Jody is founder and Senior Managing Partner of Longevity Venture Advisors
LLC, where he works with innovative entrepreneurs, venture investors, public
companies, and non-profit organizations to successfully leverage business
and investment opportunities in the $8.3 trillion Longevity Economy. He is a
recognized expert and thought leader on health innovation, and products and
services of relevance to the aging population, and the opportunities and
challenges presented by the demographic wave. In honor of his contributions,
he was recognized as a Top 50 Influencer in Aging by Next Avenue/NPR. He
has over three decades of experience helping companies grow by developing
and implementing competitive strategies and achieving their strategic market
goals. 
Jody was previously AARP’s Senior Vice President of Thought Leadership
and Market Innovation where he conceived and built the first program to spark
innovation in the market that benefits people over 50. In this role, he
envisioned and developed the concept and market category of the $8.3 trillion
Longevity Economy; Designed and helped execute AARP’s venture capital
strategy as a member of the Investment Committee; Created and built the
Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch franchise which attracted over 1,000 startup
applicants resulting in 35 finalists who raised over $250 million in venture
investment;  Envisioned and launched the Longevity
Network  www.longevitynetwork.org  with United Healthcare, a destination for
entrepreneurs, investors, and industry; Produced the first market reports and
revenue forecasts in digital health, caregiving, and FinTech of relevance to
older people; and, Built the health-focused research consortium, Project
Catalyst, including United Healthcare, Pfizer, Medstar Health and Robert
Wood Johnson.  Prior to creating the Market Innovation initiative, Jody was
SVP of AARP’s Research and Strategic Analysis group and created AARP’s
first competitive intelligence initiative.
Before joining AARP, Jody was in senior leadership roles in several strategy
consulting firms, including Pricewaterhouse Coopers, and FutureBrand. He
was a futurist with the NaisbittGroup. And, in a brief environmental phase he
produced The Report to the President on the Exxon Valdez Spill,
and supported the US delegation to the Montreal Protocol to Protect the
Ozone Layer. Prior to that, he worked with developing countries to design
investment promotion programs and economic development strategies.
Jody holds a graduate degree from the University of Chicago. He is a
Managing Director of Match Point Partners, a  digital health advisory firm and
investment bank, and was on the Strategic Advisory Board of HLM Venture
Partners. His work has been published in, American Banker, Journal of
Business Strategy, Competitive Intelligence Magazine, Competitive
Intelligence Anthology, Making Cents Out of Knowledge Management, and
Venture Capital Review. His thought leadership and achievements have been
recognized in Bloomberg Businessweek, CNBC, Financial Times, Forbes,
Fortune, Information Week, Marketplace, NY Times, PBS News Hour,
VentureBeat, USA Today, and other media.