Nzinga Harrison, MD

Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Eleanor Health

With nearly two decades of experience in the medical field, Dr. Nzinga Harrison is an innovator who has devoted her career to treating vulnerable populations and reengineering systems and institutions for more compassionate healthcare. A double-board certified physician in addiction medicine and psychiatry, Dr. Harrison serves as Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer for Eleanor Health, a value-based provider of comprehensive, outpatient addiction treatment. In addition to being a pioneer in virtual substance-use disorder care during the Covid-19 pandemic, her background includes a B.S. from Howard University, an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and residency training at Emory University.

In her role as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Harrison treats individuals from marginalized communities with substance use and other physical disorders. She is a vocal advocate for stigma reduction who also places an emphasis on the necessity for whole-person care. Dr. Harrison has served on multiple boards in various roles including Trustee for the Board of the Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Association, Vice-Chair for the Board of Breakthru House, Inc., and Secretary for the Board of Veritas, Inc. She is presently Vice-Chair for the Board of Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform, Inc., a national organization she co-founded and Co-Chair of the Practice Management and Regulatory Affairs Committee for the American Society of Addiction Medicine.  She has consulted domestically and internationally on mental health and addiction quality of care, including working with The Carter Center’s Liberia Project to build addiction-treatment capacity in Libera.   Dr. Harrison is proud to be a member of the Global Aspen Leadership Network and published her first book, Un-Addiction: 6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life in January of 2024.

Paul Summergrad, MD

Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and Chairman Emeritus of the department of psychiatry at Tufts Medical Center

Nzinga Harrison, MD

Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Eleanor Health

Carol Vallone

Chair of the Board of Directors, Member of Compensation Committee, Member of Audit Committee

Andreas Krebs

Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Member of Nomination & Governance Committee, Member of Audit Committee

David Gryska

Board Director, Chair of Audit Committee

Roger Crystal, MD

Board Director, Chair of Nomination & Governance Committee, Member of Compensation Committee

Robert Barrow

Chief Executive Officer and Board Director

Suzanne Bruhn, PhD

Board Director, Chair of Compensation Committee, Member of Nomination & Governance Committee

Miri Halperin Wernli, PhD

Executive President

Daniel Karlin, MD, MA

Chief Medical Officer

Stephanie Fagan, MS

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Carrie Liao, CPA

Chief Accounting Officer

Francois Lilienthal, MD, MBA

Chief Commercial Officer

Gregg Pratt, PhD

Chief Regulatory and Quality Assurance Officer

Mark Sullivan, JD

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Robert Malenka, MD, PhD

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University

Peter Bergethon, MD

Member, Scientific Advisory Board VP, Head of Quantitative & Clinical Technologies, Biogen, Inc.

Robert Dworkin, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Neurology, and Psychiatry at University of Rochester

Maurizio Fava, MD

Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

Carole Abel, MBA

VP, Programs and Portfolio Office

Phong Duong, PharmD

VP, Global Market Access and Health Economics

Peter Mack, PhD

VP, Pharmaceutical Development

Rafael Muniz, MD

VP, Global Medical Affairs

Javier Muniz, MD

VP, Research and Development Strategy

Michael Seggev

VP, Global Marketing, Strategic Insights and Digital Innovation

Maria Oquendo, MD, PhD

Ruth Meltzer Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Matthias Liechti, MD, PhD

Scientific Collaborator & Advisor

Kim PC Kuypers, PhD

Scientific Collaborator & Advisor

Peter Gasser, MD

Clinical Advisor
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