Kyle is an entrepreneur and inventor.  He was the co-founder and CEO of NarrativeDx, the industry leader in patient experience analytics. He grew NarrativeDx to support over 10% of the US healthcare market, including 14 of the top 20 US News and World Report Health systems, before being acquired by Press Ganey in early 2020. Today, NarrativeDx is installed in over 70% of hospitals and health systems nationwide and processes feedback for 99% of insured Americans. Kyle has received 5 patents on the Artificial Intelligence technology behind NarrativeDx.  Prior to founding NarrativeDx, Kyle was a computer engineer for National Instruments, an intellectual property attorney at WilmerHale, and founder and CEO of iCare, the first mobile crowd-funding platform for non-profits.

Megha Kulshreshtha is the Executive Director of Food Connect, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the gap between surplus food and hunger through collaboration and technology. Food Connect has helped distribute over 1 million on-demand meals through their last-mile transport and logistics support in the hunger relief space.

Megha has over 10 years of experience in data and process solutions. She started her career in Finance as a Data Analyst and then as a Portfolio Analyst for US Equities at Aberdeen Asset Management. For the last 6 years, Megha has dedicated her technical background towards streamlining inefficiencies in the hunger relief space. The Food Connect app has helped over 650+ food vendors across the country donate their surplus food in real time. Over 700+ shelters have received free food donations through the app and are growing.

Megha continues to lead Food Connect's product testing and development to help track and understand real-time needs. Food Connect's work has been recognized in the hunger relief space for its innovation in collaboration, integrations, and food equity initiatives.

Kate Schwass is the Executive Director of GreenLight Fund Bay Area. Kate has spent her career focused on the nonprofit sector, serving in leadership roles in small, local organizations and large, national institutions. Over the last decade, she's centered her work on issues of poverty, equity, and education.

Most recently, she served as the Founding Bay Area Executive Director and Interim VP of Development and Communications at CollegeSpring –a national nonprofit focused on helping low-income students realize their college potential.  While at CollegeSpring, Kate tripled the number of students served locally, doubled the fundraising revenue, and built a diverse and committed regional board of directors. Previously, she served as the Director of Development for Envision Education, a Bay Area charter school network, overseeing fundraising, communications and enrollment. Before her time with Envision, Kate served in various roles in the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), ultimately leading Northern California and Nevada as Regional Director and overseeing management, fundraising, and health care services at three district offices and five health care clinics. Prior to MDA, she worked in Santa Barbara at the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and United Way. Kate graduated cum laude with a concentration in Religious Studies from Westmont College. In 2017, Kate was named a Cross-Sector Leadership Fellow of the Presidio Institute, a program sponsored by the Obama White House in support of leaders working to unlock solutions to society’s most complex and pressing challenges.

Since joining GreenLight Fund in 2017, Kate has led investments in ParentChild+, EveryoneOn, and Food Connect and raised the Bay Area's $4M Fund II. She currently sits on the advisory boards for Springboard Collaborative, Blueprint Math Fellows, ParentChild+, and on the national board for Food Connect. She resides in Oakland, California with her husband and two children.

Jay Shah, President of Star Advisory Services, LLC, a boutique consulting firm, has significant experience in fund raising, mergers & acquisitions, strategy development & execution, operations, and finance. Jay has been involved with 30+ successful acquisitions/divestiture transactions, fund raises for early and mid-stage tech companies.  Prior to Star Advisory Services, LLC, Jay was in executive management at Buckle Down Publishing, Haights Cross Communications, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Primedia and Price Water house Coopers.

Jay received his BS from New York University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

BOARD CHAIR, IDEO.ORG + MANAGING PARTNER, FINE CAPITAL PARTNERS

In addition to being the Chair of IDEO.org's Board of Directors, Martin Schneider is a Managing Partner at Fine Capital Partners, a hedge fund based in New York City. Marty is the Founder and former President of Health Pages, a consumer website devoted to providing consumers with background, experience, and quality information about health care providers. He is also the Founder and former President of Physician Hospital Alliance, a company that provided out-patient medical services.

He currently serves as Chair of the Boards of Peer Health Exchange and Informed Patient Institute, and as Treasurer of the Boards of Consumer Reports and Populations Services International (PSI), and a partner at TSEF (The Social Entrepreneurs Fund).

He received a BA from Amherst College, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a MSc from The London School of Economics. When his hip isn’t bothering him, he runs marathons and lives on the Upper West Side with his wife and three children.

Richard Vezina, MPH he is a seasoned public health and social sector leader with more than 20 years of experience in the field. He is currently a senior program officer at Blue Shield of California Foundation, leading the Foundation's work to align systems with community priorities in order to make California the healthiest state and end domestic violence. He spent a decade as consultant, leading evaluation and strategy engagements for foundations, nonprofits, and public agencies. Earlier, he worked in wide range research, fundraising, and programmatic roles for organizations throughout the United States. Richard holds a bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and a Master's of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco with his husband, daughter, and dog.