state and national levels. He has served as an advisor to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Cancer Society, the Institute of Medicine, the CDC, and the FDA. At Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and the Gardner Packard Children’s Health Center, he provides primary care to children with medical and/or social complexity.

Dan Schemmel

Dan Schemmel arrived at Stanford in the Spring of 2019 after serving as head coach of both the men’s and women’s programs at the University of Hawai’I. There his women’s program won the MPSF conference championship in each of his three seasons and the men’s team won their first conference championship title since 2006. Coach Schemmel was also named MPSF coach of the year all three years. At Stanford, he has led Stanford to solid top 10 NCAA finishes.

Betsy Scolnik

Betsy Scolnik is the founder of Scolnik Enterprises, consulting on digital business and communications for major philanthropic and commercial media organizations including Stand Up To Cancer, The Streisand Foundation, The Paley Center for Media, TED, and Wolf Films/Law & OrderLaw, and more.  Previously Betsy was the Director of Content and Distribution for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She held senior roles at AOL Time Warner and Xerox. Scolnik has served on the board of Consumer Reports and Women’s March Global.

Larry Scott

Larry Scott served as CEO of the Women’s Tennis Association as well as COO of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP Tour) prior to joining the Pac 12.He has served on several boards inside and outside of intercollegiate athletics, including the 150th Anniversary of College Football, College Football Playoff Management Committee, the Rose Bowl Management Committee, the Anti-Defamation League, and the Women’s Sports Foundation. Scott graduated from Harvard University with a BA degree in 1986.

Prof. Tina Seelig

Dr. Tina Seelig also served as executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program, faculty director, and professor of the practice in the Department of Management Science and Engineering (MS&E). She teaches courses on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in MS&E, Bioengineering, and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) at Stanford. Dr. Seelig earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Stanford University School of Medicine where she studied neuroplasticity. She has worked as a management consultant for Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, as a multimedia producer at Compaq Computer Corporation, and was the founder of a multimedia company called BookBrowser.

Dr. Nirav Shah

Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, MACP, is a global leader in digital health and innovation and the strategies required to transition to high value, patient-centered care. Board certified in Internal Medicine, he is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale School of Medicine, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Shah serves as an independent director for STERIS plc, as a trustee of the John A. Hartford Foundation, and on the HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee. Previously, he served as COO for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, and as Commissioner of the NY State Department of Health.

David Shaw

David Shaw is the most successful football coach in Stanford history. Recipient of The Dodd Trophy, college football’s most coveted coaching award, Coach Shaw was also named Pac-12 Conference coach of the year three times and 2015 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year. He led the Cardinal to three Pac-12 titles and a pair of Rose Bowl wins. In total, the Cardinal won five bowl games under Shaw. Prior to Stanford, Coach Shaw coached for NFL teams including the Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland Raiders, and Baltimore Ravens. He is currently serving in the front office for the Denver Broncos.

Prof. Robert Siegel

Prof. Robert Siegel is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University. He is the Director of the Preclinical Infectious Disease Curriculum and was one of the original Co-directors of Global Health Scholarly Concentration at Stanford Medical School. His research explores medical education and curriculum development, particularly pertaining to infectious disease, virology, HIV, and molecular biology. He has received many awards for his dedication to research and teaching, including the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and an M.D. and Master’s in Education from Stanford University.

Dr. Meeta Singh

Dr. Meeta Singh’s deep expertise in sleep disorder diagnosis and treatment was forged in Psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic and as a Physician in Sleep Medicine at the Henry Ford Sleep Center, where she practiced and served as Chief of Service for 15 years. Dr. Singh combines this expertise with extensive real-world experience working with world-class performance organizations to produce Integrated Sleep Optimization Programs tailored to the unique needs and conditions of individual clients to help them optimize their personal and professional performance. Dr. Singh has served as a consultant for multiple NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, Olympic and college sports teams, as well as large organizations, CEOs and C-suite executives, all seeking to optimize their competitive performance.

Rachel Sklar

Rachel Sklar is a writer and social entrepreneur based in New York.  Among her passions is to increase visibility and opportunity for women in tech and new media. A former lawyer who writes about media, politics, culture and technology, she was a founding editor at Mediaite and the Huffington Post. Sklar is a TechStars mentor and an advisor to several startups, including Vox Media, Siftee, Lover.ly, and more. She was named to the Silicon Alley 100 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, FastCompany’s “League of Extraordinary Women” and has earned numerous honors and awards for her writing. Sklar graduated with honors from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where she was valedictorian.

