TEAM
futuresTHRIVE Leadership
Wendy Ward
Founder
A former advertising and sales executive with a psychology degree from Denison University, Wendy uses her deep communications expertise and her family’s own mental health struggle to fuel her passion for mainstreaming mental healthcare. Wendy is a 2018 YWCA Women of Distinction Awardee. She is certified in Mental Health First Aid ™ and a Kimochis facilitator™.
Tracy Beeson
Lead Technical Advisor, CTO
Tracy has spent her 20+ year career working with, coaching and leading Agile software teams. She has built and designed processes for the Agile quality assurance role. She has experience in Product and UI/UX design as well as Project Management on multi-million dollar projects. In her consulting career, Tracy played a significant role on projects that spanned many different industries; Healthcare, Automotive, and Finance, to name a few. She has also worked in the Insurance industry on a project utilizing data science and machine learning.
Tracy has experience designing data science tools such as natural language processing (NLP) and optical recognition for customer satisfaction, analyzing results designed and written by Menlo Innovations using complicated mathematical algorithms to find specific populations of cells, designing and delivering ML programs that identifies genetic information to match hair samples with 9/11 victim body parts, and the design of tools, addressing topics such as diabetes and obesity, including content and surveys.
Tracy has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont where she majored in Computer Science and earned her secondary teaching license in Math and Computer Science. She is currently earning her MBA at Eastern University in Michigan.
Our Team
Charlee Gordon
Full Stack Developer
Our Advisory Boards
ADVISORY
Megan Girald
Director - Innovation, NielsenIQ
Eric Heikkila
Ford Motor, Player/Coach at Ford Motor Company
Katie McCormick
Compliance & Generalist Advisor
Susanne Navas
Addiction Recovery & Prevention Coach
Hadley Stine
Intern
Christine Sullivan
Business Advisor, CT Small Business Development Center
MEDICAL ADVISORY
Amanda Craig
Ph.D., L.M.F.T, Founder, Manhattan Marriage & Family Therapy
Patricia Gail Bray
Ph.D., Founding Director, David and Helen Gurley Brown BridgeUp at Menninger Center at the Menninger Clinic
Dr. Suzanne Kyle
MD, FAAP, Texas Children's Pediatrics
Douglas Noordsy, M.D.
Clinical Professor & Director of Lifestyle Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine
Our Partners
ACS Ventures
ACS was established to address a need in the assessment community for design, evaluation, operational support, and quality assurance. These needs align with the founders’ core capabilities and allow them to apply their experiences and knowledge of assessment policy and practice in the education, credentialing, and workforce sectors. The ACS team is committed to providing practical solutions that help organizations ensure the validity, reliability, and fairness of their assessment programs. Susan Becker-Davis, Ph.D. brings her expertise and passion to futuresTHRIVE for the design of a new mental health assessment and are a valued part of the team.
Agrin Health
Agrin health is a team of healthcare and technology experts who want to make it easier for people to work with their Care Team to support the health and wellness of their family. Founder Karen Thomas brings her extensive knowledge in healthcare and passion for mental health to futuresTHRIVE prototype design and development.
Mercury Data Science
Mercury Data Science’s (MDS) purpose is to guide clients through the golden age of biotech and medtech using the ever-increasing understanding of biology and cloud-scale computational resources to build data science applications to improve quality of life. MDS aims accelerate clients’ advances in human health, nutrition, therapeutics, diagnostics, and behavior creating profound advances for humanity.
Realist Lab Ventures
Realist Lab is a pioneering organization that leverages innovation to reimagine a more equitable future. They are committed to creating an inclusive business environment, catalyzing startup growth, revitalizing local economies, and making a positive social impact. Drawing on deep expertise in technology and business strategies, They employ a human-centered approach to support startups. Championing innovation can transform the startup landscape and create a brighter, more inclusive future for all.
Tom Richner
Expert storyboard artist, animation layout and layout artist Tom has,13 years teaching animation at the Columbus College of Art & Design and currently designs for the Simpson’s. An invaluable partnership, Tom’s experience rounds out our best-in-class team for game design and a revolutionary mental health assessment platform.