Gayle Squires has dedicated her professional career to innovation in the healthcare industry, completing an MD and MBA at UPenn/Wharton and serving as a strategy consultant to pharmaceutical companies, digital health providers, and health systems with expertise in market access and patient experience. She volunteers at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia as a patient advocate for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, and with Magen David Adom as an ambulance first responder in Israel. She is a food writer and dancer. She grew up in Maryland and currently lives in Manhattan.