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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™.

Samier Mansur
Director of AI Development
Samier is a proven social impact entrepreneur, recognized as a “Top innovator and disruptor” of Washington, D.C. He has spent his career at the intersection of technology, global policy, and mental health and has designed solutions that saved lives and reached millions Internationally. He is co-founder of the nationally recognized LiveSafe mobile safety app that provides safety and security to over 4 million people and their communities. He is also the founder of the global child well-being platform, No Limit Generation, has over 40 global publications, and has spoken on the TEDx stage.

Masat Rysaliev
Director of Technology & Design & Data Security
Maksat has 15 years of software and hardware enterprise development. Under his leadership, his teams have gained immense experience in IoT devices and custom enterprise-level built platforms. He is a FIFA Development Committee member and Technology Advisor to the Olympic Council of Asia. He is focused on building a company’s tech talent base from various backgrounds in design, software, hardware, and marketing to deliver technically superior and commercially competitive solutions.
Our Advisory Board

Tracy Beeson
Delivery Lead, Vroom

Sandra Birch
LMSW, Peru, Vermont

Noelle Nevins
NCC, Licensed Professional Counselor Associate

Kate Knowles
Founder Yellowdog Promotions

Susanne Navas
Addiction Recovery & Prevention Coach

Christine Sullivan
Business Advisor, CT Small Business Development Center

Toby Trygg
Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy Health and Founding Member, Facebook Health Advisory Community

Rebecca S. Martorella
LMFT, Program Manager - IPV-FAIR at Family ReEntry

Amanda Craig
Ph.D., L.M.F.T, Founder, Manhattan Marriage & Family Therapy
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. Andrew Wiley, Ph.D., and Susan Becker-Davis, Ph.D. bring their 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.
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.