Board of Advisors
Dr. Ricky Y. Choi, PhD | Ernie Medina, Jr., DrPH, CHFS | Julie Price | Mary Gilbert | Ed Kasanders
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Dr. Ricky Y. Choi, PhD
Department Head of Pediatrics, Asian Health Services Community Health Centers
Dr. Choi has dedicated his life to the pursuit of advancements in the quality, availability and relevance of pediatric medicine. His purposeful advocacy and clear leadership in the field established him as a pioneer of health care rights and policy for the most needy in our communities. His vision to deliver high quality, critically needed global pediatric care and disease awareness through innovative health care delivery systems, has aligned the our core mission with Dr. Choi’s life work and vision.
Education
Medical University of South Carolina
MD, Medicine, 1999 – 2004
Harvard University School of Public Health
MPH, International Health, 2002 – 2003
University of Chicago
BA, History of Philosophy, Social Studies, Science and Medicine, 1994 – 1998
Experiences
Fellow at California Health Care Foundation – Health Care Leadership Program
Appointed Commissioner at “First 5″ Alameda County
City Brights Blogger, San Francisco Chronicle at SFGate.com
Board of Directors at National Physicians Alliance
Board of Directors at National Council Of Asian & Pacific Islander Physicians
State Governmental Affairs Representative, Northern California American Academy of Pediatrics
Department Head of Pediatrics, Asian Health Services at Asian Health ServicesÂ
Ernie Medina, Jr., Dr PH, CHFS
Founder at National Active Gaming League and Exergaming Interventionist
Ernie Medina recently co-founded and is the acting Chief Wellness Officer at Mobile Adventure Walks here in California. Ernie is a man who takes seriously the need for our children to understand and practice the act and the art of physical exercise through the act of play. He is an innovative developer in gaming theory and activity modeling designed to engage the imagination and action of the child in the form of play. Ernie believes that through the fusion of play and healthy lifestyle immerse gaming interfaces we can work together to see his vision of happy, healthy, playful children and families become a global reality!
Education
Loma Linda University
MPH, Health Promotion, 1989 – 1993
Loma Linda University
DrPH, Preventive Care, 1989 – 1993
Andrews University
1983 – 1989
Experiences
Founder at National Active Gaming League
Co-founder and Chief Wellness Officer at Mobile Adventure Walks
Board of Advisors at Exergame Fitness
CEO and Co-Founder at MedPlay Technologies, LLC
Julie Price
CEO and Co-founder at Mobile Adventure Walks
Julie’s passion is finding out what makes a person change behaviors. Julie has developed a refreshingly keen intuition on behavioral modification which she applies in her quest to find ever more innovative and practical ways to get people to modify unhealthy habits. Social and mobile game design that seeks to “move the needle” incrementally for the user by creating a positive personally empowering feedback mechanism, prompting user choice and modifying targeted behaviors. This drive to develop positive innovative strategies for behavioral modification in the users healthy lifestyle choices is fundamental to the global revolution of social and mobile gaming and underpins the fabric of our collective mission of play as central part of children’s health delivery around our world.
Education
University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School
MBA, Marketing, Entrepreneurial Management, 2006 – 2008
- Wharton Venture Initiation Program Representative
- Vice President of Technology for Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference 2006
- Wharton Women in Business
- Entrepreneurship Club
Babson College
BS Management Information Systems and Accounting, 1991 – 2005
Experiences
CEO & Co-founder at Mobile Adventure Walks
Vice President, Digital Products at Club One
Innovations Product manager at Club One
Design Lead and Senior Information Architect at Fidelity Investments
Senior Usability Specialist at Fidelity Investments
Senior Usability Specialist at Endeca
Mary Gilbert
SVP, Director of CRM at Draftfcb
Mary has a passion for the human spirit of creativity. Mary has nurtured these seeds throughout her career and infused her unique human-centric approach to global marketing, CRM and business development strategies with proven success. Her accomplishments at Draftfcb, Microsoft, Kinanda, Sharepoint, MindManager, Driveway.com and AOL stand testament to a philosophy that enriching creative potential of life and empowering personal and professional growth of the individual equates directly to organic enrichment of the organization. Mary’s vision of empowering her core belief systems through social media, foundation work and facilitation of organizations and groups that seek to enrich human potential intertwines our collective global missions.
Education
La Sierra University
1984 – 1987
Loma Linda University
BMUS,Opera Performance 1984 – 1987
Southern Adventist University
1982 – 1984
Experiences
SVP, Director of CRM Draftfcb
Principal, Kinanda Consulting
President, Free Range Content
VP Marketing, Mindjet
EVP, Executive Account Director, MRM Worldwide
SVP, Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis, MRM Worldwide
VP, Director of Client Services, MRM Worldwide
VP, Marketing, Driveway.com
Director on the Board of the GGMC (Golden Gate Men’s Chorus)
Ed Kasanders
President, Exergame Fitness & Motion Fitness
Ed has established himself as a leader in global development and distribution of exergaming equipment. Ed is merging the power of rapidly evolving social and immersive gaming technology with the physical interface of innovative exercise equipment to deliver a engaging, fun and powerful tool to fight obesity, inactivity, developmental issues while positively effecting cultural changes in the health of our global communities. Ed’s innovative and powerful approach to the healthy play and quality of life enrichment has indeed built a lasting relationship in our collective mission to improve the lives of our global communities through the power of playful activity!
Education
University of Arizona
Experiences
President at Exergame Fitness
President at Motion Fitness
Vice President at Mill Dam Development
Vice President at MGA Worldwide
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