Jenica Patterson, PhD, is the senior director of the Women’s Health Network within the Health pillar at the Milken Institute, where she leads a global initiative to accelerate innovation, investment, and cross-sector collaboration in women’s health. In this role, Patterson brings together leaders across science, industry, philanthropy, and finance to advance emerging solutions and strengthen the ecosystem needed to bring women’s health innovations to market and scale.

Alison Huang, PhD, is an associate director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. An epidemiologist by training, she works with the SPARC team to advise foundations and philanthropists on research areas for impactful investment, particularly around mental health.

Ngoc Can serves as senior director of private equity at the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS). In her current role, she helped lay the foundations for TMRS’s internal direct coinvestment portfolio and participated in underwriting its commitments in private equity, private credit, and direct investments.

Ricky Garcia is a director on the Environmental and Social Innovation team within the Strategic Philanthropy pillar at the Milken Institute. He leads national efforts to build thriving communities across the United States and oversees strategic work focused on the future of education, workforce readiness, and solutions to community safety, including gun violence prevention and community violence intervention.

Anar Bata is a senior associate for Programming and Partnerships within the International pillar at the Milken Institute and is based in Europe. Prior to joining the Milken Institute, she served as manager of the US Programme at Chatham House, where she oversaw a portfolio of events and projects focused on US foreign policy and America's evolving global role.

Louise is a senior advisor at the Milken Institute. She is responsible for launching the Milken Institute in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) and implementing the annual Milken MEA Summit in Abu Dhabi.

Sudi Lio is a senior associate for the Events Outreach and Engagements team. He brings extensive experience in event campaign operations and customer relationship management (CRM) system administration.