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Cristian Lio Former hardcore gamer. On a mission to Cristian helps men conquer video game addiction and become the Main Characters of their own Epic Real Life Stories.

Jeff is Chairman of New Profit, a social change venture fund and is founding partner of the Community Health Acceleration Partnership, focused on front line health in Africa and the U.S. He also currently serves on the boards of the African Philanthropy Forum, Just Capital, UVA Center for Contemplative
Sciences (where he is chair), Giving Tuesday, the Aspen Management Partnership for Health, Leadership Now Project on democratic reform and the University of Virginia’s Undergraduate Business School, where he was President for ten years. He is also a partner in Bridge Builders investment fund for Mindful Wellness. Jeff was on the board of the University of Virginia, Chairman of The Council of Foundations at University of Virginia (UVA), served on the Berklee College of Music Board, the Harvard Business School Dean’s Board of Advisors and the HBS Visiting Committee and is on the Advisory Boards of MIT Media Lab and the Harvard School of Public Health. He has been on numerous other for-profit and non-profit boards.

Steve McCloskey is a graduate from the first class of Nanoengineering at UC San Diego, with a focus on emerging technologies applied to STEM. He worked with the founding Chair of the Nanoengineering Department, Ken Vecchio, and helped establish the Nanoengineering Materials Research Center, while also developing thermodynamic processing methods for Iron-based Super-elastic alloys. Steve later founded Nanome Inc, a company that builds virtual reality solutions for scientists and engineers working at the nanoscale, with a focus on protein engineering and small molecule drug development.

Alon Braun is a modern-day renaissance man. Early in life, he was an elite member of Israel’s cyber special forces unit while simultaneously the founder of a startup funded by Apple Israel. He then went on to become a marine biologist with a Master’s in Oceanography and published research on the cell biology of coral, with his research appearing in Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Alon then took a 3-year certification as a Feldenkreis body movement teacher, while working as an online marketing guru and business accelerator strategist, helping identify growth strategies using technology and data.

As an entrepreneur, Alon is the founder of Neurotech Analytics and Riverbank Consulting. He has a passion for scaling enterprises and scientific innovations, especially in the deep tech industry. Articles by or about Alon have been featured in Inc Magazine, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Thrive Global. His new book, The Entrepreneur Journey: 8 Steps from Inspiration to Global Impact, was released in April 2021. Besides Alon’s work in science and technology, his areas of expertise include business growth strategies, agile methodologies development, and decision-making consultation.

Sara is a psychedelic therapist and educator. She began her MAPS journey in 2012 with the Zendo Project. Sara served as MAPS Director of Harm Reduction (2016-2020) and Harm Reduction Training and Education Coordinator (2014-2016). She contributed to the development of the Zendo Project training curriculum and has facilitated psychedelic peer support workshops worldwide. Sara was a sub-investigator for MAPS Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials researching the safety and efficacy of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for the treatment of PTSD. She teaches MDMA and psychedelic-assisted therapy through MAPS and is the Lead Instructor at the Integrative Psychiatry Institute’s Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training.  Sara is passionate about helping to educate the next generation of psychedelic therapists. Sara presents at conferences and events on the topics of psychedelic-assisted therapy, harm reduction, peer support, and the potential of psychedelics as catalysts for individual, community, and collective healing. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Brian Ford is the founder of the podcast Self Improvement Daily which has earned over 16 million downloads to date. He is also the co-founder of For Purpose, a social impact agency building movements that help people plug into making a difference.

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