Katie Baca-Motes co-founded the Scripps Research Digital Trials Center in early 2020 and serves as Sr. Director of Strategic Initiatives for Scripps Research and as Chief Strategy Officer for CareEvolution, a healthcare technology company. She’s led several innovative efforts in the digital health and decentralized clinical trial space and as a former Disney Imagineer, she is passionate about bringing a bit of magic into healthcare. She has an MBA from the University of California, San Diego, where she teaches a Negotiations course. She serves as an advisor and consultant to several organizations in digital health technology and behavioral science. She recently moved to Munich from Southern California.