Team Leads of Canopy Cancer Collective
Dr. Carrie Stricker
Executive Director
Carrie is the Executive Director of the Canopy Cancer Collective. She has focused her career on developing, implementing, and scaling care delivery and digital health innovations to transform cancer care. Her career to date has included 17 years at University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center as an oncology NP, Clinician Scientist, and Director of Clinical Programs in Cancer Survivorship, followed by seven years as Co-founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Carevive Systems, Inc. In 2020, she re-joined academia as an Associate Professor of Nursing at Thomas Jefferson University and Associate Director in the Sidney Kimmel College of Medicine's Digital Health track, and now retains her academic affiliation while serving as Canopy's executive director.
Carrie lives in the Philadelphia area and spends her free time sailing the open oceans and inland bays with her husband, teenage son, and dog Mabel.
To learn more about Carrie’s work, please visit: https://www.marypazduraward.com/
Dr. Joseph Herman
Chief Medical Officer
An internationally recognized cancer expert focusing on gastrointestinal malignancies, Joe co-founded and is currently the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Canopy Cancer Collective Learning Health Network (LHN) and the Director for Clinical Research at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. Joe provides team-based interdisciplinary patient care that is compassionate, innovative, and efficient. Having 20 years of experience in administration, clinical care, education, research, and leadership has prepared him well for this collective.
Before joining Canopy Cancer Collective Joe directed clinical research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, then served as ad-interim Division Head of the Division of Radiation Oncology. Previously, Joe served as Director of Clinical Research for the Johns Hopkins University Department of Radiation Oncology where he initiated and co-directed the Pancreatic Multidisciplinary Clinic, while also partnering with administration and clinical teams to develop multidisciplinary clinics in other disease sites including prostate, head and neck, liver, and lung cancers.
Joe has been a writing member for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), American College of Radiology (ACR), and American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) guidelines committees. He is currently on the medical advisory board for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN), part of the Cancer Accelerator Initiative for the Lustgarten Foundation, and member of the National Institutes of Health Pancreas Task Force. Joe lives in New York with his family, and spends his free time playing soccer with his kids.
Willy Hoos
Cancer Research and Collaboration Lead
Willy is an entrepreneur, executive, and venture leader in healthcare innovation, and he leads Canopy Cancer Collective’s collaboration initiatives. Willy is also the chief commercial officer of xCures, a company focused on patient-centric oncology clinical trials. He founded and is chairman of ClinWiki.org, which provides crowdsourced clinical trial information. Willy has worked in oncology with for-profit and nonprofit organizations, advising numerous medical diagnostic, device, pharmaceutical, and patient advocate organizations globally on product development and market strategy. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife and three daughters, occasionally getting the chance to golf, ski, or run.
Joanie Kriens
Co-creator
Joanie is a philanthropist and co-creator of 1440 Foundation, 1440 Multiversity, and the Canopy Cancer Collective. For more than two decades, she has worked with nonprofits helping students and educators increase self-awareness, reduce stress, and learn mindfulness. Her foundational efforts launched some of the first school-based social and emotional learning programs in the United States. In 2017, Joanie was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. During her battle, she witnessed deep disconnects among patients, healthcare providers, and potentially life-saving trials. But with hope, innovation, and collaboration, cancer survivors can become cancer thrivers. That is “hope for living well.” That is Joanie's vision for Canopy Cancer Collective. Read Joanie's Story Here
Scott Kriens
Co-creator
Scott is the chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks, and the co-creator of 1440 Foundation, 1440 Multiversity, and the Canopy Cancer Collective. He has been a leader in the technology industry for more than 35 years. In 1996, he co-founded Juniper, growing the company to $4 billion in global sales with more than 10,000 employees in 100 countries. Scott's focus on cultivating authentic leaders led to work at 1440 Foundation and the development of the Leadership Center at 1440 Multiversity. There he and teams focus on life's crucibles, understanding oneself, and building trust. At his core, Scott is a learner and a builder. With 1440 Foundation, he seeks new ways to tie the world around us to that which is real and powerful within us — whether for the purpose of building teams as a leader in the tech industry, or simply as an advocate for the path to living lives of true resonance.