Health for Every Body.
10,000+ hours of innovation, 16 patents, 1 mission.
Olympic athletes and AI pioneers on a global mission to empower people everywhere to thrive—regardless of age, race, wealth, or fitness level, with drug-free sustainable health and wellness.
Sky Christopherson
Co-Founder
Sky Christopherson is an Olympic athlete, world record holder, and drug-free human performance pioneer at the intersection of sport, technology and public health. Sky has been featured in Fortune, Sports Illustrated, Outside Magazine, Financial Times, and more. He was voted 5th nationwide in the “Top 40 Under 40 in Healthcare Innovation.” and inventor of 16 patents defining the next frontier of AI-powered health and wellness.
A member of the U.S. Cycling Team, Christopherson set a world record in cycling using an innovative “digital health” model inspired by Dr. Eric Topol. Which was expanded to help the women’s team win Olympic medals when Lance Armstrong was banned for drugs, showcased in the GOLD Health origin story film Personal Gold.
In 2024, Christopherson launched GOLD at the Paris Olympic Games—an AI platform powered by the health and performance leveraging insights of Olympians now using translational science to make health, fitness, and wellness innovations accessible to all to improve public health.
Tom Gruber
Co-Founder
Tom Gruber is co-founder of Apple’s Siri, the world’s first intelligent assistant for everyone. As Siri’s CTO and head of design, he led the product through its acquisition by Apple, where it became a core feature used over a billion times daily in dozens of languages.
For over four decades, Tom has pursued a central question: How can technology help us live better lives? His work blends AI, cognitive science, and human-centered design to enhance human capability. His innovations have helped shape how people interact with intelligent systems. His TED Talk on Humanistic AI has been viewed millions of times worldwide.
In 2024, Tom joined GOLD Health as co-founder to build emotionally intelligent AI Avatar Coaches—combining behavior science, real-time data, and personal connection to deliver scalable wellness for all.
James Lockard
Co-Founder
James Lockard is a top app producer with a rare blend of experience across venture capital, celebrity apps, and Hollywood. A former VC in Wall Street and Silicon Valley, he later co-founded Skybound Asia and led two top-ranked apps on the App Store. His work bridges culture, innovation, and celebrity partnerships to build high-impact ventures.
James has also produced Hollywood films and series, including Personal Gold: An Underdog Story (http://Personal.Gold)—a documentary that tells the origin story of GOLD’s Olympic innovation. James ran the Olympic Torch and worked with NBC Sports at the 1996 Atlanta Games. A former competitive skier, James brings deep empathy for athletes and high performers.
At GOLD Health, James is focused on celebrity go-to-market brands to help build a billion-dollar platform that merges Olympic wisdom, AI innovation, and powerful storytelling to lead the future of personalized health and wellness.
Adam Laurent
Co-Founder
Adam Laurent is an Olympic athlete, World Championship medalist, patent holder, and creative entrepreneur focused on unlocking human potential through technology and storytelling. As a co-founder at GOLD Health, he leads production—blending elite athletic insight with creative vision to drive innovation in AI-powered wellness.
Adam competed on the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team alongside Lance Armstrong and became a vocal advocate for clean sport and athlete health. After retiring, he led branding, R&D, and content for global campaigns, co-founding Torchlight Media to “Ignite the Human Spirit.” His work includes Personal Gold and contributions to The Game Changers.
In 2024, Adam co-founded GOLD Health with Sky Christopherson and Siri co-creator Tom Gruber to redefine digital health through emotionally intelligent AI and storytelling. Recently featured in Fortune, he’s now making elite health innovation accessible to all: regardless of age, race, culture, or fitness level.
Ben Dubin
Chief Strategy Officer
Ben Dubin is a Harvard Business School–trained venture capitalist, technologist, and entrepreneur with a passion for health, innovation, and equity. He is a founding board member of GOLD, supporting its mission to bring Olympic-level science and AI to public health at scale.
As Co-founder and Managing Partner at Asset Management Ventures for over 15 years, Ben led $100M+ in early-stage investments in the intersection of life sciences and technology—serving on boards and helping bold ideas become impactful companies, with multiple successful exits.
Earlier, he co-founded two startups and held senior roles at Sun Microsystems under Eric Schmidt, where he managed Enterprise Java and earned a patent in database recovery.
A lifelong advocate for wellness and equity, Ben also serves on nonprofit boards, including the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California. At GOLD, he brings strategic insight, investor experience, and operational rigor to help GOLD make movement and wellness approachable for all.
Science & Innovation Advisory Board
Yvonne Cagle, M.D.
Metabolic science
Dr. Yvonne Cagle is a NASA astronaut and physician whose pioneering research explores human health and resilience in extreme environments—both in space and on Earth. As a NASA advisor and professor, her work on long-duration spaceflight offers critical insights into today’s sedentary lifestyle crisis.
