Global brain health & longevity leaders, advancing human potential and healthy aging, 2026
In this edition, we recognise Patricia Faust, MGS, a Gerontologist and Brain Health Specialist whose work has been dedicated to bringing greater awareness to cognitive health and the importance of taking action before decline becomes apparent.
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Patricia Faust
Gerontologist and Brain Health Specialist
Patricia’s entry into gerontology was shaped by the same instinct that has defined everything since: the recognition that a crisis was coming and that preparation could not wait. She pursued her Master’s in Gerontological Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, at a time when Alzheimer’s statistics were already alarming and the boomer generation’s mass entry into vulnerable older age was a mathematical certainty. What she found when she arrived at that Posit Science booth was scientific validation for what she had intuitively understood: the brain was not fixed, and the decline was not inevitable.
Sara Schwartz
Clinician & Author
In a field where compassion is currency and resilience is the foundation of every breakthrough, Sara Schwartz stands apart. A licensed professional counselor, published author, clinical supervisor, and entrepreneur, Sara has spent the better part of a decade building something rare in the mental health space: a career that is simultaneously deeply personal and systemically transformative. Her journey is not one of straight lines and easy answers. It is a story of adversity converted into advocacy, of gratitude channeled into action, and of a woman who decided that paying it forward was not just a gesture but a life’s mission.
Dr. Sola Togun-Butler
Founder, CEO, Psychotherapist, & Coach
In a medical practice in Nigeria, where two doctors opened their doors to everyone regardless of their ability to pay, a young girl watched her parents rewrite the rules of healthcare. Her father, a psychiatrist, spoke openly about mental health in a society where such conversations were taboo. Her mother, a general practitioner, treated patients with dignity even when payment never came. These were not occasional acts of charity but the daily rhythm of a household where service was as natural as breathing.
