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Past Participants

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(confirmed as of 6/3/19)
Sonia Arrison - Best-Selling Author, Analyst, Entrepreneur and Investor
Ginna Baik - CDW Healthcare
Jacqueline Baker - AARP Innovation Labs
Mel Barsky - Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation
Jennifer Bayard - Carlton Senior Living
Amy Belt Raimundo - Kaiser Permanente
Lori Bitter - Business of Aging
Josh Bois - Global Capital Network
Christine Brocato - Dignity Health
Harris Brody - Blue Fog Capital
Jennifer Callahan - Aetna
Kevin Casey - New Avenue Homes
YoonJin Chang - LifeSite
John Cochrane - HumanGood
Gary Charland - Masonic Homes of California
Maureen Cusick Thomas - NIA/NIH
Anne DeGheest - HealthTech Capital
Danielle DeLancey - Wilmot Ventures
Richard Eisenberg - Next Avenue
Sharon Emek - Work At Home Vintage Experts (WAHVE)
Chris Farrell - Minnesota Public Radio
Bob Fine - Cool Blue Media
Ted Fischer - Ageless Innovation
Katy Flick - AgeWave
Mick Fitzgerald
Walter Greenleaf - Stanford University
Alex Foard - Bay Area Council
Katie Guhr - Centene Corporation
Deepak Gupta - Blue Bear Ventures
Maher Hakim - CITRIS Foundation
Julie Halpert - Author
Katya Hancock - StartUp Health Network
Kris Hansen - Western Home Services
Mary Haynes - Nazareth Home
Amy Hedrick - Cleanbox Technology
Dan Hermann - Ziegler
Paula Hertel - Senior Living Consult, Connected Horse
Erick Hicks - AARP Innovation Labs
Susan Hoffman - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Brian Holzer - Lacuna Health
Ernie Ianace - VitalCare
Matt Isola - Longevity Labs; Generation Exchange
Linda Jacobson - KasanaCare
Mark Johnston - Agenuity
Stephen Johnston - Aging2.0; Fordcastle
Jeh Kazimi - Breezie
Paul Kleyman - Journalists Network on Generations
Oz Krakowski - Kytera
Robert G. Kramer - National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC)
Supriya Laknidhi - Aetna
Justin Lin - Envoy
David Lindeman - Citris
Yue Leng - Yuhang Capital
Manish Mehta - Stanley Black and Decker
Ashley Mercier - LinkedIn
Steve Moran - Senior Housing Forum
Martin Ng - Home Care Domain
Jake Nice - Nationwide Ventures
Miles Orkin - Google
Laurie Orlov - Aging in Place Technology Watch
Ben Patterson - Elementum Ventures
Stuart Patterson - LifePod Solutions
Scott Peifer - ChangeAGEnts
John Polatz - PS Salon & Spa
Mary Jo Potter - Healthcare Angels
Kevin Qian - MWE China Law Offices
Robin Raff - Boomer Business and Beyond
Julia Rasooley - PureCath Medical
Lola Rain -ESKATON
John Reinhart - Serial Entrepreneur
Sheri Rose - Thrive Center
Shana Schlossberg - Upward
Dr. Allison Sekuler - Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)
Carrie Shaw - Embodied Labs
Sherwin Sheik - CareLinx
Michael Skaff - JSLG
Scott Smith - Viant Group
Veena Somareddy - NeuroRehabVR
Paul Stich - Countable
Tom Stroebel - Auxileum
Jonathan Suckling - Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation
Lisa Taylor - It's Never 2 Late
Jon Terenzetti - CareCentrix
Carrie Williams - McKesson Ventures
Jillian Williams - Anthemis
Jerry Wilmink - CarePredict
Colleen Wilson - Next Avenue
Denise Yarmlak - Consultant
Jack York - It's Never 2 Late
Jeff Zimman - Posit Science
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Mary Furlong
Executive Producer

Mary Furlong, Ed.D., CEO of Mary Furlong & Associates (MFA), is a leading authority on the longevity marketplace. Successful social and serial  entrepreneur, (SeniorNet (1986),ThirdAge Media (1996), and MFA (2002)),  Mary has secured over $160 million in venture financing and corporate  sponsorships for companies with products and services to serve the needs of  the boomer/senior marketplace. Next Avenue named Mary one of its “2016  Influencers in Aging,” she is also a past winner of the Silicon Valley Business  Journal’s “Top 100 Women of Influence” award, and the author of Turning Silver into Gold: How to Profit in the New Boomer Marketplace.

Mary produces the industry-leading What’s Next Boomer Business Summit, the Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit and Business Plan Competition, and the Washington Innovation Summit, and is the co-producer of What's Next Canada. She has appeared  on NBC, CBS, and NPR and is an advisor to the Ziegler Link•age Longevity Fund, L.P.

MFA’s private client practice is comprised of many of the leading startups and corporations in the  longevity marketplace. She also serves as an adjunct professor, focusing on entrepreneurship and  women in leadership at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University.

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