Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. He has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills and cognitive functioning.

Huberman is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, in 2017. His lab’s most recent work focuses on the influence of vision and respiration on human performance and brain states such as fear and courage. He also works on neural regeneration and directs a clinical trial to promote visual restoration in diseases that cause blindness.

Huberman is also actively involved in developing tools now in use by the elite military in the U.S. and Canada, athletes, and technology industries to optimize performance in high stress environments, enhance neural plasticity, mitigate stress and optimize sleep.

Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals including Nature, Science and Cell and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover and other top media outlets.

In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.

Craig Richardville is the Senior Vice President & Chief Digital and Information Officer at Intermountain Health, an integrated delivery network (IDN) based in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a member of the Enterprise Leadership Team, Craig’s responsibilities include leading all aspects of the health system’s information technology and digital services involving strategy, applications, operations, information security, informatics, data and analytics in leading the system’s digital transformation and information automation.

Prior to Intermountain Health, Craig served as Senior Vice President & Chief Information and Analytics Officer at Atrium Health for more than 20 years, where he transformed the growing company into a national leader in the effective use of technology, utilizing data as a driver and digital services as a differentiator.

Craig notably earned the 2021 National CIO of the Year ORBIE Award, the 2020 Colorado CIO of the Year Award, and the 2017 Carolinas CIO of the Year Award for his leadership and continued impact using technology and digital services across all industries. Craig was awarded the prestigious 2015 John E. Gall, Jr. National CIO of the Year Award from CHIME and HIMSS.

Craig earned his master’s degree in business administration and also his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Toledo.

Jack Oliver is Managing Partner of Finback Investment Partners, a private equity firm he co-founded with Governor Jeb Bush.

Jack served as Advisor to Barclays/Lehman Brothers, providing counsel for clients across investment banking and capital markets. He is a Senior Advisor to Aspiration, 8vc, Palantir, Addepar, Leeo, and Rubicon.

Jack served as National Finance Vice-Chairman for Bush-Cheney; CEO of the RNC; National Finance Director for George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign; Co-Chair of Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Jack has various philanthropic endeavors including: ONE Campaign; Robin Hood Leadership Council; Council of Foreign Relations; George Bush Presidential Library; National Leadership Committee of the George W. Bush Foundation; and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Jack received a BA in political science from Vanderbilt University and JD from the University of Missouri at Columbia.

John Barkett is a Managing Director in BRG’s Healthcare Transactions and Strategy practice, where he counsels health plans, hospital systems, life sciences companies, consumer groups, coalitions and financial institutions, among others, on a range of issues related to transactions in the healthcare space.

Prior to joining BRG John served as the Senior Policy Advisor for Health Care Delivery System Reform on the White House Domestic Policy Council, where he covered drug pricing reform, Medicare Advantage and Part D, and value-based care. He also previously served on the faculty of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, where he was an Assistant Scientist and Health Policy Scholar.

John was the Senior Director of Policy Affairs for Willis Towers Watson from 2012-2021. He worked for Extend Health, the nation’s largest private Medicare exchange, before it was acquired by Towers Watson in 2012.

Before joining Extend Health, John served on the Health Subcommittee staff of the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives and the Office of Health Reform in the Department of Health and Human Services, during which time worked on the writing, passage, and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and helped guide the implementation of all sections of the Affordable Care Act related to delivery system reform.

Previously, John worked for Athenahealth, Inc., a revenue-cycle management and electronic medical record company, and Medica HealthCare Plans, Inc., a Medicare Advantage plan.

John earned an MBA in health care management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated cum laude from Harvard College, with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a secondary field in health care policy.

John is an Executive-in-Residence at Harvard Medical School. He is a former senior vice president of Population Health, at Cerner Corporation. Previously he was chief executive officer of Siemens Heath Services. Prior to Siemens, John was chief information officer at Partners HealthCare.

John was the founding chair of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the past-president of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He is a former Senior Advisor to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Health and Human Services.

John serves on the boards of the Scottsdale Institute, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Wellsheet, Neu Health, Lumeon, Mass Health Data Consortium and Relatient.

John has received numerous industry awards including the John P. Glaser Innovation Award (established by the School of Biomedical Informatics, UTHealth), William B. Stead Thought Leadership Award (American Medical Informatics Association) and the Lifetime Achievement Award (CHIME).

John received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He is on the faculty of the UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics and the Harvard School of Public Health. He was previously on the faculty of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Merrill is the co-founder and President of 25m Health. He launched 25m Health in partnership with Apollo, Lifepoint Health, and Scion in November 2021. He sits on the 25m Health Investment Committee and oversees both the investing and incubation strategies.​

Merrill co-founded and sits on the board of 25m Health’s first incubation, Kouper Health, a platform focused on creating an integrated transition of care experience for patients, providers, and payors. Kouper’s most recent financing round was led by General Catalyst.

Merrill also led investments in Thrive Health Tech, Midi Health, Peer Supply, Keragon, Operait, and Swap Health. Merrill sits on the Boards of Kouper Health, Gratia Health, and Peer Supply.​

Merrill previously worked at Google across Product Management, Business Development, and Marketing leadership roles. Merrill was part of the founding team of Google Fi, now a +$1B top-line business. As a Business Development Manager on the early Android Go team, he negotiated distribution deals with wireless carriers in Nigeria, South Africa, and India.

Merrill graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science, and earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He sits on the Associate Board of Gilda’s Club of New York.​