Emily (she/her) has lived with depression for many years. She is intimately familiar with depression - how it can make even the simplest of tasks seemingly impossible to complete, how it keeps us from laughing or enjoying things we used to enjoy, and most unsettlingly, how it robs us of all hope of getting better. She thought of Cereal for Dinner when she was looking for an online resource that could help her in getting by and living life during a depressive episode. When she didn't find one, Cereal for Dinner was born!

Emily holds a BA in Health & Societies from the University of Pennsylvania, where she started the school's first peer counseling program, and a Master's in Medical Science from Brown. In her free time, she enjoys singing, crafting, going on walks and playing with her cat, Noodle.

Claire-Cecile Pierre, MD, is the associate chief medical officer (ACMO) and vice president of Community Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital, a role she assumed in November 2021. In this role, Pierre leads the Center for Community Health and Health Equity (CCHHE) and serves as the clinical and programmatic leader of Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center and Brookside Community Health Center.

Trained in Internal Medicine at the Cambridge Health Alliance and Board Certified in Clinical Informatics, Pierre holds decades of experience in the use of technology to improve the quality of care in community health centers. With a career focused on health equity, Pierre seeks to encourage healthcare innovations that appropriately center and value the expertise of patients and communities.

She previously served as the Chief Medical Officer of Harbor Health Services, a community health network with locations in multiple towns in Massachusetts. She has worked at Partners in Health, the World Bank and Babson College. She is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. William Alexander (he/his) served as the Executive Director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at the University of Pennsylvania for nearly a decade, where he managed a staff of almost 50 clinical mental health professionals, and oversaw several programs to improve access and quality of services offered to the student body. Multiculturalism, social justice and mental health issues impacting young adults have been a major focus of his professional work.

He has worked as a psychologist in a variety of settings throughout New Jersey. He has taught in the Graduate School at Temple University and began his work in higher education by serving as the Dean of Students at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.

He earned his Masters and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Temple University. Dr. Alexander lives with his wife, also mental health professional, in Pennington, NJ, where they enjoy biking, golf, and other outdoor activities.

Dr. Dorothy Borresen (she/her) is a clinical psychologist, and a family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. She is Professor Emerita at Rutgers University after twenty-five years as an Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of Behavioral Science at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. 

Dr. Borresen has been in private practice for more than thirty years where she practices both psychotherapy and psychopharmacology. She completed a doctorate in clinical psychology from Temple University and a Master’s in psychiatric nursing from University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Borresen has held leadership positions in nursing and healthcare, ranging from the past president of the Society of Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses (SPAPN) to the executive board of APN-New Jersey, a grassroots organization that advocates for quality and access to healthcare in New Jersey. 

Eran Magen, Ph.D. (he/his), is the founder and CEO of Early Alert, a service for preventing crisis among students and employees. Dr. Magen received his M.A. in education and Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University, and served as the research director for the department of Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Pennsylvania. In his free time, Dr. Magen teaches parents how to build strong, supportive relationships with their children through the Parenting For Humans initiative.