In this episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back, four of our incredible donors and life sciences leaders sit down for a roundtable discussion about their involvement in our program Life Science Shares. This campaign is a way for companies or individual leaders to contribute to Life Science Cares if and when they reach financial milestones or other positive events by pledging a percentage of a future transaction. Joining the discussion are host Jeff Marrazzo, the co-founder and former CEO of Spark Therapeutics, and guests Sarah Boyce, CEO and President of Avidity Bio, Robert Blum, President and CEO of Cytokinetics and Ron Cooper, Chairman of C4 Therapeutics and former CEO of Albireo Pharma. During this dynamic conversation Jeff, Sarah, Robert and Ron explain their reasons for getting involved with the Life Science Shares initiative and the benefits the decision has had for them personally and for their companies. Learn more about LSC and Life Science Shares at lifesciencecares.org.

In the final episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back for 2024, Life Science Cares’ (LSC) CEO Sarah MacDonald sits down with LSC founder and Chairman Rob Perez to reflect back on another exciting year and look forward to LSC’s plans to scale both nationally and internationally to do what the organization does ‘better and bigger.’ They examine how LSC’s successful Project Onramp program continues to grow nationally as it expands into a number of new markets in 2025. Sarah and Rob also discuss the organization’s ongoing effort to support and advocate for health equity nationally and how LSC plans to help the industry make a real impact around this very important concept in 2025. In conclusion, they detail how individuals and companies can get involved and help LSC to ‘care actively and make a difference for people’ in the new year and beyond.

Today on a very special back to school episode of Moving Forward, Giving Back, San Diego Executive Director Alicia Quinn Kitagawa speaks with Afira DeVries, the President and CEO of the Monarch School Project, which has been dedicated to providing a sense of belonging for thousands of unhoused youth and their families in San Diego since 1987.

The episode is an open, fascinating and informative conversation that touches on a number of important topics including the reemergence of the community school model, the ramifications of the unhoused situation in America today and how restorative and trauma informed thinking and techniques can positively impact school age children. This is a dynamic and inspirational conversation that you need to listen to as soon as possible. To learn more about how Life Science Cares works closely with each of our grant partners like the Monarch School Project go to lifesciencecares.org.