Co-founder and Chairman, One Mind, proprietor Staglin Family Vineyard
Garen is Founder/Chairman of ONE MIND (OM) www.onemind.org a 501c (3) non-profit. OM is dedicated to better diagnostics, treatments and early intervention for all brain illnesses and eliminating the stigma associated with them. Practicing “open science” principles, OM leverages large scale public private partnerships as well as individual scientist to achieve these goals. Over 20 years, OM and OMI and the Staglin Music Festival for Brain Health have raised $380M for brain research. Garen is a private equity investor with 40 years’ experience in financial services. He is on the Board of SVB, ExL Services, & Profit Velocity Solutions, is a Senior Advisor to FTV Capital, and Co-Chairs the $4.2B UCLA Centennial Campaign. Former Boards include NVoice Pay, FDC, and Solera. He graduated UCLA, BS Engineering (1966), and Stanford GSB, MBA (1968). He and his family founded STAGLIN FAMILY VINEYARD in 1985 in Napa. The Staglins' motto is "Great Wine for Great Causes." They have generated $1B through their causes & wine donations.