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Executive Leadership

William McCarthy

William McCarthy

Chief Executive Officer

Will is a medical student, researcher, writer, and artist with prior work spanning neonatology, toxicology, and environmental health. He loves sharing his excitement for the world through biomedical science education, discovery at the microscope, and art. As a lifelong learner, he approaches every health challenge with an open mind.

As the primary organizational liaison, Will manages project partnerships and strategic development.

Simon Birk

Simon Birk

President / Chief Operating Officer

Simon is a medical student whose background in advocacy drives his work. He serves as a board member for Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility, with prior experience on cancer research programs and global COVID-19 policy tracking. He works from the conviction that clinicians belong in the design of the systems they practice in.

Simon oversees program operations, logistics, and organizational finances and compliance.

Caroline Crain, MPH

Caroline Crain, MPH

Chief Scientific Officer

Caroline is a medical student and implementation scientist. Her background includes work across rural Latin America and Tanzania in community-led development, capacity building, and mixed method research. Her work is grounded in the belief that all communities are capable of solving their most pressing challenges with access to the right tools.

Caroline leads the development and implementation of organizational research initiatives.

Rakesh Kathiresan

Rakesh Kathiresan

Chief Financial Officer

Rakesh is a medical student and former healthcare strategy consultant who brings experience with territory alignment, market forecasting, and clinical research to the team. Rakesh is an avid traveler with a passion for cultural exchange. He is excited to help expand access to affordable and reliable diagnostics in rural communities worldwide.

Rakesh supports organizational financial planning and fund development.

Jon Beaubrun

Jon Beaubrun

Chief Engineering Officer

Jon is a chemical and systems engineer with 8+ years of experience scaling new technologies. He currently works as a process integration engineer at a controlled environment agriculture start-up on technology de-risk, scale-up, R&D, and resource modeling. He is excited to work on scalable healthcare solutions.

Jon contributes technical expertise to innovation design challenges.

Phillip Koether

Phillip Koether

Director of Project Management

Phillip is a recent healthcare administration graduate whose passion for innovation and community impact drives his work. With hands-on experience as a medical assistant, entrepreneur, and campaign manager, he combines his practical knowledge of patient care with a strong interest in improving healthcare systems.

Phillip leads organizational structure and strategic planning.

Cristina Salas

Cristina Salas

Chief Marketing Officer

Cristina is a dual MD/MPH student. She has a wide array of interests and expertise, spanning socioeconomic barriers to healthcare access in Brazil to ecological mapping and spatial epidemiology. Always eager to learn, Cristina has big dreams of applying her MPH to ensure equal access to healthcare for global populations.

Cristina heads all marketing campaigns and also leads the environmental mapping team.

Madison Horn

Madison Horn

Director of Programs

Madison is a medical student with a passion for advancing equitable, community-led healthcare solutions. She has experience at the bench in a neurobiology lab and in the field, improving coordinated care for people experiencing homelessness. She is committed to bridging gaps in access to care through sustainable programming.

Madison manages personnel across project teams and acts as a primary project liaison.

Project Leadership

Megan Ngai

Megan Ngai

Director of Educational Projects
Thomas Copeland

Thomas Copeland

Director of Media
Catherine Zhang

Catherine Zhang

Project Lead, Neurodiagnostics
Richa John

Richa John

Project Lead, Cervical Cancer Educational Initiatives
Hope Leng

Hope Leng

Project Lead, Cervical Cancer Molecular Diagnostics
Katherine Le

Katherine Le

Project Lead, Cervical Cancer Cytology Workflows
John Sholeen

John Sholeen

Project Lead, Cervical Cancer Machine Learning Diagnostics
Cathryn Bigham

Cathryn Bigham

Project Liaison, Cervical Cancer
Mallika Singh

Mallika Singh

Project Liaison, Sickle Cell Disease
Anita Prabhu

Anita Prabhu

Project Liaison, Uzbekistan Science Education Initiative
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