Theme: Reboot, Reframe, Reimagine

How to reimagine the world, to realize our potential, to relinquish our limiting beliefs, and to step into the space of imagination.

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Houston, Texas, 77005
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Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D.

Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine

Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., is the Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine. Her research focuses on ethical and policy issues related to the use of emerging technologies to improve health and promote well-being.

Cheryl Walker, PhD

Director, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine

Cheryl Lyn Walker, PhD, is the Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Precision Environmental Health (GC-CPEH) at Baylor College of Medicine, where she holds the Alkek Presidential Chair in Environmental Health and is a Professor in the departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Medicine. Dr. Walker is internationally recognized for her work in environmental health and elucidation of molecular mechanisms of disease. Her studies on the role of the epigenome in gene-environment interactions have yielded significant insights into mechanisms by which early life environmental exposures influence health and disease across the life-course.

Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D.

Director, Translational Research Institute for Space Health; Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology and the Center for Space Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D., serves as Director for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH), a NASA-funded cooperative agreement with a consortium led by Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, TX and includes the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. TRISH finds, funds and facilitates disruptive human health and performance solutions for astronauts traveling in deep space. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology and the Center for Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, where she lectures to and mentors trainees.

Greg Brenneman

Executive Chairman, CMMP Capital and author of Right Away and All at Once and Harvard Business Review on Crisis Management

Greg Brenneman, one of the world’s leading business turnaround executives, now serves as Executive Chairman of the private equity firm CCMP Capital. Mr. Brenneman served as Chairman, CEO and/or President and/or COO of Continental Airlines, Burger King and PwC Consulting. In 1994 Mr. Brenneman founded Turnworks, Inc. (“Turnworks”), his personal investment firm that focuses on corporate turnarounds. He is a former vice president at Bain and Company and has served on the board of directors at several large public firms, including ADP, Continental Airlines and Browning-Ferris and Francesca’s. He continues to serve on the board of firms such as The Home Depot, Baker Hughes, Inc., Hayward, ecovyst, BGIS and the Baylor College of Medicine. Mr. Brenneman has won an Emmy Award, written the book Right Away and All at Once: Five Steps to Transform Your Business and Enrich Your Life and owns Porta’Vino, a restaurant in The Woodlands, Texas.

Kelly Hackett, J.D., CAP®

Managing Director-Tectonic Advisors Family Office Services

Kelly Hackett serves as Managing Director of the Tectonic Advisors Family Office team. She partners closely with clients on governance, succession planning, wealth education, financial management, and charitable strategies. For Kelly, ensuring families achieve their multi-generational investment, lifestyle, and philanthropic goals is not a career – it’s a calling. She has served on the boards of health, education, and child welfare organizations, including current service to MD Anderson Cancer Center; Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy; St. Agnes Academy; and the Greater Houston Community Foundation.

Richard Gibbs, AC Ph.D.

Director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center and Wofford Cain Chair and Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine

Richard Gibbs is the Wofford Cain Chair and Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics and Director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center (HGSC) at Baylor College of Medicine. He has performed key work describing changes in DNA that lead to human genetic disease. Gibbs provided an early leadership role for the Human Genome Project (HGP) and in 1997 founded the HGSC, one of five main groups to complete the HGP. Later, he developed methods now used for clinical genomic testing. Gibbs was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2011, admitted as a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2013, and recognized as one of the 400 most influential biomedical scientists in the world in 2013.

Ronald Cotton, M.D., FACS,

Associate Professor of Surgery & Director General Surgery Residency Program, Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Ronald Cotton is an Associate Professor of Surgery & Director General Surgery Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine. He also serves as a primary surgeon for the liver and kidney transplant programs at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Dr. Cotton’s academic interests include undergraduate and post graduate medical education, where he is especially interested in improving access for all learners interested in careers in surgery. For Dr. Cotton, transplantation represents the epitome of medical collaboration, as each individual team member plays a vital and necessary role to create hope for the patient with end-stage disease.

Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D.

Vice President of Global Health, Professor of Medicine - Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine

Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology and Vice President of Global Health at Baylor College of Medicine. In her current role, she oversees Baylor’s global programs and affiliations and seeks to develop novel, environmentally appropriate technologies and approaches to addressing global disease burden. This includes the development and validation of innovative mobile-applications for clinical care, point-of care diagnostic technologies, and portable, low-cost devices for the diagnosis and management of chronic, non-communicable diseases worldwide. As an advanced gastrointestinal endoscopist by training, Dr. Anandasabapathy’s research focus involves the development and validation of novel technologies for diagnosis of early gastrointestinal cancer.