Our Team

Below is a listing of some of the Aurora Forge Advisors

Leadership

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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Investment Committee

Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA

Chief Science & Strategy Officer,
EVP for Operations 
The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation

Sameer Badlani, MD, FACP

Chief Digital Officer & Executive Vice-President

Fairview Health Services

Robert Bart, MD

Chief Medical Information Officer,
Hospital Services Division
UPMC

Chad Brisendine

Vice President and
Chief Information Officer

St. Luke’s University Health Network

Dr. Phillip Chang

SVP, Chief Medical Officer
Memorial Hermann Health System

Saad Chaudhry

Chief Information Officer
Luminis Health

Zafar Chaudry, MD, MS, MIS, MBA, CITP

Senior Vice-President and
Chief Information Officer

Seattle Children’s Hospital

Ophir Frieder, MS, PhD

Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics Faculty
Georgetown Medical Center
Fellow of AAAS, ACM, AIMBE, IEEE and NAI

Dustin Hufford

Senior Vice President and
Chief Information Officer

Cooper University Health Care

John M. Kravitz

Vice President, Head of Healthcare,
Go to Market
Workday

Matt Kull

EVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer Inova Health System

Russell Medford, MD, PhD

Chairman, Board of Directors, Center for Global Health Innovation
Chairman and CEO, Covanos, Inc.

Kristin Myers

Chief Digital Officer
Northwell Health

Michael Prilutsky

Executive Vice President,
RWJBarnabas Health

Craig Richmond, CPA

Founder and CEO,
Onward Advisory Group

Craig Richardville

Chief Digital and Information Officer
Intermountain Healthcare

Tanya Townsend

Chief Information and Digital Officer Stanford Children’s Health