Dr. Edie Zusman directed the NorthBay Center for Neuroscience and served as Chief of the Neurosurgery Division at her Mayo Clinic Network Affiliated Northern CA hospital. Dr. Zusman, recognized nationally and internationally as a top brain and spine surgeon, initiated models for multidisciplinary patient centered care emphasizing prevention, mindfulness, health and wellness. Her innovative "Prehab" program with a telehealth gateway encourages patients to take responsibility and participate in improving their health, avoiding surgery whenever possible and being more fit and prepared in the event surgery is needed.
Starting medical school at age 19 in the Northwestern Honors Medical Program, Dr. Zusman then did her residency at UC Davis, and Neurosurgical Fellowship at UCSF, specializing in awake craniotomies, neuronavigation, brain mapping and molecular medicine research. She was recruited to UC Davis where she held a process patent in photodynamic and laser therapy, won the top junior faculty research award, established the first endowed professorship in the department funding her basic science epilepsy lab and was named physician of the year by the UC Davis nurses and staff. In 2002, Dr. Zusman was recruited to Sutter Health where she helped lead the Sutter Neuroscience Institute to be recognized among the top 50 in US News and World Report. She was the first female neurosurgeon in the history of the profession to serve on the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Board of Directors, was President of Women In Neurosurgery, Chair of the Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California, Board Member for Food System 6 Accelerator, Head Royce School, and the Foundation Board of NorthBay Medical Center.
Internationally she is an advisor to RISE Clinic, Nigeria where she developed and led the first international standards epilepsy program in Anambra State shifting the treatment of seizures from witchcraft to WHO approved medical management. She returned to Nigeria 5 years later to start the first public private partnership for recognition of TIA's/warning strokes to prevent the 40% conversion to completed strokes. In doing so, she laid the groundwork for the first emergency response protocols in rural areas working toward the G4 Alliance goal of 80% of people having access to emergency surgical care by 2030. Dr. Zusman was honored as a keynote speaker for the Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies in 2018.
With an MBA from George Washington emphasizing health policy, Dr. Zusman serves on the editorial board of both Neurosurgery and World Neurosurgery Journals. She is recognized as an expert in healthcare forecasting, vertically integrated health systems, data analytics, clinical decision support, and value-based care. Her team, D4AS's award winning work with the CDC National Leadership Academy for the Public's Health inspired going upstream for disease prevention by developing and implementing guidelines to include health elements in the built environment in Sacramento County and informing the California General Plan.
Edie is currently CEO and Board Chair of SafeLivingSpace.org, dedicated to concussion screening and prevention in domestic, intimate partner and family violence. As Adjunct Professor, Touro University College of Medicine, Dr. Zusman and her team have been invited to give commentary by Senators Feinstein and Durbin regarding inclusion of concussion screening in the Violence Against Women Act. Dr. Zusman's research and media messaging have garnered national attention, most recently from the New York Times and the Chuck Noll Foundation of the National Football League, in confirming the importance of implementing standardized concussion screening for victims of domestic abuse, as has been implemented for professional athletes.

Stephanie Samuels is a psychotherapist who works exclusively with police officers. Ms. Samuels has lectured all over the country on PTSD and vicarious trauma, including undiagnosed PTSD and the fallout from departmental silence after officers are involved in critical incidents as well as how traumatic pasts play apart in an officer's career. Ms. Samuels is part of a renowned National Research Team looking into the role concussions play in the mental health of law enforcement officers and the potential connection to suicide. Ms. Samuels began her career as one of the teens in the first focus group of Teen Line Cares, a mental health help line for teens. Ms. Samuels understood that teens only trusted and confided in other teens. With this same concept in mind, Ms. Samuels went on to create two law enforcement officer hotlines. She is the Founder and Director of COPLINE, Inc., the first Confidential National Law Enforcement Officers' Hotline in the country answered by retired officers. She is the general partner of The Counseling and Critical Incident Debriefing Center, LLC, which specializes in debriefing and long term counseling of first responders and their families. She taught at the Monmouth County Police Academy for 16 years and has been a guest lecturer at The FBI Academy in Quantico. Ms. Samuels was hired after the Boston Bombing as the Clinical Director of the Boston Police Department Peer Support Unit and co-founded the LEADER (Law Enforcement Active Duty Emergency Responder) Program at Harvard's McLean Hospital. Ms. Samuels has co-authored Under the Blue Shadow: Clinical and Behavioral Perspectives on Police Suicide with Dr. John Violanti and a chapter entitled "Police Trauma: Past Exposures and Present Consequences" in the book Managing Traumatic Stress Risk: A Proactive Approach. critical incident debriefings for law enforcement officers. Ms. Samuels writes the "Dear Steph" column for the New Jersey State Fraternal Order of Police Newspaper. Ms. Samuels got her Bachelor’s degree from UCLA, a Master’s degree in Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles, and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

Beth L. Murphy, MD, PhD attended Yale medical school and completed a Harvard residency in psychiatry at the Mass General/McLean program. Dr Murphy was a key figure in the development of the LEADER program at McLean. This program was developed following the Boston Marathon bombing, at the request of city officials representing several departments involved in the response to that attack. The LEADER program now provides psychiatric services for first responders across the continuum of care. She is medical director of the LEADER Outpatient Clinic’s Mood, Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma Track. In this role, she has developed an expertise in understanding the unique challenges that first responders face. Outside of her clinical responsibilities, she is active in supervising trainees. She also participates in trauma-related research at McLean with the goal of understanding the biological basis and the development of novel treatments for trauma disorders.