The Aurora Forge Network
Our Team
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Cynthia Petrone-Hudock
Chief Strategy Officer
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Joel Chakra
Venture Partner
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Darren Dworkin
Investment Advisor
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Anthony Binge
Managing Director
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Jarrod Germano
Managing Director
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Vincent Grazidei
Venture Associate
Advisors
Below is a listing of some of the Advisors to The Aurora Forge
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Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA
Principal, SPH Consulting Group Professor, UAB School of Public Health & School of Medicine
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Sameer Badlani, MD, FACP
EVP, Chief Digital Officer
Fairview Health Services
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Robert Bart, MD
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Chad Brisendine
VP, Chief Information Officer
St. Luke’s University Health Network
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Dr. Phillip Chang
SVP, Chief Medical Officer
Memorial Hermann Health System
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Saad Chaudhry
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Luminis Health
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Zafar Chaudry, MD, MS, MIS, MBA, CITP
SVP, Chief Digital and Information Officer
Seattle Children’s Hospital
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Ophir Frieder, MS, PhD
Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics Faculty
Georgetown Medical Center
Fellow of AAAS, ACM, AIMBE, IEEE and NAI
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Dustin Hufford
SVP, Chief Information Officer
Cooper University Health Care
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John M. Kravitz
VP, Head of Healthcare,
Go to Market
Workday
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Matt Kull
EVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer Inova Health System
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Russell Medford, MD, PhD
Chairman, Board of Directors, Center for Global Health Innovation
Chairman and CEO, Covanos, Inc.
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Michael Prilutsky
Executive Vice President
RWJBarnabas Health
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Craig Richardville
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Intermountain Healthcare
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Craig Richmond, CPA
Founder and CEO
Onward Advisory Group
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Tanya Townsend
Chief Information and Digital Officer Stanford Children’s Health