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David Blair is a seasoned healthcare entrepreneur with decades of experience building and leading companies that improve health outcomes and expand access to affordable, high-quality care.

As CEO and Founder of LucyRx, David is leading the company to reimagine pharmacy benefits management (PBM) with a more patient-focused, accountable, and cost-effective model. Under his leadership, LucyRx has established itself as a next-generation PBM which simplifies and improves access to prescription care. Built on a fiduciary-aligned approach, LucyRx leverages advanced analytics (LucyIQ) and proven clinical programs to deliver smarter, cost-saving solutions for employers, health plans, and members. Today, LucyRx serves more than 1,200 organizations nationwide, helping them lower costs and improve health outcomes.

Prior to LucyRX, as Founder, Chairman and CEO of Catalyst Health Solutions (now part of UnitedHealthcare) which gained recognition for its innovative drug pricing tools and healthcare solutions, Blair led the firm to become a Fortune 500 company before he sold it for $4.8 billion in 2012. His leadership helped Catalyst:
- double in size every two years establishing it as one of the fastest-growing healthcare companies in the U.S. and earning a position on Fortune’s 100 Fastest-Growing Companies 5 times, and
- secure multiple industry awards, including Fortune’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” and the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute’s Rx Benefit Innovation Awards.

Mr. Blair’s management skills and accomplishments at Catalyst resulted in numerous awards and recognition including Forbes’ “America’s 15 Most Powerful CEOs under 40” (years of age). After leaving Catalyst, he also started Gateway Health Partners, a provider of rebates and formulary management services.

Blair’s commitment to improving health outcomes extends beyond pharmacy benefits to broader efforts in health equity. He serves as Board Chairman of the Partnership for a Healthier America, an organization dedicated to ensuring everyone has access to good food to lead a healthy life. In addition, Blair and his wife created a family foundation dedicated to purposeful giving and improving quality of life. From literacy and equity in education to at-risk youth programs and mental health access, the foundation believes in the power of opportunity to transform lives.

Blair holds a B.A. in Finance from Clemson University. He lives in Potomac, Maryland, with his wife and children.

Mark W. Grobmyer is an attorney with substantial investment
banking and international law experience. He is Chairman of the
Global Solutions Institute which matches global problems with
technology and other solutions and then seeks to accelerate the
deployment of the solutions at scale globally. He also serves on a
Blue Ribbon Climate Panel related to the UN Foundation and as
Managing Director of the P80 Group Foundation. He has also served as Chairman of the World Leaders Symposium Committee.

The Committee was developed as a part of the Center for the Study
of the Presidency and Congress Millennium Project, which he
chaired. He has also served as a lecturer and speaker for many
programs and seminars presented in the several countries. Mark
also serves as Chairman of the Global Technology Deployment
Initiative and as has been for many years a Senior Advisor to SEAF, the NASA Launch Initiative, the International Center for Sustainable Development, the American Society of Association Executives, the International Sister Cities Conference, the Congressional Award Foundation and Chief Executive Magazine, the "Club Journal" of Fortune 1000 CEOs.

Lorraine Marchand, author of The Innovation Mindset: Eight Essential Steps to Transform Any Industry , has three decades of experience in new product development and innovation commercialization. She is an Advisor to New York University Endless Frontier Labs, the START Program at Princeton University and international entrepreneurship programs. She teaches at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and advises Fortune 500 companies. Her new book, No Fear, No Failure: Five Principles for Sustaining Growth Through Innovation will be released by Columbia Business School press in February 2026.

Brian is a startup evangelist, advisor, and angel investor. He is also the Managing Partner at the SparkLabs Cyber+Blockchain (Formerly AOL Fishbowl Labs), which is the premiere startup accelerator in the Washington DC area and he has helped raised more than $150M in funding for their portfolio companies (MHelpDesk, ThreatQuotient, Xmode, Urgent.ly, Curator, Airside Mobile).
He is the DC Chapter Director of Startup Grind, which is one of the largest hi-tech startup communities in the world with over 2,000,000 startup entrepreneurs in 600 cities.
Prior to Startup Grind, he has over 20 years professional experience in web/online/mobile product development from AOL, Merrill Lynch and has started three previous startups. He is on the board of Monte Jade DC and is the chapter director for Startup Grind DC.
He has been featured in Forbes as “17 Top Business Gurus to Follow” and other publications such as Washington Post, Huffington Post, Politico, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Washington Business Journal, and DCInno “50 on Fire” 2017 and 2018.
He has a BS in Information Systems/Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Based in Charlotte, Erin serves as the Sustainability Executive for Global Commercial Banking (GCB) covering more than 10k global clients that earn from $50mm-$2Bn in revenues. In her role, Erin works to align GCB Sustainability efforts to the broader Enterprise wide Sustainability goals. Erin focuses on banker preparedness, client
engagement, and sustainable finance to help GCB clients use Sustainability to manage their operations and grow responsibly. In her current capacity, she often participates in external Sustainability discussions including; The UN Habitat Roundtable: Decarbonizing the Built Environment and The 2023 5th Annual Space Sustainability
Summit for the Secure World Foundation. Erin joined the Bank in 2016 and most recently served as Sustainability Strategy Executive for GCB and Business Banking. Prior to that, she served as Senior Vice President and LIHTC Syndication Senior Relationship Manager for Community Development Banking.

