Leyli Norouz-Knutsen is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Breathe Institute.

She is known for her uniquely fine-tuned ability to streamline organizational management structures, optimize collaboration and communication, drive impactful media and branding campaigns and to inspire innovation and entrepreneurship.

Leyli has over a decade of experience in higher education, non-profit, board management and operations as a director at both the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and San Diego State University (SDSU).

Since leaving UCLA’s Anderson School of Management in 2007, Leyli's extensive background in healthcare-specific consulting and corporate strategy parlayed perfectly into co-founding The Breathe Institute, and now having the honor to serve on the Board of the The American Academy of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry (AAPMD).

Chad Knutsen is an award-winning filmmaker and producer in Los Angeles with over a decade of experience in the industry.

Chad is an expert generalist, with an uncanny ability to digest and test new knowledge and identify and cultivate creative routes from problems to solutions.

He has consulted for and led successful projects in fields ranging from sustainable technology and agriculture, to construction, security and intelligence. Chad has also won awards from and been asked to present at international conferences by organizations such as MIT, The International Association of Science Parks (IASP), the Moscow Agency of Innovation, and SXSW.

As Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of The Breathe Institute, Chad's diverse background and piercing curiosity have helped to keep TBI at the technological forefront.