John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast Series

The John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Podcast is a 5-episode mini-series featuring leaders in mental healthcare. Episode guests were selected to provide a wide range of industry perspectives to teams competing in the Fall 2022 John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Challenge. Additionally, we imagine that our guests’ stories and industry experiences will be of interest to any listener who wants to learn about how leaders are approaching the mental healthcare crisis from different angles. Join UC Berkeley student Britt Jensen and John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Challenge founder Michael Martin as they interview diverse business leaders about their work on improving mental healthcare. This mini-series is a part of the Here at Haas podcast.

Meet our Hosts:

Britt Jensen is a first-year MBA/MPH candidate at UC Berkeley. She is focused on healthcare product innovation and is passionate about improving equitable access to mental healthcare. Prior to Haas, she spent 7 years working as a product designer and user research across a wide range of industries: everything from children’s toys to medical devices. Most recently, she was on the founding team of Peak Response, a company focused on developing streamlined software tools for emergency first responders. Outside of work, she has volunteered as a crisis counselor with Crisis Text Line and led projects that leverage technology to address civic and social problems with Code for San Francisco. Britt has a BS in Science, Technology, and Society with a focus on human centered design from Stanford University.

Michael Martin, Vanderbilt, Berkeley, and Harvard educated, is a detail oriented systems thinker, consensus builder, and self-starter who has a wide breadth of professional and volunteer experience across the APAC region, the U.S.A., Latin America, and Russia. He has held a diverse set of leadership positions in the energy (renewable & traditional), sustainability, infrastructure, philanthropic, and start-up spaces where he has driven meaningful action that has resulted in long lasting and measurable impact. Outside of work, Michael has dedicated himself to 1) establishing both the John E. Martin Memorial Fellowship & the John E. Martin Mental Healthcare Challenge, 2) participating in & leading Habitat for Humanity International - Global Village trips, and 3) competing in ultra marathons and endurance races.

• No. of episodes: 11
• Latest episode: 2022-12-15
• Health & Fitness Mental Health

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