Executive Founder
Way to Wellville

I am currently working on a book called “Term Limits: A design for living in the age of AI” (rhyming reference to my first one, “Release 2.0: A design for living in the digital age”). It should appear early in 2027; publishing is surprisingly like healthcare in some ways!

Précis: In this age of AI, where people talk of longevity, eternity and exponential growth, humans can find meaning in the very shortness of their own lives and roles and institutions. In a world of infinity, you could never do enough. But in a human lifetime, the goal is to use that time to some particular, finite end – and then to pass the mission along to a successor. We exist within infinity, but each of us is only a small part of the whole. In the world we actually live in, it is possible to declare completion and find satisfaction… if we know when enough is enough.  In short, the purpose of this book is not so much to provide a new view of our fast-changing, rhyming-history world, but a clear set of lenses through which to see it.

I spend the other 50% of my time (LOL) exploring new space, health and IT start-ups and technologies, writing about them and (with full disclosure) actively investing in some of them. I love what I do and I love all the travel it entails!  My board seats include Avanlee Care, BAMF Health, and PressReader. Also nonprofits: Charity Navigator, ExpandED Schools, The Commons Project.  My investments include 23andMe, 4D Healthcare, Abridge.AI, Avanlee Care, BAMF Health, Cecelia,  Circadia, Circadian-OS, Clover Health,  Devoted Health, Ezra.ai/FUnction Health, Flourish,  Hinge Health, LENS,  MakhersStudio, Neurogeneces, Omada, OpenWater, Osteoboost, Startup Health, Rallypoint, Supportiv, System.com, Voyager Holdings, You.com and Zeta.

For the last 10 years, I was founder and funder (active full-time but reporting to CEO Rick Brush) of Wellville, a 10-year nonprofit project dedicated to demonstrating the value of long-term investment in health and equity. The benefits accrue over time and not always to the funders/ investors directly, but for all of us, healthy human bodies and minds are the key to our collective future…. Wellville wants to show what it looks like when we respond to that prompt. We want to scale by inspiring others, not by presuming to do it all ourselves.

We worked in five small communities (Clatsop County, OR; Lake County, CA; Muskegon County, MI; North Hartford, CT; and Spartanburg, SC), advising local leaders on scaling local initiatives in areas such as maternal care, early childhood development, diabetes/obesity reduction, mental health support/trauma-informed care. We advocate a data-rich approach with learning and accountability along the way – www.Wellville.net.

Education: Harvard BA, Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center certificate of completion.