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investment lifecycle. She is a Member of TBD Angels, a group of owner-operator angel investors, and an Advisory Board Member of Glasswing Ventures, an AI and frontier technologies venture firm. Christine holds a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and is a member of the Presidential Council of Cornell Women. She chairs the Professional Advisors Committee of the SUNY College of Optometry Foundation, and has focused her investment thesis on sports, health, wellness, longevity, and the care economy through a human centric approach to technology. Andrea Nikki Cotler, OD, FAAO received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the

He co-founded and served as President of Life Sciences Alternative Funding, a joint venture with Perella Weinberg Partners that invested approximately $250 million across more than ten transactions. He holds a BA from American University, an MBA from the University of Maryland, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Harvard Bioscience (NASDAQ: HBIO).

Neda Gioia, OD, CNS, FMCP, FOWNS, CFMP

is the founder of Integrative Vision and SEEHealth LLC, a concierge optometry practice in New Jersey that bridges traditional eye care with functional medicine and clinical nutrition to support vision and whole-body health. In addition to her Doctor of Optometry, she holds dual credentials

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002, her Doctorate in Optometry from the SUNY College of Optometry in 2006, and Residency training in Ocular Disease/Primary Eye Care at the VA New York Harbor

as a Certified Nutrition Specialist and an IFM Certified Practitioner, reflecting a systems-based approach to patient care. She is the immediate past president and a current Fellow of the Ocular Wellness & Nutrition Society (OWNS), serves on the Board of the New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians, and is an IFM subject matter expert. Dr. Gioia created the SEEHealth™ and Eye Exam Plus™ programs for integrating comprehensive, whole person care into practice, and contributes to the primary care educational channel on the Vumedi network. With a deep passion for advancing women’s leadership in healthcare, Dr. Gioia has served on the board of Women in Optometry, received the 2021 Theia Award for Innovation, mentored through the Rutgers Center for Women in Business, and is a member of The Menopause Society. Her mission: to heal, educate, and empower patients and practitioners, one at a time.

Health Care System in 2007. She worked in private OD/ MD group practice for several years before joining SUNY and Health + Hospitals in 2016. She currently serves as Director of Eye + Vision Services at Gotham Gouverneur where she engages in clinical practice and oversees the SUNY Optometry externship. She received the 2019 NYC Health + Hospitals Doctor’s Day Award for Gouverneur PAC and the 2020 Performance Improvement Champion Award for Gotham Health.

Stephen DeNelsky, MBA is a healthcare investor with more than 30 years of experience across public and private

equity, structured credit, royalty investments, and other hybrid financing structures. He has served as a healthcare analyst, portfolio manager, and a senior equity research analyst, among

Aaron Goffinet, OD is Director of Professional Affairs at EssilorLuxottica, where he works with eye care professionals,

universities, and industry partners to advance clinical

other key roles. Most recently, he served as Managing Director at Oaktree Capital Management, sourcing and structuring over $700 million in proprietary healthcare investments and leading restructurings of existing portfolio credits. Prior to Oaktree, he was Managing Director at Marathon Asset Management on its healthcare structured private credit team, sourcing over $500 million in healthcare investments.

education and innovation in eye care. A native of Perry County, Indiana, Dr. Goffinet earned his undergraduate degree from Western

Kentucky University and his Doctor of Optometry from the Indiana University School of Optometry. His career

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