Stefânia Forner, PhD, is the director of foundational science at Additional Ventures, currently funding single ventricule disease, a rare cardiovascular disease. Forner has a bachelor's in pharmacy, a master of science, and a PhD in pharmacology from Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil. Forner did a postdoc at University of California, Irvine, and has previously worked as director, medical and scientific relations at the Alzheimer's Association managing the International Research Grants Program. Forner was also a project manager and scientist for the NIA MODEL-AD Consortium at UCI.

William Mills, PhD, is an assistant professor of biology at Mount St. Mary's University exploring novel roles of microRNAs in regulating post-transcriptional gene regulation using molecular biology and bioinformatics. Mills completed undergraduate training in biochemistry at the University of Virginia and graduate training in biological chemistry in the lab of Mollie Meffert at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has taught undergraduate and graduate STEM courses for seven years.

Yash Kommula, PhD, is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his BS in neuroscience and behavioral biology from Emory University. Kommula is a public health-minded neuroscientist who has focused on documenting the benefits of exercise on brain health during aging and has extensive experience with functional and resting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analysis. His current research focus is about the associations between lifestyle/health variables with risk of conversion to Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) for those at genetic risk for this disease.

Sydney Woods is currently pursuing a doctorate in neuroscience at George Washington University. Previously, she received a master’s degree in biomedical sciences from Brody School of Medicine and a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina State University. Woods is also an Advocacy Scholar for the Association for Women in Science and received the Mandel-Beck Award at George Washington University.