Edward Garcia III, MHS (Eddie) is the founder and executive director of the Foundation for Social Connection (F4Sc) and Co-Director of the Coalition to End Social Isolation & Loneliness (CESIL). He is also the co-director of the Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection, a partnership with 10 countries across the globe. He has led and been actively involved in numerous multi-stakeholder coalitions aimed at improving our nation’s health care delivery and financing systems. He holds a Masters in Health Science of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.