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Expert is currently the interim Executive Director of a licensed in-home senior care agency that she started, built, and ran for five years before selling in 2017 to her longtime employee, who still owns and operates this successful business. Expert works actively as a consultant and advisor for age-focused healthtech startups and established businesses, with a focus on go-to-market strategy and product-market fit. She is an investing member in an Active Aging and Longevity Fund, where she participated as a judge in AARP's innovation challenge. She has worked in many different aspects of senior care, and is trained as a CNA, spending five years as the owner-operator of Right at Home in Marin County, California, followed by two years researching Alzheimer’s disease at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California. She is a published author in biology of aging and has been named one of 1000 Longevity Leaders worldwide by Longevity International.

Expert believes that the heightened self-awareness and expectations of the older generation of seniors has driven and will continue to drive increased interest and investment of time, energy, and money into researching healthy aging. We live at a time of unprecedented demographic change, wherein the oldest age groups are the fastest-growing, a phenomenon aptly termed the ‘silver tsunami.’ Leading edge baby boomers are now in their 70s, and with this rising tide, we are presented with a new model of how to spend one’s golden years. Many of today’s seniors are engaged in active retirement, health activism, and generally staying active. Indeed ‘active’ appears to be the operative word, and with it comes a demand for healthier aging.

In the last 15+ years, Expert's career has spanned the globe but also been strategically focused in the San Francisco Bay Area. During this time, she has excelled in diverse areas such as entrepreneurship, international finance, and scientific and market research to maximize value for both startups and large-scale organizations. This broad experience, combined with a deep dive over the last 10 years into health and wellness, healthtech, and biotechnology, has positioned her well to understand and appreciate the explosive growth we are witnessing in digital health, driven by demographics of an aging population and catalyzed by COVID-19.

Expert is an award-winning, cross-functional leader with a track record in cultivating strategic relationships, negotiating and executing “win-win” financial and commercial transactions, and building high-performance teams to deliver consistent, sustainable growth across highly competitive markets.