Russ is the former CEO at Headspace, where he led the company’s mission to transform mental health care to provide every person lifelong mental health support. As a serial entrepreneur, Russ has held multiple CEO roles, most recently at Ginger, prior to leading its merger with Headspace in 2021, which resulted in the creation of the world's most scaled end-to-end mental health platform.

He formerly led the marketing solutions product group at LinkedIn and is the founder and former CEO of Bizo, a B2B marketing and data platform, which he sold to LinkedIn in 2014. While at Bizo, Russ co-authored “The Big Data-Driven Business,” a guide for how companies can use big data to drive better decision-making and results.

He is also the author of the children’s book, “Voting with a Porpoise,” and serves on the boards of Evolent Health (NYSE:EVH), Genome Medical and the non-profit Rock the Vote, where he leverages his expertise in technology, data science, and branding to increase engagement and turnout among young voters. Russ has a BSE degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Duke University.

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