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We are extremely privileged to have the support of some real experts who have been very generous with their time and provided much welcome advice.

Holly Atkinson

Holly Atkinson

Dr. Atkinson has both a degree in medicine and in journalism, and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. She remains editor of HealthNews, the consumer health newsletter launched by the Massachusetts Medical Society. Further, Dr. Atkinson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at the Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Atkinson currently works with KSR Associates and she was a founder as well as President and CEO of Reuters Health Information, Inc., a whole owned subsidiary of Reuters PLC.

LisaMarie Casey

LisaMarie Casey

LisaMarie Casey has spent twenty years in financial services working in New York. She was a senior member of JPMorgan's Technology and Operations organization with extensive background in management, business strategy, organizational and operational analysis and design, and information technology lifecycle development. She has a BSc from the State University of New York at Albany and a MBA from the New York University - Stern School. She currently serves on the Board of Morganae Foundation and the Grace Church Advisory School Board.

Martha Kramer

Martha Kramer

Martha Kramer has worked in both the retail and wholesale sides of the luxury sector of the apparel business for 25 years. She represented Neiman Marcus, America's premier luxury goods retailer for 10 years, forging relationships with the finest luxury goods purveyors in the world, including fashion houses, furriers, jewelers, accessory designers, menswear companies, and tabletop and home furnishing companies. She then spent 15 years overseeing French designer Emanuel Ungaro's business in North America, growing the brand by working with retailers, press and the entertainment industry to make Emanuel Ungaro a profitable and aspirational brand. She graduated from Barnard College and currently does consulting projects.

Amy Wildstein

Amy Wildstein

Amy Rosen Wildstein is the Fund Manager of Boldcap Ventures LLC. Ms. Wildstein was previously a Principal of Solera Capital, a newly formed venture capital fund. Prior to the formation of Solera in 1999, Ms. Wildstein was with the private equity group of Morgan Stanley, where she evaluated potential acquisition candidates and structured investments for the firms $2.0 billion investment fund. Ms. Wildstein is also experienced in managing and monitoring existing portfolio companies and has served on the boards of directors of companies in the media, healthcare information technology, and consumer sectors.

Jed Freifeld

Jed Freifeld

Jed has 14 years experience launching, operating, advising and investing in early stage companies. He is the Managing Member and Co-Founder of the incubator Iron Street Partners. Iron Street provides business acceleration services and/or capital in exchange for fees and equity, and was a founding sponsor of NYU Stern's Business Plan Competition as well as the Global Venture Network. Jed also co-manages the investment activities of Boldcap Ventures, where he is a member of the Governing Board. Jed obtained a BS in Economics from Wharton.