Our Team

Milena Esherick, PsyD

Co-Founder & Chief Clinical Officer

As a licensed clinical psychologist and the founding director of the Counseling Psychology Program at the Wright Institute, Milena brings over 15 years of leadership experience across higher education and healthcare. She has successfully launched and scaled a graduate program, increasing enrollment tenfold, and has built and led intensive treatment programs for adults with eating disorders. Currently, Milena is focused on the intersection of psychology and AI, advising behavioral health tech startups on how to integrate clinical best practices into emerging technologies to improve care.

Sam Ward

Co-Founder

A seasoned product and program manager, Sam specializes in bringing complex design programs and user experiences to life. His career includes senior roles at frog, Wells Fargo, and TuneIn, where he launched and managed design operations programs. At The Center for Investigative Reporting, he led user experience design, developing innovative projects like a chatbot-powered SMS platform and an analytics dashboard for media organizations to track the real-world impact of their work.

Ed Landau

An engineering executive with over 25 years of experience, Ed specializes in building and scaling hardware-centric products from prototype to mass production. He has led large, cross-functional teams with budgets exceeding \$30M at both Microsoft, where he was a key program manager for the Xbox Kinect, and multiple startups. As the current VP of Engineering at Movano Health, he has deep expertise in the medical device field, driving FDA 510(k) submissions and leading teams through the entire product lifecycle while ensuring compliance with standards like ISO 14971 and IEC 62304.

Dr. Alistair Finch

Clinical & Research Advisor

A leading researcher in computational psychiatry and the former chair of psychology at a major research university.

Priya Singh

Technology & Scale Advisor

Former CTO of a successful digital health platform, specializing in scaling secure, HIPAA-compliant cloud architectures.

Marcus Thorne, JD

Legal & Go-to-Market Advisor

Partner at a venture capital firm with extensive experience in health-tech investments, mergers, and acquisitions.