VIN FERRARA, MD, MBA

Vin is the Founder and CEO of Home Impact Partners. He has a diverse health-focused background, comprised of over 25 years of experience as a researcher, MD/MBA, entrepreneur, operator, management consultant, and healthcare investor. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute's Health Leaders Network. He founded Home Impact Partners because he was inspired by the mission of helping real estate developers and investors build healthy places to live.

Prior to founding Home Impact Partners, Vin was most recently a Managing Director at Ziegler, and previously a Partner at Concord Health Partners. Vin launched his business career as founder and CEO at Xenith, which helped change the paradigm for concussion prevention and management in sports, through a relentless commitment to both innovation and education. Vin was subsequently a management consultant within the healthcare practice at global consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he participated on a variety of projects for senior leaders of healthcare systems, medical device manufacturers, biopharmaceutical companies, and private equity firms. He was then a member of the corporate strategy and medical affairs teams at Biogen, a leading neuroscience biopharmaceutical company, and was chief business development officer at Thorne HealthTech, an innovative consumer wellness company.

Vin received an MD from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, as well as an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, where he focused on topics related to healthcare venturing. Prior to graduate school, he worked for three years as a research fellow at the Transplantation Biology Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital on protocols designed to increase availability and success of organ transplants. Vin is a graduate of Harvard University, where he was a Government major, and played quarterback on the varsity football team.

Vin is FINRA Series 7 Registered, and has pursued executive education through Columbia Business School, including Venture Capital and Private Equity, ESG Investing, Driving Strategic Impact, as well as real estate finance education through Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and The Urban Land Institute.