OUR TEAM

A big challenge.
A bold team.

It takes an extraordinary team to tackle an issue as complex as the mental health crisis. We’re a collective of socially-minded change-makers, public figures, influencers, health care experts, policy-makers, innovators, artists, community builders, and everyday activists. Meet the incredible humans who are building Project Healthy Minds.

Board of Directors

Jacqui Canney
Chief People & AI Enablement Officer, ServiceNow
Carson Daly
Host & Producer, NBC's "The Voice" and Co-Anchor, "The TODAY Show"
Aaron Dworkin
MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, and Founder, The Sphinx Organization
Matt Fischer
Former Head of Global App Store at Apple
Stan Galanski
President & CEO, G58 Capital
Tera Hanks
President, Wayfarer Studios
Kalen Irsay Jackson
Owner & Vice Chair, Indianapolis Colts
Michael Kassan
Founder, 3C Ventures
Paul Knopp
Chair and CEO, KPMG LLP
Bill Kolb
Chairman, McCann Worldgroup
Lisa Licht
CMO Advisor and Executive Coach
Dr. Suku Nagendran
President and Head of Research & Development, Taysha Gene Therapies
Brian Offutt
President, VLS
Lisa Stone Pritzker
Chair, Lisa Stone Pritzker Family Foundation
Dr. Andy Sekel
Managing Partner, Marketplace Funds and fmr. CEO, UnitedHealth Optum Behavioral Health
Jeff Yabuki
CEO, InvestCloud and Chairman, Motive Partners
Sally Yates
Partner, King & Spalding and fmr. Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Chris Zarou
Founder & CEO, Visionary Music Group and Founder & CEO, Backwards Capital
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Advisory Council

Susie Arons
President of Strategic Communications, 42West
Peter Benedek
Founding Partner & Board Member, United Talent Agency (UTA)
Michele Bernstein
Founder, Michi B, Inc.
Glenn Briffa
CFO, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Peggy Burns
Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations, Harvard Graduate School of Designs
Will Cady
Author & Fmr. Global Brand Ambassador, Reddit
Marcus Collins
Author & Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Dr. Ray DePaulo
Chairman, National Network of Depression Centers and Co-Director of the Mood Disorder Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Alim Dhanji
Chief Human Resources Officer, TD SYNNEX
Andy Dunn
Co-Founder & fmr. CEO, Bonobos and Co-Founder & CEO, Pie
Dr. Helen Egger
Co-Founder and Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, Little Otter, and fmr. Chair of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Langone
Trevor Eld
Principal Creative Director, Amazon Music
Tim Gordon
Chief Creative Officer & Partner, Zulu Alpha Kilo NY
Dr. John Greden
Founding Executive Director, University of Michigan Depression Center and Founding Chairman, National Network of Depression Centers
Brad Haugen
EVP of Digital Strategy and Growth, Lionsgate
Dr. Tom Insel
Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Vanna Health, and fmr. Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Amy Koppelman
Author, Director & Producer of “A Mouthful of Air”
Stephanie Kramer
Chief Human Resources Officer, L’Oréal USA
Andrew Kronfeld
EVP of Global Marketing, Universal Music Group
David Lang
Chief Creative and Experiences Officer, Group
Greg Levin
Partner, New Leaf Climate Partners
Alex Lieberman
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Morning Brew
Dr. Pat McGorry
Professor of Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne
Dr. Norman Ornstein
Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Bernice Pescosolido
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Indiana University and Founding Director, Irsay Institute for Sociomedical Sciences
Jon Posen
Founder, Anagraph Advisory and fmr. Chief Speechwriter to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink
Harry Remler
Chief Revenue Officer, 237 Global
Dr. Michelle Riba
Associate Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Depression Center
JT Rogan
Agency Representation, QB Collective
Dr. Bernard M. Rosof
Chairman of the Committee for the Assessment of NIH Research on Autoimmune Disease, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
David Roter
Senior Director of Global Client Partnerships, Netflix
Alyse Schwartz
EVP & Managing Director, Digitas
Chelsey (Ziegler) Scaffidi
Senior Legal Counsel, Heising-Simons Foundation Dietram Scheufele, John E. Ross Professor in Science Communication, University of Wisconsin
Dietram Scheufele
John E. Ross Professor in Science Communication, University of Wisconsin
Jason Schulweis
Chief Commercial Officer, The Female Quotient
David Spingarn
Chief Investment Officer, 14th & I
Lenny Stern
Co-Founder & Partner, SS+K
John Lloyd Taylor
Agent, United Talent Agency (UTA)
Dr. Marisa Toups
Chief Clinical Officer, KindMind
Peter Tunney
Artist & Founder of The Peter Tunney Experience, The Wynwood Walls
Zak Williams
Co-Founder & CEO, PYM
Dr. Jesse H. Wright
Director of the Depression Center, University of Louisville

Staff

Phil Schermer
Founder & CEO
Robb Chen-Ware
VP of Product
Mel Quigley
Head of Strategy & Operations
Nathan Urbach
VP of Development
Dan Jasper
VP of Brand Partnerships
Will Schoof
Director of Corporate Advocacy
Allisan Salazar
Head of Creative
Vince Rietmeijer
Director of Development
Berkelee Jimenez
Associate, Office of the CEO
Julia Griswold
Creative Project Coordinator
Emily Westle
Development Operations Associate
Tamar Podell
Senior Advisor
John Fisher
Software Engineer
Milos Roganovic
UX Designer
Arielle Slatus
Web Developer
Greycen Ferguson
Web Designer
Simone Hargrett
Designer
Malia Clark
Writer

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