The Jed Foundation

JED is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults. We’re partnering with high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programs and systems. We’re equipping teens and young adults with the skills and knowledge to help themselves and each other. We’re encouraging community awareness, understanding and action for young adult mental health.

Chief Executive Officer

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Advisory Board Member, Health Policy and Management Department

Social Innovation Summit

Social Innovation Leadership Council is a close-knit network of #CSR, #ESG, #DEI, and purpose-driven experts focused on supporting each other with questions or requests for ideas, resources, connections, insights, and more. Learn more at https://sisomni.com/.

Member, Social Innovation Leadership Council

The City College of New York

Executive Advisory Board, S Jay Levy Fellowship for Future Leaders

National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention

Steering Committee Member

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company driven to improve the lives of those affected by chronic disorders of the central nervous system.

Member Board Of Directors; Nominating Committee; past member of Audit Commitee

BlackThorn Therapeutics (acquired by Neumora)

BlackThorn Therapeutics was a privately-held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in San Francisco. Acquired by Neumora (neumoratx.com).

Board of Directors; Compensation Committee; Audit Committee

Trek Medics International

Trek Medics International is dedicated to reducing the global burden of premature death and disability in vulnerable communities through the development of prehospital and emergency care services.

Advisor

HIV Experience Resources Organization (HERO)

HIV Experience Resources Organization (HERO) is an online resource to navigate a complicated system to get help if you are newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.

Crisis Text Line

Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 emotional support for those in crisis.

National Advisory Board Member

Nonprofit and public health leader focused on protecting emotional health and preventing suicide for teens and young adults.

Successful track record launching and growing new products and organizations - participated in or led the launch of more than 30 new products and services.

John MacPhee

Solome Tibebu is a behavioral health entrepreneur passionate about frontier technologies and solutions transforming mental health, equity and access. 

She is the founder and host Behavioral Health Tech, the largest community and conference focused on expanding access to mental health, substance use and autism/IDD care through technology and innovation.

Solome was also the founding Fund Director for The Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health, a philanthropic fund focused on youth mental health, funded by Melinda French Gates' personal office, Pivotal Ventures. Since 2020, The Upswing Fund has funded nearly 100 organizations focused on the mental health and well-being of adolescents of color and LGBTQ+ youth. Today, she is co-chair of Pivotal Ventures’ council designing the next youth mental health fund.

Solome has served as a scout and venture partner for Andreessen Horowitz and GreyMatter Capital, respectively. She is a board director or advisor to various non-profit healthcare organizations and for-profit companies. Solome’s work as an investor, entrepreneur, non-profit consultant and behavioral health technology expert has been featured as a Harvard Business Review case study, TEDx Talk, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Inc Magazine, Upworthy, Psychology Today and more.

Previously, Solome's work has spanned behavioral health and human service consulting, venture capital, corporate development and various operating roles at behavioral health software companies large and small. Solome founded and ran a mental health tech startup and, as a former anxious teen, founded and ran the non-profit AnxietyInTeens.org for ten years.

Solome is the recipient of the SAMHSA National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Youth MOVE National Dare to Dream Award (Washington, D.C.), the MN Association of Children’s Mental Health 2010 Outstanding Service Award (Minneapolis, MN), the Margaret Clark Morgan Mental Health Scholar Award (Cleveland, OH), GSCU Dr. Martha L. Colvin Docent (Atlanta, GA), and was selected as 1 of 20 young social entrepreneurs to represent the US internationally at the G20 Summit Young Entrepreneurs Alliance in Sydney, Australia.

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