GUEST BIO

Jess Gaulton, M.D., MPH, CEO and Founder, FamilyWell
Dr. Jessica Gaulton is a physician-entrepreneur whose expertise lies at the intersection of maternal and newborn health and healthcare innovation. She is a practicing neonatologist at Harvard and founder and CEO of FamilyWell Health. FamilyWell’s mission is to provide high-quality, equitable, and affordable access to integrated mental health services for women throughout their reproductive journeys. Dr. Gaulton received specialized training in innovation and design at the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation; clinical fellowship in neonatology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/Penn Medicine; medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; a master’s degree in public health in health policy and management from the Harvard School of Public Health; and pediatric residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

MODERATOR BIO

Payal Agrawal Divakaran, Partner, .406 Ventures
Payal is a partner at .406 Ventures, where she co-leads the healthcare investing practice. .406 Ventures is a Boston-based venture capital firm with over $1.4 billion under management. Since its founding in 2005, .406 Ventures has never wavered from its strategy of investing in early-stage enterprise-focused startups in healthcare, data + AI, and cybersecurity.  Every member of the firm has deep operating or investing experience in these segments. .406’s world-class founders and digital health companies are transforming healthcare technology and care delivery. Payal leads .406’s investments in AristaMD, Diana Health, Equip, FamilyWell, Heartbeat Health, Humata Health, Nema Health, Nomad Health, OncoveryCare, and Wellist. She also supports Better Life Partners, Laudio, Redox, Wayspring, and WelbeHealth.

Before joining .406 in 2015, Payal co-founded a company called SpotRocket while at Harvard Business School (HBS).  Prior to that, she worked at Eventbrite, Spectrum Equity, and J.P. Morgan. Payal received her MBA, with Distinction, from HBS and her bachelor’s in electrical engineering and minor in management from MIT. She is a Boston native and Boston sports fan. She, her husband, and two kids live in Brookline.

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