A life’s work, with familiar faces.

Lived experience, paired with clinical advisors. The human side of behavioral health that AI still misses.

Nicole Kalhorn

Co-Founder

Nicole Kalhorn

Princeton, International Policy. Built behavioral health systems as Director of Product and Wellness at Hudson’s Bay Company.

Clayton Alenik

Co-Founder

Clayton Alenik

Lived experience expert who captained UNLV men’s tennis for three years. Brings a hospitality-first lens to the field.

Danielle Serie-Stockton

VP of Operations

Danielle Serie-Stockton

Teach for America alum. Ran leadership accelerator programs at UnitedHealthcare and rose to Regional Director of Growth.

Jeff Hollis

Lead Engineer

Jeff Hollis

Princeton ORFE, All-American high jumper and former Epic engineer. Brings deep experience building stable, scalable systems.

Lewis Pardo

Engineer

Lewis Pardo

Former Epic engineer who specializes in innovation, building the Wise Friend platform and the tools people use between sessions.

Cherrial Odell

Head of Content

Cherrial Odell

Studied psychology at Stanford. Founded Wellness Buddies and co-chairs the Not Alone Summit.

Honoring our roots in the Inspiring Children Foundation.

Wise Friend is built in partnership with the Inspiring Children Foundation and its 27 years of work with young people and families. Together we power Not Alone, whose online tools reach more than 1.6 million people.

Two of our founders are alumni of the Foundation, so this work started long before it had a name.

Advisory council.

Builders, clinicians and operators across clinical psychology, behavioral health policy, academic medicine, athletic performance and youth development.

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