Our Heroic Diabetes Team

Jaren Smith, CEO & Founder

• Critical Care Registered Nurse

• Lives with Type 1 Diabetes

• Quality Coordinator and manager for Heroic education team

• Oversees gamification of DSMT

Scott Dow, COO

Dr Tom Reed, Chief Academic Officer

Dr J Maddox, Chief Medical Officer

We currently have about 100 qualified and experienced people who are working on the different teams that provide the working foundation for the Heroic Diabetes platform.

• Game Development, Ai and Support Team

• Nutrition and Gardening Team

• Educational Content Team

• Public Relations and Marketing Team

• DEFI and Ownership Team

• Advocacy and Grassroots Influence Team

• Funding and Executive Support Team

• Education entrepreneur

• Founder of Heroic Game Day – the world leading kid-driven, game-based life-skills learning platform for K-6 kids

• Former Teacher, Principal, Superintendent and State Dept of Education executive

• Founder of Heroic Ohio LLC – the marketing and implementation partner of Heroic Game Day public school program

• Expert pediatric care to families navigating Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)

• With extensive hospital experience, she understands the clinical and emotional challenges children and families face at diagnosis

Our Advisors

Joshua J. Neumiller

President Elect - American Diabetes Association, PharmD, CDCES, FADCES, FASCP

Marc-Aurel Martial, PhD, MPH, RN

Dedicated public and global health nurse scientist, entrepreneur, educator and philanthropist

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Mark Heyman, PhD CDCES

Partner Angel Physicians Fund

Anou Singhvi

Anna Albritton, MS, RD, LD, CDE

Executive at Children's Hospital of Atlanta

Dr Mike Haller

One of the leading endocrinologist researchers in the T1D industry - currently at the University of Florida

Our Partners