TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE: Human Flourishing for Everyone
Overview
Healthcare is broken, especially for those who need it most. We all share the cost. Join us to help change that!
🌍 Friday, Aug 28 | 12-2 PM
After a few month hiatus, we're back in San Francisco and super excited about our lineup, our topic and the NEW location! Homebridge on Market Street is the perfect place for this gathering!
Healthcare is broken, especially for those who need it most — the poor and the marginalized, but we all share the cost of those shortcomings. It's not for lack of resources — the United States spends more on healthcare than any other developed nation on earth. The money is there, what's missing is collaboration. The system is deeply fragmented, so the excellence is constrained to silos, while the overall outcomes remain subpar. Passionate people from various disciplines are working hard — often in the same zip code — but rarely in the same room. That fragmentation is wasting money and sabotaging results.
The good news: it's fixable. We've seen it work. Cross-sector collaboration — the right people in the same room, intentionally, with clarity of purpose — produces results no single organization can match alone. That's what INNOVAT3 does. In this gathering we'll explore what could happen if we apply that model to healthcare.
The Panel
We've deliberately assembled five people who would not normally be in the same room.
A physician who treats the whole person. A chef-turned-venture capitalist deploying capital into healthcare for communities traditional investors ignore. The CEO of one of San Francisco's most respected nonprofit healthcare organizations. A Silicon Valley engineer who walked away from a successful startup to build a faith-based health center — and who emerged from wrongful incarceration to launch one of the most innovative reentry programs in the state. And a Dartmouth graduate who battled bipolar disorder and addiction for a decade before becoming one of America's most compelling voices on mental health.
🔍 What We'll Explore
This is a facilitated roundtable. We bias toward action. Come ready to enage and be challenged.
What does truly holistic healthcare look like — and why is the system so resistant to it?
Where are the silos in Bay Area healthcare, and what does leaving them intact actually cost us?
What happens when faith communities, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders build together instead of working in parallel?
What can you do, starting now?
Your Moderators
Ted Hahs and Paul Peissner. Between them, over 50 years of building relationships across Silicon Valley boardrooms, city halls, faith communities, and frontline nonprofits — connecting sectors that rarely talk to each other, toward outcomes none of them could produce alone.
🌟 Featured Guests:
Dr. Juliana Liang, MD — Integrative Functional Medicine Physician
A graduate of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA with clinical experience at UCSF and Sharp HealthCare, Dr. Liang practices integrative functional medicine — treating the whole person rather than just the symptom. Her work integrates physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of health, drawing on growing research showing that meaning, community, and faith are not peripheral to healing — they are central to it.
Jens Hoj — Chef, Entrepreneur & General Partner, MVMT Ventures
A former fine-dining chef who helped build KRAVE Jerky into a category-disrupting brand acquired by Hershey's, Jens now brings that same spirit of innovation to healthcare as General Partner at MVMT Ventures — a fund focused on healthcare for underserved communities through the strategic use of AI for good. Guided by faith, he views leadership as stewardship and leads with a servant's heart.
Min Chang — CEO, Homebridge
Min Chang leads one of San Francisco's most respected nonprofit healthcare organizations, dedicated to making independent living possible for vulnerable populations. She brings more than 35 years of strategic leadership across six continents, a Doctorate in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins, and an MS from MIT Sloan. We are grateful to Min and the Homebridge team for opening their doors and welcoming us into this space.
Brett Bymaster — Co-Founder & Executive Director, Healing Grove Health Center
Brett began his career as a Silicon Valley circuit design engineer — earning two patents — before walking away to pursue full-time ministry. He co-founded Healing Grove Health Center, a faith-based network of 7 physicians and a team of 50 serving 2,500 patients across 4 Northern California locations. After being incarcerated under false allegations in 2024, Brett turned that experience into fuel — launching an innovative reentry program that has served more than 700 justice-impacted clients in just two years. One of the most compelling and unexpected voices in holistic, faith-rooted healthcare.
David Shamszad — Author & Mental Health Advocate | CEO, SG Real Estate
David spent more than a decade battling untreated bipolar disorder and addiction before finding sobriety and success. Today he is CEO of SG Real Estate and author of I Am Someone You Know — a raw memoir about mental illness, addiction, and recovery that is changing how America talks about mental health. A Dartmouth graduate and proud Oakland native, he brings something no medical degree can confer: the authority of someone who lived the story, survived it, and came back to help others through it.
Event Details📅 Friday, August 12:00–2:00 PM Homebridge, 1035 Market St L-1 | San Francisco, CA—thank you to our venue sponsor Homebridge
🥪 Lunch will be provided—thank you to our lunch sponsor Healing Grove Health Center
⚠️ Space is limited. Please register — and be considerate and cancel if your plans change.
Some of Our Community Partners:
This month's featured community partner: Dignifi.org
💡 About the INNOVAT3 Connected Communities Meetup
We bring together civic leaders, innovators, social entrepreneurs, faith leaders, and community builders who believe collaboration is the key to solving the Bay Area's biggest challenges.
Come ready to engage. It's going to be an exciting conversation.