TeleVisit is made up of a diverse group of individuals who care deeply about improving the lives of older adults. We are always looking for passionate people to join our team.
Our Team
Board of Directors & Advisors
Executive Director: Wesley Cheng
Wesley is the founder and executive director of TeleVisit.
He is a high tech entrepreneur and co-founded KonaWare, a wireless applications company for mobile devices, in 2001. It was sold to ServicePower (the leader in service optimization software where he served as VP Product Management) and GPS pioneer Trimble. He then founded HabitatCare, a research and consulting company that focused on aging-in-place technology solutions. Wesley has also spent 15 years in technical management positions at Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems.
Board Member, Program Director: Julie Cheng
Julie is the program director for TeleVisit; researching, sourcing, producing and scheduling interesting activities. She is the voice of TeleVisit as she hosts many of the sessions; greeting the seniors every day and facilitating the activities.
Julie is also the leader of the senior ministry at Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto, California.
Julie Cheng is a music therapist and piano instructor. She has used music to help seniors, stroke patients, and children with developmental or emotional challenges.
Board Member: Dr Rita Ghatak
Rita is the Founder and Director of Aging Adult Services at Stanford Healthcare since 2005. She directs the programs of Care Coordination, Geriatric Health, Home Technology, Memory Support, Caregiver Education, and oversees coordinated care for thousands of older adults.
She received the Stanford Health Care Isaac Stein Award for Compassionate Care at Stanford in 2008.
She plays a key role in many eldercare coalitions including public policy. She has conducted research on dementia management, caregiver training, patient care outcomes and management of neurological disorders. Her current focus at Stanford is readmissions, post-discharge care models, delirium, heart failure and dementia support. She is a published psychologist/gerontologist with multiple articles and has spoken in multiple national and international forums.
She completed her Masters, PhD from JNU, India, and did her post-doctoral work at Stanford.
Board Member: Mo Fong
Mo is currently the Executive Director at the Stanford Technology Ventures Program in the School of Management Science and Engineering focusing on entrepreneurship research, programs and outreach. Prior to STVP, Mo spent 15 years at Google leading global teams in various functional areas including her most recent role as Sr. Director of Google Technical Solutions for Google Learning and Education, Google Assistant and Search. She has also served as Google's Director K12 Education Outreach and Chief Compliance Officer for Google Wallet. Mo worked also at PayPal in risk management and was the Executive Director of the Stanford Educational Leadership Initiative (https://seli.stanford.edu/).
She started her career as a high school math and chemistry teacher and administrator with the Fremont Union High School District. She is the founder of LeiFongCoaching, LLC focused on supporting women of color in tech to lead with confidence and joy. Mo is a current board member for Develop for Good, Televisit.org, Starfish Institute, 100kin10.org, and the National Girls Collaborative Project. She is also an angel investor in various edtech and healthcare start-ups. Mo is part of the Asian Women Coaching Collective, previous board member of the Stanford Asian Pacific American Alumni Community, and was active in Google’s Asian Director+ Leadership Group of VPs and Asian Googler Network. She lives in California with her husband and two sons (11 and 13 years old).
Advisor: Richard Adler
Richard is a Distinguished Fellow at The Institute for the Future, an independent non-profit research organization with over 40 years experience in forecasting and long-range planning. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, IFTF identifies future trends and key discontinuities that will transform the marketplace.
He is also a Principal at People & Technology, which provides research and consulting in the areas of technology and aging. Clients include AARP, Bank of America, Broadband for America, California HealthCare Foundation, CNN, Deloitte, the Japan Research Institute, Mercer, Microsoft, On Lok, Procter & Gamble, Verizon and Seniors Media Lab
Richard is a board member of Institute for the Ages, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to accelerate innovation in the field of aging
Advisor: Dione Chen
Dione is a marketing consultant who has over 25 years of experience. She served as VP Marketing at StartX (Stanford-affiliated accelerator's mission is to advance the development of startup founders through providing educational programs, mentorship, a community of high-potential founders, resources and access to funding) and BOMA Systems (which provides patent-pending telecommunications services for emergency notification and group communications). She has held marketing management positions at high tech companies, including Sun Microsystems.
Dione serves as Board Member for the Center for Age-Friendly Excellence (CAFE) whose mission is to
mission of the Center for Age-Friendly Excellence is to advance applied research, information and resources, advocacy and evidence-based best practices for transforming intergenerational communities.
Staff
Program Manager: Deborah Baker
Deborah works with parter organizations such as virtual villages, home care agencies, and senior residences to develop their virtual community programs.
She has 15 years of technical management experience at Hewlett Packard and Raychem (part of Tyco Electronics). Her startup experience includes operations management at Web Lunch Box and Purple Coupon.
Her nonprofit work includes 6 years at Los Altos Festival of Lights, where she is currently the president.
Creative Director: Joshua Cheng
Joshua is a Biola design graduate and user experience specialist who yearns for accessibility for everyone including seniors. He works to make technology and programs easy to use and fun for everyone regardless of their restrictions. He aims to bridge the gap between seniors and technology so they can enjoy the benefits of connecting and interacting in an online environment.
He previously worked at PixelBerry Studios and StackCare as a Motion GFX designer and UX designer respectively.