Mentor

Roanna Flowers is Program Developer, Story & Strategy for the Texas McCombs Healthcare Innovation Initiative. She has worked with the program since its inception in 2009. As Program Developer, she designs all educational and event programming, as well as leads all storytelling efforts on and offline, including curating and managing social media content. She is the head communications strategist and...

Dr. Lisa McDonald is an Assistant Director at Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), the startup incubator of the University of Texas at Austin. She directs ATI’s life science and healthcare portfolios, where she works with early stage biotechnology and medical device companies to develop their business strategies and prepare the companies to seek investment. She is also the Co-Founder and Managing...

Stacey Chang is a designer, an unintentional academic, and an unapologetic ringleader for new creative solutions to age-old dilemmas in health. Until 2014, Stacey was the Managing Director of the Healthcare practice at IDEO, the global design and innovation firm. He left to found the Design Institute for Health at the University of Texas at Austin, a first-of-its-kind institution, dedicated...

Tyler Drake leads Austin Community College Bioscience Incubator’s operations. He works with entrepreneurs, economic development interests, faculty and other partners to support the biotech economy. Tyler has experience developing novel technologies in women’s health, cancer diagnostics, and HIV/AIDS. He has authored scientific publications, spoken at international conferences, and worked with startups as an engineer and consultant. Tyler completed postdoctoral training,...

I am currently the Senior Director of Applied Research and Data Analytics at the American Hospital Association (AHA). My team and I support the data management and analysis of large-scale quality and performance improvement with partners like CMS, AHRQ and the CDC. Most recently, I was the Associate Director at the Main Line Health Center for Population Health Research at the...

Dr. Bonnie Clipper is the Vice President of Innovation for the American Nurses Association. Prior to joining the ANA, Dr. Clipper has served as a Chief Nursing Officer for Cornerstone Hospital of Austin, the Medical Center of the Rockies, St. David’s Medical Center and RUSH-Oak Park Hospital. Dr. Clipper completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice at Texas Tech University. She received...