Dan is a health care entrepreneur whose passion is using new technologies to improve people’s health. He is personally committed to improving the lives of people with IBD because his mother suffers from the disease. Dan started his career commercializing new technologies at Stanford University’s Office of Technology Licensing. Later, Dan helped launch two early-stage technology startups and served as Business Development Director for Mount Sinai Medical Center securing partnerships in the digital health space. In 2014, Dan co-founded and served as COO of Cohero Health, Inc., which brought to market one of the world’s first connected digital health solutions for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Dan now is the CEO of Oshi Health, a digital platform revolutionizing the management and treatment of IBD.

Brianna Wolin is a passionate entrepreneur, biomedical engineer and food blogger. Find Your Ditto, FYD, began as a student project during her time at the University of Michigan, has earned Brianna several awards at the University as well as recognition by SPARK Ann Arbor, including a fully-funded entrepreneurial bootcamp experience and a commitment to continued guidance. Brianna has lived with Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease the majority of her life. Her food blog, A Different Survival Guide, grew out of her need to cook all of her own low carb, gluten free meals unavailable in campus dining halls. Brianna is the Chief Executive officer of Find Your Ditto, responsible for engagement with universities and healthcare systems, marketing, legal matters, and company finances. Find Your Ditto is the only mobile platform that connects individuals living with the same chronic illness locally for on-demand, in-person peer support to mitigate feelings of loneliness and depression. Users can find their “dittos” and begin to feel like “it’s not just me.”

Shai Rozen is the co-founder & CMO at Suggestic Serial entrepreneur, a marketing guy, and a product builder. At a co-founder at Suggestic, he use artificial intelligence to tackle health and nutrition. He is passionate about putting an end to disease and the inevitability of immortality.Best advice ever received: don’t panic.

Lindsay Jurist-Rosner is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wellthy, Inc. a company dedicated to helping the 66 milllion Americans who are caring for their sick and aged loved ones. Before Wellthy, Lindsay served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Simulmedia. Prior to Simulmedia, Lindsay ran Marketing Research at Machinima; worked in product and strategic marketing at Microsoft; worked in marketing at LA-based startup, Spot Runner; and ran the west coast advertising and marketing relationships for the magazine, The Atlantic. Lindsay has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics‐Operations Research from Columbia University. Lindsay lives on the Upper West Side in New York City.

In late 2015, during his freshman year of college, Grady was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at the age of 18. Throughout the past few years, he has experienced the emotional and physical impacts of IBD. His experiences with various medications, medical appointments, and complications have made him highly aware of the challenges of chronic illness. As a result, Grady is passionate about advocating for patients and healthcare rights. Today, Grady is involved with the IBD community as a writer for inflammatoryboweldisease.net. He has written and spoken on a number of issues from body image to the mental impacts of illness. He has worked with organizations such as Improve Care Now’s Patient Advisory Council on patient resources. In addition, he is an alumnus of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s National Council of College Leaders. In that role, he served as chair of the communications workgroup. He is a current Crohn’s and Colitis Young Adults Network fellow. Along with other young leaders, he works to raise awareness of IBD through advocacy, outreach, and creativity. He is passionate about advocating for the chronic illness community and motivated to create new resources for patients. Grady is excited to continue developing his advocacy through his work with Lyfebulb.

Jon is the creator of CROHNIC, a startup that shares messages of invisible conditions through design. Living with IBD since 2010 and a Rare Disease since 2017, Jon found few answers within standard medicine for relief or treatment; seeing over 40 different specialists during that time, most of whom discounted those reported symptoms as drug-seeking behavior. This constant need to advocate for the health and living conditions within his own body became personal. It wasn’t only doctors or nurses with these unsolicited opinions—it was family and friends too. A deep rooted passion for branding and design along with seeing this need in a seemingly underserved community, which included himself, was the inspiration to launch this project. CROHNIC was created to open the dialogue around [in]visible illnesses for patients, advocates, and everyone. Based in Buffalo, NY, CROHNIC is prioritizing giving back to the community it serves through social programs and non-profit work. CROHNIC is every day.

Ayarpi Reganyan was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis in 2007. She went from one doctor to the next in search of answers. After years of research and trying many diet and exercise routines, Ayarpi began to understand that her body simply wanted to be heard. It was tired of the endless hours at work and the unhealthy foods she was subjecting it to. Her body had enough and it was very clear. Ayarpi has taken what she has learned from the last 13 years and decided to put it to use by developing a line of protein bars that have minimal ingredients with nothing artificial called BodyBar Protein, LLC. BodyBar Protein is a Paleo Friendly Protein Bar line with minimal ingredients. The goal at BodyBar Protein is to bring protein bars back to basics. Ayarpi openly shares her journey with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) with the hopes of helping others turn their struggles into something positive.

Sneha founded the Health Advocacy Summit and Crohn’s and Colitis Young Adults Network, with major funding from the Helmsley Charitable Trust and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, to create more support systems for young adults and adolescents with chronic and rare illnesses across the U.S. and internationally. She is proud of the organizations’ funding source transparency and independence from receiving money from the pharmaceutical industry. She was chosen as one of the most influential teens globally in 2018 by the We Are Family Foundation.

Sneha completed a research fellowship in health policy at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she is continuing research as an undergraduate in health care related to young adults. She also interned at the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation Headquarters and Pfizer Global Headquarters in health economics and outcomes research for Inflammation and Immunology. Sneha spoke on Capitol Hill, featured nationally on C-SPAN, is a past contributor for U.S. News and World Report, and has put in considerable time and effort in D.C. advocating for better access to health care for people with chronic illnesses. She also created and chairs the first disability caucus in Indiana, and has served on the Democratic National Committee Disability Policy Subcommittee and Women’s March Disability Caucus. Sneha was awarded two academic fellowships with the Association of Health Care Journalists. She was previously a national policy fellow and now serves as the youngest director on the board for RespectAbility, a nonprofit fighting stigma and advancing opportunities for people with disabilities. Sneha has spoken at Stanford Medicine X, the Harvard Youth and Public Health Summit, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and other major avenues.

In her free time, she enjoys climbing, hiking, and reading all things related to health economics. Most of all, she is incredibly grateful for all the people she gets to work with and those that have overcome barriers in their lives to continue thriving with a chronic illness. She has proudly lived in Indiana most of her life, is an advocate for women supporting women, is passionate about advancing health care in rural communities, and is an ardent supporter of more transparency in the patient advocacy space.

Cody Maher is a NYC born and raised actor, writer and patient advocate for IBD. For years she hid her disease and the struggles she faced out of shame and embarrassment. Now, she openly shares all aspects of herself in hopes of raising awareness, helping to destigmatize Inflammatory Bowel Disease and, most importantly, to help others struggling with chronic illness to feel less alone.

Sofia is 25 years old and has been living with type 1 diabetes for 10 years. In 2013, she was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis as well, now struggling with both chronic conditions on a daily basis. She has been running her own business since 2014, including lecturing, blogging (www.diabetesia.se), Instagram (@diabetesia.se), consultant jobs for med tech companies, event planning and more. She wants to make a difference, break down prejudices, raise awareness and make sure no one feels alone in their condition.