Susan Wilner Golden is the director of dciX, which is part of the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute (DCI). dciX initiatives engage experienced professionals to focus the next chapter of their lives on building innovations for both social and economic impact. She also leads the Longevity Innovations Special Interest Group, an idea and project accelerator, in partnership with the Stanford Center on Longevity, where she's been a visiting scholar and Fellow since 2017. Golden is the founder of Golden Health Innovations, where she advises startups in the longevity space. Previously, she was a partner at Schroder Ventures, specializing in life sciences and health care investments. She was also a partner in the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund. Golden has served on the Board of Dean's Advisors for the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, worked at Genentech, and was an assistant professor of public health at Boston University Medical School. She received her doctorate from the Harvard School of Public Health and attended the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development.