Victor McCray received his B.S. in Chemistry from Xavier University and his medical degree from the University of Illinois-Urbana. Victor completed a residency in general surgery at the University of California, San Francisco-Fresno. Following residency, Victor joined Stanford Biodesign. Currently, Victor practices Trauma/General Surgery in Sacramento part-time, and is co-founding a startup in the field of ophthalmics.

Karen Havenstrite received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Cornell University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University where her interdisciplinary work in the lab of Dr. Helen Blau combined polymer chemistry, biomaterials, and stem cell biology. She is currently applying her knowledge of biomimetic materials to address unmet clinical needs.

Brandon was born and raised in Ventura, California. He received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He has worked as an R&D engineer at REVA Medical and TDC Medical, focusing on early stage development of novel medical devices. He is currently working towards achieving his goal of identifying an unmet clinical need and starting a company to develop and bring a solution for that need to the market.