Her studies on muscle loss, bone decline, and cognitive strain in space mirrors the effects of modern inactivity, informing strategies to protect mental health, vitality, and longevity.
As an advisor to GOLD Health, Dr. Cagle’s insights shape our AI Avatar Coaches to guide users toward more active, resilient lives—grounded in proven science and mission-aligned with GOLD’s vision to make evidence-based health accessible to all.
Rajiv Mehta
Platform & Coaching Innovation
Rajiv Mehta, former Apple innovation lead, is CEO of Atlas of Care, a nonprofit he founded to reimagine how we care for ourselves and each other through cultures of belonging and well-being. With degrees from Princeton, Stanford, and Columbia, he also led scientific research at NASA and drove product innovation at Adobe and other Silicon Valley pioneers.
A leader in Personal Science and social health, Rajiv has helped executives, healthcare professionals, and communities use self-tracking and shared data to strengthen human connection. As an advisor to GOLD Health, he is building platform innovation and design of the AI avatar coaches to accelerate behavior change through trust, shared goals, and social reinforcement.
Clyde Wilson, Ph.D.
Metabolic science
Dr. Clyde Wilson is a Stanford metabolic scientist with two decades of research on energy regulation, nutrition, and human performance. A former faculty member at UCSF, he’s trained physicians, Olympic athletes, and special forces in applying metabolic science to real-world health.
Clyde’s groundbreaking work on the Super Relaxed State (SRX)—an energy-sparing mode linked to inactivity—has reshaped our understanding of the modern health crisis. His research reveals how sedentary lifestyle suppress metabolism and accelerate disease risk.
As founding science advisor to GOLD, Clyde ensures our AI coaching translates complex science into personalized, drug-free strategies to restore energy, longevity, and metabolic health at scale.
Sarah Townley, PharmD
Root-cause coaching
Dr. Sarah Townley began in healthcare as a Doctor of Pharmacy, board-certified in both Pharmacotherapy and Ambulatory Care—bringing a deep commitment to patient care from the start. For over a decade, she treated chronic conditions like Type 2 diabetes and obesity, but saw firsthand how medications only managed symptoms without addressing the root causes.
Dr. Townley now serves as a dedicated Diabetes and Chronic Disease Reversal Coach. Her clients have achieved dramatic outcomes—reducing intra-organ fat, restoring metabolic function, eliminating medications, and reversing Type 2 diabetes and obesity through lifestyle change alone.
Now, Dr. Townley is helping build GOLD’s AI Avatar Coaching platform to leverage her on-the-ground coaching experience to scale the impact of root-cause lifestyle coaching. In effect, shaping an evidence-based system designed to deliver sustainable healing to millions.
Michael Ostrolenk, MA, MFT
Root-cause coaching
Michael Ostrolenk is a psychotherapist, relationship coach, and human optimization strategist with over two decades of experience guiding individuals toward deeper fulfillment in life, love, and purpose. His integrative approach draws from somatic psychology, transpersonal theory, and cognitive-behavioral approaches—blending emotional intelligence with actionable tools to support lasting transformation.
Michael co-developed mental resilience programs with Navy SEALs and helped translate those elite methods into holistic health, fitness, and mindset models for the public. His work was instrumental in expanding SEALFIT into a global brand—impacting millions by bringing high-performance training to everyday people.
At GOLD Health, Michael advises on the emotional intelligence of our AI Avatar Coaches—helping ensure they reflect the empathy, grounded presence, and unconditional positive regard of a trusted human guide.
Rich Yang
Metabolic sensing
Rich Yang is a metabolic health innovator and executive with 25+ years of global experience in biosensors, digital health, and commercial strategy. As a named inventor on dozens of patents, he helped pioneer CGM technology, starting at Medtronic and later leading Dexcom’s growth into a category leader.
Rich was the first biosensing advisor to GOLD, guiding its groundbreaking use of CGM in non-diabetic athletes at the 2012 London Olympics—contributing to medal-winning performances and redefining elite performance tracking.
Now CEO of Biolinq, Rich has led development of a next-gen biosensing platform and raised over $300 million to bring innovative wearables to market. His mission is to tackle metabolic dysfunction through breakthrough tech.
A 2024 EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Rich brings deep insight to GOLD’s future biosensing strategy—helping translate continuous biomarker data into personalized, actionable guidance through its AI-powered platform.
Advisors & Key Collaborators
Vince Voron
Former Apple. Branding & Design advisory.
Michael Morris, MD
Physician & Cancer Survivor
David
Christopherson
Pre-seed Investor & Cancer Survivor
Nataliia Karpenko
Former Meta Marketing. Advisor.
Philip Marshall
Pre-Seed Investor. Advisor.
CDR Mark Divine
Navy Seal. Coaching Model Advisor.
Wanhar Daeng Maro
Senior iOS Engineer