Leadership

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
Chair
Patrice Harris, MD, MA
Patrice Harris, MD, MA
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Michael Cole
Michael Cole
President & Chief Financial Officer
Michael Mina, MD, PhD
Michael Mina, MD, PhD
Chief Science Officer
Sonal Shah
Sonal Shah
Chief Policy Advisor
Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH
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Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH

CHAIR

  • President and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust
  • Former President and CEO of CARE
  • Directed the HIV, TB, and Reproductive Health Program at the Gates Foundation
  • Retired Assistant Surgeon General US Public Health Service
  • 20 year career with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Patrice Harris, MD, MA
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Patrice Harris, MD, MA

CO-FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

  • 25+ years of private practice in Adult, Child, Adolescent and Forensic Psychiatry
  • Visiting Professor, Columbia University
  • Former President, American Medical Association (AMA)
  • Former Chief Health Officer, Fulton County, Georgia
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Michael Cole
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Michael Cole

PRESIDENT & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

  • Managing Director at Madison Dearborn Partners, $23 billion private equity firm
  • Successful investment track record over many years in Tech Services and Health Care
  • Member or Observer on 15 corporate boards
  • Healthcare investment experience at leading firms, including Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
Michael Mina, MD, PhD
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Michael Mina, MD, PhD

CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER

  • Former Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Immunology, and Infectious Disease at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Core faculty member of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (CDCC)Associate Medical Director in Clinical Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in the Harvard Medical School
  • Leading voice on rapid testing during COVID-19 pandemic
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Sonal Shah
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Sonal Shah

CHIEF POLICY ADVISOR

  • Founder and Executive Director, Georgetown University Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation
  • National Policy Director, Pete for America Presidential Campaign
  • Director, White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation
  • Senior Advisor, United States Department of the Treasury
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