Headshot of a smiling woman with short curly hair, wearing a mustard yellow top and dangling earrings, set against a soft gray studio backdrop.

Katherine Eyring, PhD

Senior Associate, SPARC, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Katherine Eyring, PhD, is a senior associate with the Milken Institute Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team.
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Cody Fisher, PhD

Senior Associate, SPARC, Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy
Cody Fisher, PhD, is a senior associate on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy.
An image of Brett Tejpaul, who serves as Head of Coinbase Institutional. He is slightly smiling against a white background, wearing a blue suit with, and has gray hair.

Brett Tejpaul

Brett Tejpaul serves as head of Coinbase Institutional, where he oversees the expansion of Coinbase’s institutional client base, introduces new features and services expected by institutional investors, and continues to educate the institutional community about crypto.

Neuroarchitecture

Body

People spend around 90 percent of their time indoors—living, working, learning, and healing—prompting an important conversation about how our surroundings both harbor and enhance our daily lives through their design. A growing body of evidence shows that built environments profoundly shape our bodies and minds, influencing not only our physical health but also our mental health, cognitive function, and social wellness.

In 2025, SPARC began our partnership with the Pedersen Foundation to develop future-focused insights and philanthropic opportunities to expand collaboration, adoption, and investment in neuroarchitecture—the interdisciplinary field exploring the relationship between health and the built environment—to improve well-being.
 

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Kristin Barens, a woman with long brown hair, wearing a gray blazer over a light top with a patterned scarf and a pearl necklace, seated at a desk and smiling, with a blurred cityscape in the background.

Kristin Barens

Kristi is a Principal of Mullin Barens Sanford Financial. Prior to co-founding MBS, she spent more than 25 years at MullinTBG and Mullin Consulting.
Alberto Casellas, a middle-aged man with short, wavy gray hair, wearing a blue textured blazer over a white dress shirt, smiling in front of a blurred background with yellow, gray, and black vertical elements.

Alberto Casellas

Alberto (Beto) Casellas is Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Health & Wellness platform of Synchrony, one of the nation’s premier consumer financial services companies.
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Clara Subin

Associate, Feeding Change
Clara Subin is an associate on the Feeding Change team at the Milken Institute. Before joining the Milken Institute, she conducted research with Cornell's Food Systems and Global Change team on reducing food waste, improving crop and livestock productivity, and expanding gender equity in food systems education.
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