Alexandra Leah Lewis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She received her BA degree from Yale University and a MSc degree in International Health Policy & Health Economics from the London School of Economics. She completed her training in anesthesiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School and later sub-specialized in thoracic anesthesia. Beyond her medical training, she holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of Regulatory Affairs and is an active member on the Institutional Review Board, ensuring clinical trials are in compliance with ethical standards.

June Y. Hou is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Hou received her BA degree at Yale College with Honors, and MD degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. More recently, she graduated from the executive MBA program at Columbia Business School. Having devoted her career to taking care of women diagnosed with gynecological cancers, Dr. Hou founded, and co-leads the Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program, and the Precision Medicine Initiative in Gyn Oncology at Columbia. She has extensive experience in clinical trial operations, and has lead clinical trials across all phases of drug development.

Jon is a veteran businessman and technologist. He has previously served in a variety of management consulting and information system officer roles at KPMG, Marriott, and Bristol-Myers Squibb; and is the founder of his own professional services firm – Fulcrum Shifts. In his professional capacities, he has supported the Research & Development (R&D) lines of business at Bristol-Myers Squibb, learning first-hand the challenges of diversity in clinical trials and the digital technologies that can help overcome them. On the side, he has built a profitable residential real estate investment portfolio as well as led other entrepreneurial pursuits. He is a pragmatic, creative, and innovative problem-solver adept at translating best practice strategies and philosophies into effective, durable change and outcomes.