Our team is led by co-directors with expertise spanning serious illness care and research, health service redesign, healthcare strategy, and healthcare quality improvement and is supported by staff skilled in operations, project management, and research.

Amber Barnato, MD, MPH, MS
Co-Director
Director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Section of Palliative Care, Dartmouth Health

Sam Shields, MBA, MHCDS, ASQ, SSSB, CPHQ
Co-Director
System VP of Strategy & Regional Operations
Dartmouth Health

Albert Mulley, MD, MPP
Medical Director
Professor of Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College

Lily Powell, MBA
Administrative Director
Director, Strategic Planning & Business Development
Dartmouth Health

Amanda Perry, BA
Program Manager
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
amanda.n.perry@dartmouth.edu

Wale Akinola, MD, MS
Clinical Project Consultant
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College

The Levy Accelerator Program (LeAP) is led by:

Glyn Elwin, MD, PhD, MSc
Director, Levy Accelerator Program (LeAP)
Professor of Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College

Amy Price, DPhil, MS, MA, MS
Research Scientist, Levy Accelerator Program (LeAP)
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College

In addition, the Incubator is guided by the following members of our Steering Committee:


Richard Levy, PhD
Former CEO of Varian Medical Systems
Dartmouth College Class of 1960

Sally Kraft, MD, MPH
Vice President of Population Health, Dartmouth Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College


Punam Keller, PhD, MBA
Charles Henry Jones Third Century Professor of Management
Faculty Director, Center of Business, Government, and Society
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College