Dr. Piccini is a Career Development and Italian Language Professional based in Chicago, Illinois. She recently finished a stint as the Senior Research Scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy, and was a scientist at the United Nations International  Centre for  Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy.  In 2003, she was the young investigator award-winner for the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. 
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Ms. Pearlman is a senior consultant at Torreya Partners, where she runs investment evaluations and due diligence for Torreya Investments Group. Before joining Torreya Investments Group in 2016, Melissa spent over a decade in healthcare venture capital at Balfour LLC, where she originated, evaluated, and managed investments across a wide variety of healthcare sectors. Melissa has a B.A. from Harvard College and holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.​

Mr. Remmel is a Vice President at Aterian Investment Partners. Most recently, Mr. Remmel was an investment professional at Torque Capital Group, an operationally focused middle-market private equity firm investing in manufacturing businesses. Prior to Torque, Mr. Remmel spent three years at Wells Fargo Securities in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications investment banking group, where he advised clients on leveraged buy-out and capital markets transactions.  He has worked on the financing of companies developing the infrastructure of less developed countries.  Mr. Remmel graduated Cum Laude from Washington and Lee University, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration.

Dr. Wheeler holds an AB from Princeton University and an MD from Wake Forest Medical School.  He has been involved in charitable endeavors in Senegal, including work with Tostan, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower African communities through women’s education.  He is the founder and a general partner of WT Advisors Fund, a biotechnology investment fund, and serves and has served on the boards of various healthcare-related companies.​

James is a student at Carleton College studying Mathematics and Philosophy. Interested in the law, James’s focus at ODCEM primarily centers around reviewing necessary bylaws, minutes, and charitable transparency certifications, managing and overseeing the direction of funds for impact investing, and ad hoc development of fundraising outreach and organization.

Sofia is a student at DePaul University, Chicago. Her main interests are Digital Communications and Media Production, and Design. She is passionate about photography and sustainable development.