Keynote speaker
Dominic Endicott
Partner, Nauta Capital
Dominic is a dual UK/US citizen, born in England, raised in Catalonia, and currently operating between Winchester, England and Boston in New England. He studied at the London School of Economics and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a partner and head of North America at Cluster Consulting, a start-up firm focused on launching mobile operators, which grew from zero to $100 million in revenue in 8 years, and was acquired by Diamond Technology Partners in 2000. The founding team at Cluster set up Nauta Capital in 2005 (AUM $400 million), and Dominic set-up and managed Nauta’s US operations. At Nauta, he led the first venture capital investment in Great Call, a US-based firm oriented around technology for older customers and care-givers. Great Call grew from $1 million revenue at investment to around a $300 million revenue and was acquired by Best Buy in 2018 for $800 million. While remaining active at Nauta, Dominic is currently in the process of setting up 4Gen Ventures, a Venture capital firm out of London/Boston focused on the global opportunity from this macro-trend.
Panelist
Denise Anthony, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Management & Policy, School of Public Health, University of MichiganDenise Anthony is Professor of Health Management & Policy in the School of Public Health and also the Director of the Masters in Health Informatics Program at the University of Michigan.
Her research explores the social dynamics of cooperation, trust, and privacy in a variety of social settings, from healthcare to workplaces, to smart homes and online. Some of her current projects include research on racial disparities in the use of telehealth during COVID, the role of trust in the use of health technologies, and examining the security and privacy implications of Smart Homes as part of the National Science Foundation funded SPLICE Project.
Panelist
Frieda Bennett, Ph.D.
Del Mar Fellow in Technology, St. Mary Development CorporationFrieda is a retired college educator and administrator. During her thirty-eight year career, she taught courses in software applications, business, and organizational leadership at Sinclair Community College and Wright State University. Her experiences as a classroom teacher and training facilitator for corporate clients provided opportunities to work with populations diverse in age, ethnicity, and socio-economic backgrounds. Currently, Dr. Bennett is a Del Mar Encore Fellow through The Dayton Foundation working on a project to identify the digital literacy of residents and explore technologies that can be used to help reduce the disparity of access to services and healthcare for those living in the St. Mary Development Corporation communities.
Panelist
Melissa Butler, MD
Director, Years Ahead Health Center, Kettering Health NetworkThe Years Ahead Health Center is a unique, primary-care center specifically designed for people approaching the years ahead. In addition to healthcare, the Center provides education, training, and community events focused on healthy lifestyles. Kettering Health Network is proud to feature specialists discussing topics important to helping patients get back to an active lifestyle.
Dr. Butler is certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine and has received the following honors and awards: Albert A. Brust, MD, Internal Medicine Residency Award of Excellence and the Ambulatory Medicine Special Recognition Award, both from Kettering Medical Center, and the Helen L. Popoway First Place Resident Research Award in the Clinical Case Study Category.
Panelist
Scott Collins
Chairman & CEO , Link-ageScott is the Chairman & CEO of Link·age Solutions which provides group purchasing solutions to more than 825 senior living locations throughout the US; Link-age Ventures which provides private-equity investment in early stage companies with products, services & technology for older adults; and Link-age Connect which provides market research services to companies wanting to better understand the aging consumer. Scott also serves on the Board of Managers as well as the Investment Committees of the Ziegler Link-age Longevity Private Equity Fund and the Ziegler Link-age Fund II. Scott is also a nationally-recognized speaker and expert in healthcare and the longevity economy. He has provided counsel to the UK Foreign Investment Council and spoken at the Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit, the prestigious “What’s Next” conference, the Continuing Care at Home National Conference, and Innov8 for Health as well as LeadingAge, and the Gerontological Society of America’s Scientific Conference.
Moderator
Tim Bete
President, St. Mary Development Corp.
Tim joined St. Mary Development 17 years ago, taking over as President in 2013 and leading the faith-based organization through a transformation combining its affordable senior independent-living communities with service coordintation that addresses negative social determinants of health in residents. He has served on boards of a nursing home, housing and homelessness organizations and currently serves on LeadingAge Ohio's housing subcomiittee. Tim is a graduate of the Achieving Excellence in Community Development at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and also has an MBA from Indiana University. He has a lifelong love for technology and owned one of the very first Mac computers in 1984.
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