Before joining the Bank, Erin worked in NYC, starting her career in the KPMG Audit Real Estate Financial Services Practice where she served as Lead Senior for the Northeast. Erin then spent three years in JPMorgan’s Global Real Assets group as a Financial Manager of ~$6 billion in real estate assets.

Erin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with a. concentration in Accounting, from Fordham University; a Master of Business Administration, specializing in real estate, corporate finance and strategy from New
York University, NYU Stern Executive MBA Program where she served as Class Representative and Co-Chair of the class council. She also holds several Certificates of Achievement and Executive Education in Sustainable Finance, ESG investing, and Leadership from NYU Stern Business School. She is a recent graduate of the IESE International Business School and NYU Stern’s Inaugural Pathway to C-Suite Program. Additionally, Erin was elected President of the inaugural class and will represent her international cohort going forward. Erin continues to advance her knowledge and is currently taking courses at Harvard University in the field of Environmental Policy and
International Development.

Erin served as a 2019 participant in Charlotte’s Leading Under 40 Program. She is a member of the Bank of America Black Professional Group and Black Executive Leadership Council. She is an alumni of the 2024 Bank of America Global Leader Sponsorship Program. Erin is also a 2021 Columbia University Women in Leadership participant, and serves on the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business EmpowHER
Program as a Mentor and Advisory Committee Member. Erin actively serves as a mentor in various other capacities to younger professionals both inside and outside of Bank of America.

Erin was a Women’s Basketball D-1 scholarship point guard, Student Athlete representative and team captain for the Fordham University Lady Rams. She enjoys international travel, sports and fitness, hiking, volunteering, and spending time with
family at her home in Charlotte.

Mr. Tien Wong is a tech investor, entrepreneur, and CEO. He is Chairman & CEO of Opus8, Inc., a private investment and advisory firm investing in exceptional life science and tech enabled services companies, as well as specializing in raising capital for promising tech companies and alternative investment fund managers.

He is Founder of CONNECTpreneur, a global community of 25,000+ founders, investors, CEOs, and business leaders. CONNECTpreneur organizes the world’s largest monthly virtual investor pitch events as well as in-person Forums.
Mr. Wong is also a Venture Partner in IronGate Capital Advisors, a VC and Fund of Funds manager investing in dual use technologies; Investment Advisory Board member of Virginia Venture Partners; and Chairman of Lumious, an ed tech company which provides learning & development services to Fortune 500 customers.

Mr. Wong was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to the 9-person Maryland Venture Fund Authority which oversees $84 million in VC allocations; he serves on the Boards of Directors of the Austin Venture Association, Association for Enterprise Growth (Chair), Frederick Innovative Technology Corp., Inc. (FITCI), and Junior Achievement, as well as on the Council of Advisors for the Washington Institute for Business, Government, & Society and the Entrepreneurship Advisory Council of The Universities at Shady Grove. He is a Mentor at the Mach37 Cybersecurity Accelerator and Conscious Venture Labs.

Mr. Wong has been named by Washingtonian magazine as a “Tech Titan” for the last 7 years (’17 – ‘23). He is a frequent guest lecturer on entrepreneurship, leadership, venture capital, and private equity at the University of Maryland and Georgetown University where he is an Entrepreneur in Residence. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

A recognized international expert in CRM, direct marketing, and BPO, Mr. Wong has presented at dozens of conferences around the world. He has also provided industry commentary on the ABC, Fox, NBC, CNBC, Maryland Public Television, and China’s CCTV networks, as well as for Time Magazine, The Washington Post, Inc. Magazine, and Success Magazine.