Dr. Darvin Scott Smith

 Darvin (Scott) Smith graduated in biochemistry from Bowdoin College in Maine and went on to study tropical public health at Harvard School of Public Health before attending medical school in his home state of Colorado, where he grew up. He worked on developing diagnostic tests and epidemiology (Leishmania and Onchocerciasis) in Cali Colombia on a Fulbright scholarship before finally moving to California where he completed residency at Stanford Medical School, then a Fellowship in Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine. He then served as Chief of the Department of Infectious Disease at Kaiser Permanente in Redwood City, California, and he taught several classes at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He currently works as an infectious disease and geographic medicine consultant for the San Mateo Medical Center.

Dr. Piya Sorcar

Dr. Piya Sorcar is the founder and CEO of TeachAids, an Adjunct Affiliate at Stanford’s School of Medicine and a Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health. Leading a team of world experts in medicine, public health, technology and education she has established TeachAids’ research-based award-winning education programs in 82 countries, impacting more than half-a-billion people globally. In 2011, MIT Technology Review named her to its TR35 list of the top 35 innovators in the world under 35. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University, and in 2016, she was a recipient of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education’s Alumni Excellence in Education Award.

Dr. Randall Stafford

Dr. Randall Stafford is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices at Stanford University. He is trained in both Internal Medicine and Epidemiology. Before coming to Stanford in 2001, he was on the faculty of Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital. His research focuses on: evaluating the quality and cost-effectiveness of how chronic disease medications are used; conducting randomized clinical trials testing the efficacy of online prevention tools and nurse case-management; and performing comparative effectiveness research, including the formulation of related health care policy.

Dr. Timothy Stanton

Dr. Timothy Stanton served as Director of the Public Service Medical Scholars Program (PriSMS) and Stanford University Bing Overseas Studies Program in Cape Town. Furthermore, as Lecturer in Health Research Policy in the School of Medicine at Stanford, he focused on public decision-making in local areas and the process and practice of community service. He also consulted extensively in service-learning program development and assessment for organizations such as the National Commission on Resources for Youth, U.S. Department of Education, and Campus Compact. Stanton’s research interests focused on student and faculty development related to service-learning.

Dr. Gary Steinberg

Dr. Gary Steinberg is the founder and Co-Director of the Stanford Stroke Center. As a cerebrovascular and skull base neurosurgeon, he specializes in treating brain aneurysms, moyamoya disease, brain and spinal AVMs and other vascular malformations, carotid artery disease, meningiomas, skull base tumors, stroke, and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Dr. Steinberg has practiced neurosurgery at Stanford since 1991. He has pioneered microsurgical techniques to repair intracranial vascular malformations and certain aneurysms that were previously considered untreatable. He has also refined revascularization techniques for patients with cerebrovascular arterial occlusions, as well as moyamoya disease.

Dr. Michael Stuart

Michael J. Stuart, M.D., is a Retired Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Chair of the Division of Sports Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Stuart was the Co-Director of Sports Medicine and Chair of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Specialty Council. He has served as the team physician for numerous national teams, including the United States Men’s Olympic and World Cup Hockey Teams. Dr. Stuart is internationally known for his commitment to sports safety and his expertise in the diagnostic procedures and surgical techniques of sports injuries. He has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including the Distinguished Clinician Award, Individual Award for Excellence, Outstanding Faculty Award and the Karis Award at Mayo Clinic.

Josh Sutcliffe

Josh Sutcliffe re-joined Stanford University in 2016 as the Director of Rugby after working as an assistant coach from 2005-08. A native of Australia, he represented Australian Universities before moving to the USA. Sutcliffe has held many different roles including working with USA Women’s Sevens Development Assistant Coach, UNCG Assistant Coach and Glendale Raptors Scrum Coach. He formerly served in the administrative role of Director of Coach Development with USA Rugby. He is currently working with his company, “Engage Performance.”

John Tanner

John Tanner is the Dunlevie Family Director of Women’s Water Polo at Stanford University. He has transformed his program into a nationally-ranked powerhouse that has produced seven NCAA Championships, five MPSF Championships, 14 Olympians and dozens of Senior National Team members. Under his leadership, Stanford is the only women’s water polo program in the nation to have competed in all 20 NCAA Championships since 2001. Stanford has finished in the top-three nationally each season of Tanner’s tenure. In recognition of his efforts, Coach Tanner was named ACWPC Coach of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017. He is also a former Stanford water polo All-American.

Buddy Teevens

Buddy Teevens led Dartmouth to the Ivy League title in 2015, completing the season with its first national ranking in 19 years. He was a pioneer in concussion prevention by essentially eliminating tackling from practices in 2010, as his team simultaneously boosted its wins and reduced its injuries. Teevens also helped spearhead the creation of the Mobile Virtual Player (MVP), a moving remote-controlled robot that human players can use for tackling practice. He was named to the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sport. Teevans passed away in September 2023 following a bicycle accident.

