Gary Mendell is the founder and CEO of Shatterproof. After losing his son Brian to addiction in 2011, he founded Shatterproof to spare other families the tragedy his had suffered. Mr. Mendell spent decades as an entrepreneur. He founded HEI Hotels & Resorts, where he serves as chairman. He is a frequent speaker on how our society can end the stigma unjustly associated with addiction and is a frequent commentator in the media. Mr. Mendell also serves on the Executive Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI), is a member of the National Quality Forum's Technical Expert Panel for Opioid and Opioid Use Disorder and is an advisory member of The Opioid Policy Research Collaborative at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Mr. Mendell received his B.S. from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration and his MBA with distinction from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.