Join us for a conversation about how design can change the world and make an impact through social entrepreneurship.
By:
Jon Riehle
June 30, 2026
Date: Wednesday July 22, 2026
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Join us for a candid conversation with Sora Team, Berman Creatives, and Loft Design as we discuss the realities of impactful product development. Drawing from their extensive experience in building in the healthcare space, they will offer practical insights into how thoughtfully empathetic design can help build useful and meaningful interventions to enrich communities and empower lives.
We’re talking about the hard stuff: balancing market viability with ethical design, scaling complex systems, and building deeply empathetic user experiences. Join us to hear real stories about what it actually takes to ship products that drive measurable social change from founders and designers.
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Geoff has spent two decades as a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physician at Level 1 Trauma centers, treating children and families through the full range of injury and illness while teaching and mentoring the next generation of providers. Prior to co-founding Sora, he co-founded NaloxBox, a national program distributing opioid overdose rescue tools in public places, and served as co-director of Brown Alpert Medical School's Medical Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scholarly Concentration. He has worked across academic medicine, public health, and entrepreneurship for over 20 years.
Leo brings 22+ years as an academic emergency physician at a Level 1 trauma center, where he led a regional medical simulation center and pioneered using simulation to study and improve acute care devices, processes, and systems. Prior to co-founding Sora, he ran industry-collaborative research on contactless vital signs monitoring and alarm fatigue mitigation, and co-founded a healthcare IoT startup with hands-on experience in edge device design and fabrication. He has worked at the intersection of clinical medicine and hardware for over two decades.
Gregor is in his element while dissecting most complex business & technology challenges and creating their next level business outcomes. Prior to starting Loft, Gregor led a Strategy & Design team at Accenture Interactive, where he helped launch new multi-billion dollar businesses for global fortune 500 companies. He also led creative teams at Rollerblade, InMusic & Cross. He has worked in the US, Europe & Asia over the past 30 years has earned numerous design awards as well as holds well over 100 patents for product innovations around the globe.
Jon thrives on designing products people love. He pays close attention to the smallest details and has a passion for sustainable products and innovative ways to help mitigate climate change.
Prior to Loft Design, Jon spent 5 years in the US and Europe designing at P&G for the Braun and Gillette brands. He was instrumental in developing products aiming to disrupt the shave care industry, leveraged large scaled 3D printing manufacturing, and designed Gillette’s first sustainable, recycled plastic razor.
At Loft Design, Jon is the bedrock of the design studio cultivating collaboration and inspiring confidence … and sometimes brings in muffins … which also inspire. We don’t question his methods.
Jon’s next level experience … using 3D printing for next level sustainability.
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