As a patient-founder, Emilie Faure is deeply committed to Juniver’s mission to improve outcomes in and access to eating disorder care. She has 12 years of sales experience and a track record of successful partnerships. She has worked in operational roles at auction houses and foundations, building teams and organizational structures from the ground up. She received her B.A. from Harvard University and her M.A. from Sciences-Po, Paris.

Andrea Ippolito currently serves as the CEO and Founder of SimpliFed. Prior to joining SimpliFed, Andrea was a Senior Lecturer at Cornell University in the College of Engineering, served as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding Electronic Health Record Modernization, and was the Director of the Department of the VA Innovators Network. Andrea was also a Presidential Innovation Fellow based out of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and co-founded an innovative application that improves access to care called Smart Scheduling (acquired by athenahealth in 2016).

Andrea completed her MS in Engineering and Management at MIT. She obtained both her BS in Biological Engineering in 2006 and a Master of Engineering degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2007 from Cornell University.

Dr. Sipra Laddha is a pioneering leader in the mental health industry, serving as the CEO of LunaJoy Health. With a profound dedication to improving mental wellness, Dr. Laddha has led LunaJoy to become a premier provider of innovative mental health solutions. Under her leadership, Lunajoy has transformed the landscape of mental health care, ensuring comprehensive and accessible services for patients across diverse communities.

She holds an MD in Psychiatry from a prestigious institution, where she developed a deep understanding of the complexities of mental health. Her career is marked by significant milestones, including the implementation of cutting-edge mental health programs and the development of strategic partnerships with leading healthcare providers. Her expertise in integrating technology with mental health care has positioned LunaJoy at the forefront of digital health innovation.

Kelsey Mayo, Ph. D. is the Co-Founder and CEO of Armor Medical Inc., a biomedical device company dedicated to safeguarding maternal health. Dr. Mayo is a multidisciplinary engineer and empathetic leader with a passion for translational science. She previously led the development and launch of one of the world’s largest and most diverse biomedical research datasets. In her current role as CEO of Armor Medical, Dr. Mayo is using her deep technical expertise and lived experience as a hemorrhage survivor to bring to market the first commercial product to address the urgent demand for an objective, real-time early warning system for maternal hemorrhage.

Ariana McGee is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Navigate Maternity. As a Black mother of 4 young children, the maternal mortality and morbidity crisis has been a personal experience for Ariana. Women are dying and specifically, Black women are dying 3-4x the national average during childbirth and postpartum. After becoming pregnant with her third child during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and experiencing the gaps in perinatal care, she decided to create an equitable solution to impact the maternal health crisis. Navigate Maternity was created for underserved mamas by an underserved mama. As a healthcare leader in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries for the last 10 years, Ariana brings a wealth of knowledge to the commercialization and accessibility of their solution.

As a native of Gary, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois, Ariana has a vested interest in addressing women’s health and racial disparities in healthcare. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, AJ, and their four little ones – Jade (4), Trey (2), Naomi (1), and Aliya (newborn).

Erica Plybeah combines over a decade of expertise in clinical informatics and patient care with her role as a pioneering technology entrepreneur. As the Founder of MedHaul, she has transformed access to medical transportation through an innovative end-to-end platform, earning recognition from Forbes, Essence, Google, and NPR.

Originally from humble beginnings in Greenwood, Mississippi, Erica is an alumna of the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Her career spans influential roles with healthcare and digital health giants including Epic, Flatiron Health, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, impacting environments from 1-doctor clinics to major health systems.

Emma Rayner is the Co-Founder and VP of Sales and Marketing at Ash Wellness, a nationwide at-home diagnostic testing platform. Ash works with payors, digital health companies, public health, and other healthcare organizations to enable white-label at-home testing programs for clinically necessary tests such as HIV, colorectal cancer screening, diabetes, PrEP, heart health, hormone therapy, weight management, and more.

Emma was born in South Africa and has a background in last-mile delivery having worked at Uber and JustEat. She is passionate about using her company and skillset to make a meaningful impact on healthcare in the US. She lives with her husband in NYC and is a new mom.

Sharon Samjitsingh, a lifelong asthma sufferer, leads a dedicated team at Health Care Originals (HCO) to empower people with chronic respiratory diseases, ensuring they live freely and affordably. With over 25 years of experience, Sharon has successfully commercialized innovative technologies across manufacturing, sustainability, and healthcare. An inventor with 12 patents, she has deployed three groundbreaking technologies in three countries.

Sharon holds an MS from the University of Rochester and a B.Sc. from the University of The West Indies. Named TechRochester’s Technology Woman of the Year in 2020 and one of the Top 100 in Fem Tech and Health Tech by Women of Wearables in 2019, she is also honored in the Names Dress, a 3D-printed art piece celebrating women in STEAM, alongside notable luminaries like Jane Goodall.

Sharon has chaired the World Conference Forum’s Population Health Management Conference and spoken at Wearable Technologies Conferences.

Ling Shao is the Founder and CEO of SpectrumAi, a digital health company that develops innovative solutions for life-changing therapies. As a mom of boys on the autism spectrum, her passion is to improve access to high-quality care for families like hers. Ling’s extensive experience commercializing healthcare services and software includes a decade at UnitedHealth Group in leadership roles managing national account managements and business development for the dual-eligibles. Ling also held leadership roles at two high-growth digital health start-ups as Chief Commercial Officer of Buoy Health and SVP Strategic Solutions of AmWell.

Ling started her career as a senior consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton and as a research nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital.  Prior to finishing college, Ling served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant and a nurse. She holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BS in Nuclear Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering from MIT.