Esther Dyson BA

Esther is the executive founder (i.e. active fulltime but reporting to CEO Rick Brush) of Way to Wellville, a 10-year nonprofit project dedicated to demonstrating the value of investing in health. The benefits accrue over time and not always to the investors directly, but overall human bodies and minds are the key to our collective future.... and Wellville wants to show what it looks like when act on that fact.
They work in five small communities (Clatsop County, OR; Lake COunty, CA; Muskegon County, MI; North Hartford, CT; and Spartanburg, SC), advising local leaders on scaling local initiatives in areas such as early childhood development, diabetes/obesity reduction, mental health support/trauma-informed care. They advocate a data-rich approach with learning and accountability along the way - Wellville.net.
She spend the other 50% of her time (!) exploring new space, health and IT start-ups and technologies, writing about them and actively (and with full disclosure) investing in some of them. She love what she do and she love all the travel it entails! Her Board seats include 23 and her, Luxoft, Meetup (now graduated to a new launchpad with WeWork), Pressreader, Wellpass, and Yandex. Also ExpandED Schools, Long Now Foundation, Open Humans Foundation.