Jeffrey Dachis is the CEO and Founder of OneDrop, a simple, powerful and convenient mobile platform for managing Diabetes, born from his own experience as a newly diagnosed Type 1 LADA (September 2013). In 2015, One Drop won the “Best Design” award at the prestigious Launch Festival. Prior, Dachis co-founded and served as CEO and Chairman of Razorfish, the world’s largest digital marketing solutions firm. He also founded and served as CEO to the Dachis Group, a data social analytics and consulting firm, acquired by Sprinklr in 2014. Jeff has a MA from NYU, and a double Liberal Arts degree from SUNY Purchase.

Dr. Hehenberger has close to 20 years of experience in the life sciences sector.  She served as an executive at Eyetech Pharmaceuticals (EYET) & Coronado BioSciences (CNDO) and had strategic management roles at Johnson & Johnson (Vice President Metabolic Strategy), JDRF (Senior Vice President Strategic Alliances), and McKinsey, as well as senior partnership roles at public (Brummer & Partners) and private (Scandinavian Life Science Ventures) multibillion dollar investment funds.  She received her MD and PhD degrees from the Karolinska institute, and did her post-doctoral fellowship as a JDRF stipend recipient at the Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School.

Hanna Boëthius has lived with Type 1 Diabetes as her constant companion for 35 years, and it was as if her whole life fell into place when she started eating real food in 2011. Since her wake up call, she has gained much of her health back, thanks to simply eating the right things and nutrients for her body.

Hanna is an international speaker, writer, podcaster and action taker, who loves diabetes topics that are off of the beaten track. She’s passionate to find motivational and inspiring ways to bring about a change in diabetes management. Through her own company, Hanna Diabetes Expert, she’s inspired thousands of people with diabetes to live a healthier life by sharing her own story and experiences, as well as the puzzle pieces she’s helped others to find. She has a profound understanding of how things like nutrition and lifestyle choices can balance diabetes.

She is also the founder of the very first interactive, 100% real food event, called The Low Carb Universe.  It’s Europe’s healthiest event!

Dr. Shantanu Gaur is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Allurion Technologies. Shantanu founded Allurion in 2009 to develop disruptive devices for the weight loss industry that are more effective than diet and exercise but safer, cheaper, and more accessible than weight loss surgery. Allurion’s flagship product—Elipse™—is the world’s first procedureless gastric balloon for weight loss and is now available for commercial sale in Europe. Shantanu also serves as a board member for Genetic Alliance, a non-profit committed to putting the participant back at the center of healthcare. Shantanu graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Biology from Harvard College and with an M.D. from Harvard Medical School where he was Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. He lives in Cambridge, MA with his wife Neha, who is a Type 1 Diabetic.

Anna Sjӧberg is the CEO and founder of AnnaPS Scandinavia. As a Type 1 Diabetic since 1998, Ms. Sjӧberg wears an insulin pump and began to design underwear with pockets so that she would be able to wear the pump at night, when she was exercising, or when she wanted to use clothes without pockets such as dresses. AnnaPS released its first products in 2011. She has a master’s degree in engineering and previously had a career as a production manager within numerous Swedish engineering industries, mostly within the Sandvik concern.

Mr. Moradi is a successful entrepreneur, having founded or been a principal in several nanotechnology and biopharmaceutical startups. He is a Co-Founder & CEO of Sensulin, LLC, a biopharmaceutical company that is developing a glucose-responsive insulin for Type I and Type II Diabetes, which aims to eliminate the 4-8 daily injections required by T1D patients, in lieu of one daily dose taken with breakfast.   Mr. Moradi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Oklahoma.

Lauren is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Diabetes Care & Education Specialist (CDE), public speaker, fitness instructor, owner of LP Nutrition Consulting, and has lived with T1D for more than two decades. Her specialties are coaching and educating on healthy lifestyle for chronic disease support, sports performance, plant-based nutrition, weight management, and prevention with age. Read more of her story at www.lpnutritionconsulting.com

Sara Mobäck is a Diabetic Advocate and runs one of Sweden’s largest blogs about T1D as well as an Instagram @saramoback. Sara was diagnosed in 2003 and today she works with diabetics around the world. She motivates and inspires other people to never stop dreaming and realize their dreams, whether big or small, despite having a chronic illness. Sara also talks about the importance of eating versus insulin because of her own experiences with Diabetes and an eating disorder. She is from Norrköping, Sweden and now lives in Stockholm where she enjoys going to concerts, spending time with friends and family, baking gluten-free bread, and trying new restaurants. Sara lives by the mantra, “Nothing is impossible and there is so much more to life than just numbers!”

I’m 16 years old and was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two years ago. Born in London and the eldest of three brothers, I lived in London for many years and later moved to Stockholm. The diagnosis was a severe shock at first and it took a long time to fully accept it. I was very frightened to go to school a week later, being fully responsible for managing the diabetes on my own.

I am a very detailed-oriented person and have managed to keep my long term BG at a very good level. I really want to help other young people to live with Type 1 diabetes. We all want to fit in and be like everyone else, but sometimes it might be better to just be you. The need to raise awareness about T1D is close to my heart as well as the obstacles and hard work this means for us and our families everyday. In addition, I want to raise awareness in the schooling system because a lot more needs to be done so that students with Type 1 diabetes are able to reach their full academic potential. I am a straight-A student, but I have clearly noticed that Type 1 diabetes requires a lot more focus to maintain a high academic performance. My biggest hobby is coding and my dream is to go to MIT, work in the technology sector and develop the next generation of diabetes technology.

On my Instagram account (t1d_on_the_prowl) you will find my advice for daily situations, but I also want to make my followers smile and feel that they’re not alone.

Chris began his life with Type 1 diabetes already in the family having three uncles and one cousin with the disease. At the age of three, he was diagnosed and began the lifelong journey of learning to manage his disease. After 25 years of living with type 1, he found himself in a dark place. This place led him to a suicide attempt. Fortunately, it was a failed attempt that ended his life as he knew it and set him on a new path to help others in similar situations. Chris started the Betes Bros Foundation to focus on helping men face life with type 1. Chris has a passion for helping men see that life is easier to deal with when shared with a like-minded community. Across the world, men have joined the Betes Bros to change their lives through sharing this community.

Chris has two children, Jet and Lilly, who are his driving force for a life lived serving others. Alongside his faithful pup Enoch, they set out to change the world one life at a time.