Joel Totoro is a registered dietitian and former director of sports science at Thorne where he oversaw human performance integration with Thorne’s sports partners. Totoro became the first full-time sports dietitian in professional sports serving eight years as team dietitian for the New England Patriots directing all aspects of the team’s nutritional needs. He was also University of Michigan’s sports dietitian and served as the assistant chief dietitian at St. Luke’s Hospital in Massachusetts, specializing in trauma nutrition. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Allied Health-Dietetics from the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Adrian L. Mesa is the founder and CEO of AMP Mental Health. Active within the healthcare field since 2006, he earned his doctorate degree from the University of Miami, and has board certifications by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as both a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Aside from AMP, Dr. Mesa is an Army veteran, a father, a fitness enthusiast, and a photographer. Adrian traces the roots of his interest in mental health long before the start of his career. Being a first generation Cuban-American, he saw in real time the repercussions of the stigmas held by the Latino community, and even in his own family, toward those with mental illness. Dr. Mesa saw firsthand how mental illness impacted his uncle, who remains a role model and life mentor to this day and cites him as a frequent source of inspiration.

Gregory Shepard is a 20 year startup veteran and serial entrepreneur with 12 liquidity events under his belt, two of which were sold as part of a $925M transaction that won 4 Private Equity awards for transactions between $250M-$1B. He is a ForbesBooks author who has also written over 100 articles published in 25 national and international publications. A TEDX speaker and keynote speaker for universities, associations and conferences worldwide, his talks inspire the masses.He is the host of the Forbes Radio ‘Meet The BOSS‘ podcast and has been featured as a guest on over 25 popular podcasts as well as numerous network TV shows. Greg Co-Founded Boss Capital Partners, a global syndicate for investing in tech startups. He also Co-Founded Boss Startup Science with a learning center based on the University of San Diego campus. He developed the Business OperatingSupport System (BOSS) as an open source methodology to empower entrepreneurs while increasing startup success rate. Greg’s massive success can also be linked to his 7 neurodivergent conditions which allow him to see business opportunities differently.

Luis Manuel Tumialán is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute specializing in minimally invasive spinal surgery. He graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine, completed his internship at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. Dr. Tumialán completed additional training in undersea medicine in Groton Connecticut and Navy Dive School in Panama City, Florida. Upon completion of his operational training, he served as the Diving Medical Officer assigned to Naval Special Warfare Unit One in Guam during the Global War on Terror in the aftermath of September 11th, 2001. He received a Naval and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for service in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Southeast Asia and a Navy Humanitarian Medal for the search and maritime rescue of a foreign national.

Once he returned to the mainland, Dr. Tumialán completed his neurosurgery training at Emory University School of Medicine and returned to the Naval Medical Center in San Diego. He joined Barrow Brain and Spine in 2010 where he serves as the director of minimally invasive spine surgery. Dr. Tumialán’s main interests are in minimally invasive spinal surgery and motion preservation surgery as well as developing techniques for the next generation of spinal surgery.

In his 15th year of service, Eric Renaghan is in his first year as Director of Sport Science for Football. His role uses scientific principles to support the health, safety, and performance of their student-athletes through research, education, and innovation. Prior to the University of Miami, Renaghan was the Head of Sports Performance for the St. Louis Blues. He also held assistant strength and conditioning positions with the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks. Additionally, in 2020-2022, Eric was the High-Performance Advisor to the Italian Ice Hockey Federation. In 2018, Renaghan received his M.S. in Human Performance from Lindenwood University and his B.S. in Kinesiology (2005) from San Jose State University. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Exercise Physiology. Renaghan is certified in strength and conditioning (CSCS)(RSCC*) by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Additionally, he has presented at numerous national and international conferences on various topics in sport.

Dr. Krista Varady is a Professor of Nutrition at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Her research focuses on the efficacy of intermittent fasting for weight loss and metabolic disease reduction in people with obesity. Her work is funded by the NIH, American Heart Association, International Life Sciences Institute, and the University of Illinois. She has published over 100 publications on intermittent fasting and co-authors the book “The Every Other Day Diet.”

Diane Hennacy Powell, M.D. is an author, researcher, public speaker and practicing psychiatrist who started as a neuroscientist before obtaining her medical degree and training in medicine, neurology, and psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University. She became a member of Harvard Medical School’s faculty and later an original member of the La Jolla Group for Understanding the Origin of Humans, a think tank at the Salk Institute with several world-renowned neuroscientists and Nobel laureates. She has spoken at international conferences such as Towards a Science of Consciousness and the IONS annual conference. Her research findings and hypotheses about the brain and psi are published in her book,The ESP Enigma: A Scientific Case for Psychic Phenomena.

Her current research focuses on autistic savants. Their abilities are so similar to psychic phenomena that they defy the current paradigm about the brain and consciousness, but unlike psychic abilities, theirs are accepted because they are reproducible. Her current project investigates savants who also report psi.

Drew Rosenhaus negotiated over 10 billion dollars in contracts. Only Agent ever to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Appeared in national ESPN commercial. Published Autobiography with brother Jason titled ‘A Shark Never Sleeps”. Cameo appearance in and consultant to “Jerry MaGuire” and “Any Given Sunday” motion pictures. Regular contributor to the HBO Series “Arliss”. Ranked #1 Agent by the Sports Business Journal in 2006. Frequent national commentator on current sports issues. Has appeared on ABC Primetime Live, ABC Nightline, ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, ESPN’s Outside the Lines, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN and many others. Recently featured on HBO’s Real Sports and Inside the NFL. Appeared in a national Burger King commercial with client “The King”