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

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.
Professional headshot of Rachel Inman, a woman with long wavy brown hair, wearing a mint green cardigan over a white top. She is smiling and posed against a dark gray background.

Rachel Inman

Senior Associate, Feeding Change
Rachel Inman is a senior associate on the Feeding Change team at the Milken Institute. Prior to joining the Milken Institute, she spent two years with the USDA Food and Nutrition Services as a program analyst and Presidential Management Fellow.
Professional headshot of Jiayi Cullingford, a woman with straight dark brown hair and side part, wearing a purple satin blouse. She is smiling with arms crossed and posed against a dark gray background.

Jiayi Cullingford

Partnership and Engagement, Milken Institute Health
Jiayi Cullingford supports partnership and engagement strategies across Milken Institute Health, with a focus on the Business Councils, global health convenings, and the Institute’s International Health Initiative.
Professional headshot of Christopher Multerer, a man with curly dark brown hair and a beard, wearing a dark navy suit, white shirt, and gray tie. He is smiling and posed against a dark gray background.

Christopher Multerer

Senior Marketing and Communications Associate, Milken Institute Future of Aging
Chris Multerer is the senior marketing and communications associate for the Milken Institute Future of Aging.
Professional headshot of Cameron McConkey, a man with short light brown hair, wearing a navy blazer over a blue and white checkered button-down shirt. He is smiling slightly and posed against a light gray background.

Cameron McConkey

Associate Director, Business and Program Development
Cameron McConkey is an associate director on the Business and Program Development team at the Milken Institute. He focuses on fundraising strategies, program development, and partnership engagement across Milken Institute Health, which encompasses FasterCures, Feeding Change, Future of Aging, and Public Health, as well as the Institute's health-related convenings and events.
Portrait of Aidan Suski

Aidan Suski

Associate, FasterCures
Aidan Suski is an Associate on the FasterCures team at the Milken Institute, where he supports initiatives focused on patient engagement, capacity building, and biomedical research and development.
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