Keynote Speaker
Stacy Tessler Lindau
Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD MAPP is the Catherine Lindsay Dobson professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Medicine-Geriatrics at the University of Chicago. She is an expert in sexual and social domains of health and healthcare. She is a practicing gynecologist with expertise in preservation and recovery of female sexual function in the context of cancer and other illnesses. Dr. Lindau directs the CommunityRx research program, including several current clinical trials examining how and why connecting people and their caregivers to community resources drives health and wellbeing. To sustain CommunityRx, originally funded with a Health Care Innovation Award from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Dr. Lindau founded NowPow, LLC (acquired by Unite Us, LLC in 2021) and MAPSCorps, 501c3. These entities, headquartered on Chicago’s South Side where the ideas were created, have employed thousands, including nearly 3000 youth since 2009. She also directs Feed1st, a self-serve, no barriers food pantry program with 11 sites at the University of Chicago Medicine, including its cancer center.
Dr. Lindau is a graduate of the University of Michigan Honors College, Brown University School of Medicine, residency at Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program and the Harris School of Public Policy. Dr. Lindau is an Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow and serves its advisory board. She was founding chair of the Scientific Network on Female Sexual Health and Cancer, 501c3 and serves the board of RISE, 501c3 - an organization devoted to elimination of racism through sport.
Judges
Noland Joiner
Noland Joiner has over 30 years of experience in various management consulting and general management roles as a corporate executive, non-profit board member, educator, entrepreneur, trusted advisor and executive coach. He specializes in driving new product development, innovation, transformation and growth across multiple industries, which include healthcare, life sciences, financial services, insurance, higher education, manufacturing, government, and consumer retail healthcare.
Prior to joining Mathematica as the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Healthcare, Noland was a professional services executive for Amazon (AWS), Healthcare Executive Partner at Dell Technologies, Healthcare Executive Partner at Gartner, Senior Vice President of Healthcare and Life Science at CenturyLink, Chief Technology Officer for Healthcare and Life Sciences at MarkLogic, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at GE Healthcare, Principal and Central Region Practice Leader at Cap Gemini Consulting, and Regional Vice President of Consulting at Oracle Corporation. In addition, Noland has held several senior leadership and client-facing positions at IBM Global Services, Business Systems Engineering, Inc. (a company he co-founded), Deloitte & Touché, Andersen Consulting, and Unisys Corporation.
Noland is a graduate of Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s degree in Applied Science. He earned a master’s degree from Northwestern University in Strategy & Management. Noland also attended Information Technology Executive Management Programs at the Massachusetts Institution of Technology and DePaul University. Noland received his executive coaching training from the Northwestern University Master's Program of Learning and Organizational Change (MSLOC)
Ravi Patel
Vice President of Digital Health at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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Ganes Kesari
Ganes Kesari is an entrepreneur, AI thought leader, TEDx speaker, and adjunct professor. He helps leaders realize ROI on their data science investments. He advises organizations on building analytics teams and adopting a data culture.
Ganes is a co-founder and Chief Decision Scientist at Gramener. He founded Innovation Titan, an advisory firm, to help build data-driven organizations. He is a global corporate trainer.
Ganes contributes articles to Forbes and Entrepreneur. He is an Adjunct Professor at NJIT MTSM business school. He is recognized as one of the top 10 global thought leaders in AI by Thinkers360. More about him: https://gkesari.com
Shelina Ramnarine
Shelina Ramnarine PhD is the Director Our Race to Health Equity Community Engagement. Shelina is a recognized change catalyst with proven capabilities to take innovative ideas from concept to execution. She is a collaborator with an aptitude to connect people and ideas. She has experience collaborating with technical, scientific, and commercial colleagues to drive and deliver on strategic initiatives. Shelina holds a PhD in Human and Statistical Genetics from Washington University in St Louis and earned undergraduate degrees in Biology and Statistics from the University of Georgia.
Shelina is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and holds a strong value for community. As a community cultivator, Shelina works to create spaces to foster dialogue. Blending head and heart, Shelina aims to use her talent towards solving unmeet needs.
Lilli Zakarija
Lilli Zakarija has over 25 years of experience in the medical device industry supporting development and global launch of various single-use, disposable medical devices and combination products. Currently, Lilli is Co-Founder and President of EdgeOne Medical, an ISO 13485 certified Contract Development Organization supporting compliant development and testing of medical device and combination products. EdgeOne Medical serves clients ranging from Top 10 Pharma to many emerging technology companies. Prior to co-founding EdgeOne Medical, Lilli held various positions in engineering, project management and technical leadership at Baxter Healthcare.
In support of innovative technologies, Lilli has been a mentor at various local organizations and entrepreneurship hubs in Chicagoland area and national platforms including mHub, a Chicago based accelerator and MedTech Innovator, a non-for-profit global accelerator for medical devices, digital health and diagnostic companies.
Lilli Zakarija has a BS in Biomedical Engineering and a Masters in Engineering Management from Northwestern University, and an Executive MBA from Kellogg School of Management. Lilli serves on the Board of Women in Bio (WIB), Board of Advisors for Biomedical Engineering Dept at Northwestern University and is adjunct faculty at Northwestern University for NUvention Medical.