Tara VanDerveer

Tara VanDerveer was the head women’s basketball coach at Stanford University from 1985 until 2024. She led the Stanford Cardinal to NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Championships in 1990, 1992 and 2021. She served as the U.S. national team head coach, and her team won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games. VanDerveer is the 1990 Naismith National Coach of the Year and a ten-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year. She was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame for basketball in 2002. On January 21, 2024, she won her 1,203rd game as a head coach, becoming the head coach with the most wins in college basketball history, women’s or men’s.

John Vargas

John Vargas led the team to the NCAA championship game five times, and won two NCAA championships. During his tenure at Stanford, Coach Vargas coached two national Players of the Year. He spent 10 years playing with the U.S. National Team, including the 1992 Barcelona Games, where he helped the U.S. to a fourth-place finish. Coach Vargas served on the national team coaching staff from 1993-96 and coached the Senior National Team from 1997 through the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

Prof. Decker Walker

Prof. Decker Walker’s work focuses on technology-based education programs and practices. In particular, he examines the ways in which technology can improve material and program design to foster authentic, adventurous teaching. He has co-authored several books, been a contributing author in various texts, and written numerous articles. His book Fundamentals of Curriculum is a rigorous examination of curriculum theory, research, and practice in American schools and classrooms. He received his B.S. in Physics and M.A. in Natural Science from Carnegie Mellon University and completed his Ph.D. in Education at Stanford University.

Dr. Paul Wise

Dr. Paul Wise is a Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology and Developmental Medicine, and Health Policy at Stanford University. He is also co-Director, Stanford Center for Prematurity Research and a Senior Fellow in the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, and the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University. Wise is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been working as the Juvenile Care Monitor for the U.S. Federal Court overseeing the treatment of migrant children in U.S. border detention facilities.

Dr. Wise received his A.B. degree in Latin American Studies, M.D. degree from Cornell University, a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health and did his pediatric training at the Children’s Hospital in Boston.

Tabitha Yim

Tabitha Yim spent two seasons as head coach of the Arizona Wildcats’ program and led them to top 25 finishes at the NCAA Championships. She returned to Stanford in 2017, where she is steadily rebuilding the Stanford program. As a student-athlete, she earned 14 All-America honors, the most in history. She placed among the top 10 in the NCAA all-around competition, twice won Pac-10 and NCAA regional all-around titles, and was named Pac-10 and Regional Gymnast of the Year.

Donnovan Yisrael

Donnovan Yisrael helps people understand how our cultures/institutions, our psychology and our deep need to connect socially affect our health decision-making and what we can do about it. Under the leadership of Carole Pertofsky, Director of iThrive, Yisrael heavily integrates the tenets of emotional intelligence and positive psychology into his work with students with the intention of helping them add meaning and happiness to their healthiness. Yisrael was also trained as a grief educator and volunteer with Kara in Palo Alto and has a passion for teaching people about the skill of grieving everything from disappointment to death. Yisrael has an MA in Sociology and BA in Psychology from Stanford University.

Steve Young

Steve Young is a former Heisman Trophy Award runner-up while playing quarterback at BYU. He played 15 seasons in the NFL, including with the San Francisco 49ers. Young was named the AP’s NFL Most Valuable Player in 1992 and 1994, the MVP of Super Bowl XXIX, and is a three-time Super Bowl Champion. He is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Young worked as a Monday Night Football analyst for ESPN for over 20 years. He has served as Chairman of the Board for Integrity Marketing Group and as a partner at Huntsman Gay Global Capital, a private equity firm based in Palo Alto, CA. He is an  active philanthropist, and also founded the Forever Young Foundation.

Dr. Maya Yutsis

Dr. Maya Yutsis, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, is a neuropsychologist at the Stanford Alzheimer’s Disease and Research Center (ADRC), Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center, and Neuropsychology Service. Dr. Yutsis has also served as a lead neuropsychologist at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation Program and the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) Telehealth Neuropsychology clinic. She was a director/preceptor of an APA-approved post-doctoral fellowship Neuropsychology Emphasis Area training program. She is currently a Newsletter Editor of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology, APA Division 40.

Dr. Piya Sorcar

Dr. Piya Sorcar is the founder and CEO of TeachAids, an Adjunct Affiliate at Stanford’s School of Medicine and a Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health. Leading a team of world experts in medicine, public health, technology and education she has established TeachAids’ research-based award-winning education programs in 82 countries, impacting more than half-a-billion people globally. In 2011, MIT Technology Review named her to its TR35 list of the top 35 innovators in the world under 35. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University, and in 2016, she was a recipient of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education’s Alumni Excellence in Education Award.

