Ashley Tyrner has gone from being a single mom on food stamps where she first hand experienced life as an economically disadvantaged minority to the founder and CEO of a rapidly growing Health Tech company. FarmboxRx was born out of Ashley’s own life experiences and exists today within healthcare to break down barriers to health equity through nutrition and health literacy. Ashley has worked within food policy alongside Sam Kass during the Obama administration to create partnerships for Michelle Obama’s Let's Move Campaign and create pilot programs for SNAP/EBT with the USDA. Today Ashley’s primary focus is driving change within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid for a more holistic approach to nutrition access and health outcomes.
Ashley has a clear conviction that everyone deserves the right to eat healthy and speaks around the country on her life experiences, health care, wellness, food access, and entrepreneurship. Ashley has been awarded the 40 under 40 Food Policy award from Hunter College, the 2016 Glamour Magazine Starters Project, 2021 Progressive Grocers Top Women in Grocery and Next Gen in Food Awards, as well as recognized by Infiniti in 2017 in their Beyond the Numbers campaign.
We must advocate for the positive impact that technology can have on healthcare outcomes, while also building solutions to create a more equitable health system. This includes traditional, less tech-reliant methods for those unable to embrace technology.
Twelve short years ago I was a single mother, pregnant and surviving off of food stamps where I relied on the support of the SNAP program. Now, I’ve been given the opportunity to build a platform where I can give a voice to those in similar positions that I once was in and advocate for their needs.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.