Christy Mack, Co-Founder and chair
Co-Founder and President of the Bravewell Collaborative, Christy Mack, is also the President of the Christy and John Mack Foundation. She is regarded as one of the nation’s leading public advocates for the transformation of our healthcare system, for related broad-based public education and disease prevention programs, and for the role that philanthropy must play in bringing about a healthier nation.
Her strong belief in the importance of professional and public education, both in the field of medicine and philanthropy, has also made her a generous contributor to causes such as PBS programming, September 11th post-traumatic stress disorder training programs, and fellowships in integrative medicine throughout the country and at the National Institutes of Health. She was an advisor for the award-winning film, Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 and was awarded the Candescent Award for Outstanding Socially Conscious Documentary and nominated for an Emmy for its CNN TV presentation in 2013.
Christy has also made significant media appearances on Discovery Channel Second Opinion hosted by Mehmet Oz, MD; The Charlie Rose Show, Forbes Radio with Robert Lenzner; XMRadio’s Oprah & Friends; Contribute Magazine, Worth Magazine, and O Magazine.
Jenna Mack, Vice Chair
Jenna A. Mack, is an independent film producer working in both scripted and documentary projects and is the host of “In the Grey,” an interview series currently in development. Moving beyond a black or white perspective, the show reveals life’s complexities, what truly defines us, and what ultimately connects us. Having worked in media for the past 12 years, she advises and sits on the board of The Healthy Us Collaborative and its TakeCare Initiative, as a co-executive producer of 50 independent short films highlighting everyday people learning to take care of their own health and well-being. Jenna is passionate about making the world a more humane and empathetic place. She is a board member of Sesame Workshop which, in addition to their well-known work with Elmo and Big Bird for children around the world, is also focusing its major efforts on early childhood development with refugee children. She is also a supporter of the Center for Family Representation that helps families stay together during times of crisis.
Sharon Reis, Executive Director
Sharon serves as the interim executive director for the Healthy Us Collaborative. She worked with Christy and Ann on The Bravewell Collaborative, a philanthropic organization dedicated to transforming healthcare, for over a decade. In addition to her work with The Healthy Us Collaborative, Sharon is principal of The Reis Group, a Washington-DC based healthcare public relations agency.
Ann Lovell, Co-Founder and Honorary Board Member
Ann Lovell, Co-Founder and Treasurer of the Bravewell Collaborative, is a certified public accountant with decades of experience in financial accounting and tax consulting. Ann is a founding Director and immediate Past President of Women Moving Millions and a member of the Women’s Leadership Board at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She serves on the advisory council for the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, where she established the organization’s first donor-advised fund, promoting leadership, access and parity for women and girls.
Our Health Advisors
The country’s leading experts in Integrative Medicine, education, research, and healthcare policy provide strategic direction and insights to Healthy Us Collaborative and its signature initiative, TakeCare.
About The Healthy Us Logo
We describe “HEALTHY” as more than the absence of disease. It is also a state of well-being. The “Us” represents us, as every individual, and the US, as our entire country. “Collaborative” refers to all of us coming together in unity to support one another on our journey to health and well-being.
Our logo embodies our core principles of being HEALTHY, COLLABORATIVE, and focused on US, enriched with meaningful colors. The colors in our logo represent our mission:
BLUE: Often used in healthcare to create a sense of calm, serenity and tranquility.
PURPLE: The blending of the REDS and BLUES, our commitment to working together in collaboration.
GREEN: The color of health, with communities, large and small, across the US, connecting with each other on our journey to health and well-being.
Together, The Healthy Us Collaborative logo is a symbol of our vision to create a healthy, united, and inclusive community.
