Dr. Laura Meyers is currently CEO of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC. Prior to joining PPMW in 2008, Laura was CEO of Planned Parenthood of Western New York. Dr. Meyers currently serves on the Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Board of Directors, is the

Vice Chair of the Affiliate Risk Management Board of Directors and Co-Chair of 416 Holdings’ Board of

Directors. Dr. Meyers is the former Chair of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health

Association’s Board of Directors. She also served for 12 years as an elected member of the Amherst Central School District Board of Education in New York State.

Laura holds a PhD in Social Foundations of Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB), a Masters in Counseling from UB and an undergraduate degree from the SUNY-Albany. Dr. Meyers is a graduate of the Jacobs School of Management Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Program at UB, as well as the Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York’s Community Healthcare Leadership Fellowship program.

Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC was founded on the visionary idea that access to

sexual and reproductive health care could transform people’s lives. For more than 80 years, PPMW has

provided high quality, supportive reproductive medical care for families in the DC metro area.

VISION: PPMW envisions a society in which equity is a reality: where every person’s right to dignity, justice, and autonomy is fully recognized and protected; where accessing quality healthcare doesn’t depend on who you are or where you live; and where our community works together so that every person has the opportunity to lead their healthiest life.

MISSION: PPMW provides high-quality, compassionate healthcare, including reproductive care; promotes

sexual health; and advocates for reproductive rights and health equity for all.

Dr Hoffman has been in practice for 20 yrs. He received his doctorate from Pacific College of Health and Science where he now presently teaches new doctors in Clinical Management and Case Study Review. His internship was at St Johns Riverside Hospital in Yonkers and Long Hua Hospital in Shanghai China.

He is a US Army veteran, an active EMT in his town,  an Avid Adventure motorcyclist and naturalist.

Along with his medical and admin team, his clinic delivers the most comprehensive scientific, holistic evaluation and treatment that is designed to find, and treat, the root cause of health problems.

Deputy Fire Chief Bernie Meehan has been Involved in fire and EMS for over 45 years, active in both the career and volunteer fields, and has worked in the Career fire service for 35 years. He has been an Active Paramedic for the past 38 years, and was one of the paramedics responding to the Sandy Hook shooting.

Bernie has participated in over 400 critical incident debriefings and is a founding member of Connecticut CISD Team. Chief Meehan is a Peer Helper trained in both fire and law enforcement disciplines.

Dana Golden is the co-author of, Addiction Rescue; The NO-BS Guide to Recovery, and a nationally known advocate for families struggling with Alcohol, Process, or Substance Use Disorder. She is a Certified Family Addiction Coach, Certified Recovery Coach, and public speaker. 

Joey Zente is a Marine Corps Veteran & Veterans Jiu-Jitsu Founder and Leader of the Austin area VJJ Club, who assists with the Warriors Heart Jiu Jitsu Training Program (with Warriors Heart CEO Josh Lannon). Zente started training jiu-jitsu in 2009 after completing his four year enlistment in the Marine Corps. Zente received his blue and purple belts from Ronny Lis, brown belt from Robert "Dutra" Moreira, and in 2016 earned the rank of black belt from Chris Haueter. Zente currently runs an organization called Veterans Jiu-Jitsu, which provides free training opportunities for active duty military, veterans, law enforcement, and first responders. Veterans Jiu-Jitsu is an organization dedicated to building communities of veterans around the world through the physical and mental training of jiu-jitsu. Zente has also been instrumental in building the Warriors Heart Jiu Jitsu Training Program in Bandera, Texas, to help military, veterans and first responders heal with fellow warriors who are struggling with addiction, PTSD, mild TBI, depression, trauma and co-occurring issues. He currently lives in Leander, TX with his wife and two daughters. https://www.veteransjiujitsu.com

- United States Marine Corps veteran

- BJJ Black Belt

- Founder of Veterans Jiu-Jitsu

- Instructor at BJJ Globetrotters Camps