Shuman Ghosemajumder

Shuman Ghosemajumder is co-founder and CEO of Reken, an AI cybersecurity startup. As an early Google employee, he helped build Gmail and grow AdSense. As Google’s Global Head of Product for Trust & Safety, he started the Trust & Safety product group, protecting over one billion users. He was later CTO of Shape Security, which he helped build from a pre-product startup to its $1B acquisition by F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV), where he became Global Head of AI. A graduate of MIT, he was named by The Boston Globe in 2011 to their MIT150 list of the top MIT innovators of all time.

Dick Gould

Dick Gould is the John L. Hinds Director of Tennis Emeritus at Stanford University. As head coach of Stanford Men’s Tennis for 38 years, he led the team to 17 NCAA Team Championships (top three among all NCAA coaches), 10 NCAA singles champions, and 7 NCAA doubles championship teams. Thirteen of his former players hold 72 Grand Slam championships (singles, doubles, mixed), including tennis legends John McEnroe, Mike Bryan, and Bob Bryan. Gould’s leadership and service have been recognized widely over the years, including by the U.S. Olympic Committee and U.S. Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) among many others.

Jennifer Orr

Jennifer Orr is the Founder and CEO of EyeWords, an ed-tech firm based in Ontario, Canada. EyeWords designs and develops evidence-based, multi-sensory literacy materials for general classroom use and delivers teacher professional development on differentiated literacy instruction for kindergarten students and struggling readers. Orr has 19 years of classroom experience and is currently a Teacher on Special Assignment with Thames Valley District School Board where she creates and delivers professional development, provides classroom consultation and designs visual resources for differentiated programming. She holds a B.A. and B.Ed. in Education and Teaching Specialists in Early Literacy and Special Education from the University of Western Ontario.

Amala Akkineni

Amala Akkineni is an actor who has done films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam and Hindi language entertainment industries. She is the Director at the Annapurna College of Film and Media. Amala is also a renowned social entrepreneur, as the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad, an NGO working on animal welfare, and as a trustee of TeachAids India. She was awarded the Nari Shakti award for service in 2017, by the Department of Women and Child Welfare, Government of India.

Ashwini Doshi

Ashwini Doshi provided technology risk advisory services focused on Information Technology and business process controls and risk management in the financial services industry. She had worked on several projects related to information security risks, data migrations, and cloud computing. She held an M.S. in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University. She passed away on December 1, 2017, but is fondly remembered for her brilliant mind and inspiring spirit.

Nruthya Madappa

Nruthya Madappa is the Managing Partner of The CoWrks Foundry — an early stage accelerator for Indian startups that unites academia, industry, and government. Madappa invests in diverse founding teams and helps them transform their growth through targeted, operation coaching and industry-specific guidance. In her 8 year career, Madappa has worked with nonprofit and for-profit social ventures and has led global teams across healthcare, education, tech, strategy, and finance. Madappa graduated from Stanford University with BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and holds an MBA from Harvard business school.

Dr. Clifford Nass

Cliff passed away at the age of 55 after suffering a heart attack. As a driving force behind the founding of TeachAids, he was dedicated to ensuring that the gold standard of research was built into the DNA of TeachAids. Every person, regardless of their background and global address should receive the highest quality products. Cliff’s profile will remain on our website as a reminder to live each day with the utmost humility and meaning. We dedicate our global HIV education effort in memory of our dear friend and co-founder. His brilliance, generosity, and kindness is missed by us all. 

Dr. Clifford Nass was the Thomas M. Storke Professor at Stanford University, with appointments in Communication, Computer Science, Education, Law, and Sociology. He was also director of the Communication between Humans and Interactive Media Lab and co-director of the Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory. He is the creator of the Computers Are Social Actors paradigm, and the author of three books – The Media Equation, Wired for Speech, and The Man Who Lied to His Laptop – as well as over 125 papers on social-psychological aspects of human-technology interaction and non-parametric statistics. He passed away on November 2, 2013, but his legacy lives on in his work.

Barbara Pugliese

Barbara Pugliese was the Chief Financial Officer for the Stanford Alumni Association from 2008-2022, where she oversaw finance, business planning, and administrative functions and managed the Travel/Study, Membership and Partnership, and Stanford Sierra programs. Prior to joining Stanford, she served as COO for a social services agency providing mental health, substance abuse, and domestic violence prevention services in Santa Clara county and as CFO for a start-up high school. Before entering the non-profit arena, she focused on corporate strategy and finance as a consultant at Marakon Associates and as a director at Vodafone Airtouch. She holds a BA in Economics from Middlebury College and an M.S., Management from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management.