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TEAM

What People Are Saying


The first-place winner of the Audience Award at the Hayvn Hatch female-centric pitch night in September 2019.
Hayvn Hatch  First Place Award
A company like Futures THRIVE can develop accessible and affordable technology-driven products that equip school teams with user-friendly universal screening tools which offer the 167,000 plus elementary, middle and high schools in the US an impactful solution to pediatric mental health.
The School Counselor’s Guide to Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) 
Pediatricians are well trained to help their patients when they are able to identify who needs help. An easily accessed, serially used, valid, inclusive, and trauma-informed screening tool would benefit families and primary care health care providers who seek to incorporate mental health screening in every visit. The data show that this is critical to improving the health and well-being of children. I am excited that fT’s proposed solution addresses these shortcomings.
Jamie Murray, MD, MPH 
By minimizing the amount of time needed for a doctor or nurse to administer the screening tool, it will help better leverage the time they are spending with patients and their families.  We need to assess children who need more mental health supports as early as possible so that needed treatment can begin sooner. The sooner the treatment, the quicker the recovery. 

futuresTHRIVE Leadership

Wendy Ward

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

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

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

Tracy Beeson

Delivery Lead, Vroom

Sandra Birch

Sandra Birch

LMSW, Peru, Vermont

Noelle Nevins

Noelle Nevins

NCC, Licensed Professional Counselor Associate

Kate Knowles

Kate Knowles

Founder Yellowdog Promotions

Susanne Navas

Susanne Navas

Addiction Recovery & Prevention Coach

 Christine Sullivan

Christine Sullivan

Business Advisor, CT Small Business Development Center

Toby Trygg

Toby Trygg

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

Rebecca S. Martorella

Rebecca S. Martorella

LMFT, Program Manager - IPV-FAIR at Family ReEntry

Amanda Craig

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.