Our Team
Meet our leadership team
TJ Farnsworth
Founder and CEO
James Grifo, M.D., PhD
Chief Executive Physician
Chris Bright
President of Strategic Ancillaries
Alice D. Domar, PhD
Chief Compassion Officer
Adrian Elorza
Chief Strategy Officer
Julie Farris, SHRM-SCP
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Eric Gregory
Chief Development Officer
Leigh Herzog
Chief Operating Officer
Gaurang Daftary
Chief Scientific Officer
Bryan Markworth
Chief Information Officer
Matthew K. Maruca
Chief Legal Officer
Mark Montondon
President, Physician Relations
Lindsey Rabaut
Chief Marketing Officer
Kat Stillman
Chief Product Officer
John Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Team Member Stories
A Career Journey Through the Inception Family of Brands
A Career Journey Through the Inception Family of Brands
What Is a Legacy? James Grifo, MD, Ph.D., The Prelude Network®
A Day in the Life of David Prokai, MD, The Prelude Network®
What Is a Legacy? James Grifo, MD, Ph.D., The Prelude Network®
A Day in the Life of David Prokai, MD, The Prelude Network®
TJ Farnsworth
Founder and CEO of Inception Fertility
James Grifo, M.D., PhD
Chief Executive Physician
Mark Kehoe
Chief Operating Officer
Lindsey Rabaut
Chief Marketing Officer
Lindsey Rabaut
Chief Marketing Officer
Lindsey Rabaut
Chief Marketing Officer
Kat Stillman
Chief Product Officer
Kat Stillman is the Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President at Inception. In this role she is responsible for driving the development and delivery of technology products for Inception’s patients and employees, including Prelude Connect, Prelude Cryopreservation, and Practice Edge. She also focuses on key partnerships with companies that contribute to the achievement of Inception’s strategic vision.
Kat joined Inception in 2018, and was previously the Regional Vice President, West for The Prelude Network, where she was responsible for the clinical, operational, and financial objectives of Inception’s West Coast clinics. Prior to Inception, Kat served as a Regional Director of Home Programs at DaVita and a consultant at PwC’s Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Practice.
Lindsey Rabaut
Chief Marketing Officer
Bryan Markworth
Chief Information Officer
Eric Gregory
Chief Development Officer
Prior to Inception, Mr. Gregory was Associate Vice President of Business Development at MEDNAX (now Pediatrix) where he focused on mergers and acquisitions among women and children’s, anesthesiology, and radiology specialties. Mr. Gregory also has a background in international banking, having been based in London as Vice President, EMEA Structured Commodity Finance for Macquarie Group.
John “JT” Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
John “JT” Thompson joined Inception Fertility™ as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2023. He oversees Inception’s financial activities, including corporate growth strategies and product/service development, and those of its ancillary brands, including The Prelude Network®, Bundl Fertility, MyEggBank®, Pathways Fertility, HavenCryo™ and NutraBloom®.
Mr. Thompson has more than 30 years of financial experience in the healthcare industry in both public and privately-owned companies. His extensive involvement and leadership in strategy, operations, finance, corporate operations and acquisitions and development has resulted in increased business performance across various healthcare sectors.
Before joining Inception, Mr. Thompson was the CFO of Confluent Health, a national family of physical and occupational therapy companies. His experience includes serving as CFO of Reliant Rehabilitation, a provider of contract rehabilitation services to the long-term care industry, and extending to roles in acquisitions and development for Vencor, Inc. (now Kindred Healthcare) and Humana, Inc.
Mark Montondon
President, Physician Relations
Chris Bright
President
Prior to his role as President, Mr. Bright served on the board of Inception from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Bright was also previously Chief Operating Officer at Integrated Oncology Network, an industry leader in outpatient oncology services, leading all business operations for 48 facilities across the U.S. He served as Chief Operating Officer for SightLine Health, responsible for overall operations and developing plans to drive short- and long-term growth.
Adrian Elorza
Chief Strategy Officer
Matthew K. Maruca
General Counsel
Prior to Inception, Mr. Maruca held the position for Nobilis Health Corp, a health care facilities company traded on the NYSE MKT. With more than a decade of experience in corporate and health care transactional law, he has served as an in-house attorney and in private practice at two national law firms, including Baker Donelson. Mr. Maruca also served as corporate, securities, and transaction counsel for international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.
Mr. Maruca was also the Senior Notes and Comments Editor for the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and served as a Moot Court Board Appointee.
Julie Farris, SHRM-SCP
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Prior to joining Inception, Ms. Farris served as Vice President of Human Resources at Centerre Healthcare, a national company dedicated to developing and operating inpatient rehabilitation hospitals. Her strategy with a dynamic, lean corporate team achieved Centerre a $220 million turnaround built upon delivering superior clinical outcomes through 2,200+ dedicated employees. She also worked previously as Director of HR at AmSurg Corp (now Envision Healthcare), where she led human resource strategies to improve efficiency and achieve cost savings that allowed the company to grow.
Alice D. Domar, PhD
Chief Compassion Officer
Dr. Domar is a health psychologist who focuses on the application of mind/body medicine to women’s health issues. Her research focuses on the relationship between stress and infertility, with a focus on the impact of cognitive behavioral interventions as well as access to care and patient retention.
Dr. Domar is on the board for Parents Magazine and served 10 years on the board of Resolve, the National Infertility Association. She is the author of eight books, including Conquering Infertility and Patient-Centered Assisted Reproduction: How to Integrate Exceptional Care with Cutting Edge Technology, and is the co-creator of the apps FertiCalm and FertiStrong. She is a former chair ASRM’s mental health professionals group.
Gaurang Daftary
Chief Scientific Officer
As Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Daftary supports the Inception Research Institute’s research programs by initiating new trials with pharmaceutical, device, and laboratory sponsors, including multi-center FDA randomized controlled trials. He will also use the most extensive EMR database in North America to help determine the most effective protocols for specific patient populations to increase pregnancy rates and outcomes across the network.
Dr. Daftary brings to the Institute over two decades of innovative scientific research in women’s reproductive healthcare. He currently serves as the CEO of NextGenRepro, which provides consulting, strategy, and complex problem-solving in reproductive medicine and women’s health in the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Before launching NextGenRepro, Dr. Daftary was the Global Scientific Vice President of Reproductive Medicine and Maternal Health at Ferring Pharmaceuticals.
Leigh Herzog
Chief Operating Officer
Since joining Inception Fertility in 2017, Leigh Herzog has played an integral role in shaping the company into one of the nation’s leading providers of comprehensive fertility clinics and services. As Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Herzog oversees operations across Inception’s expansive portfolio of fertility clinics and affiliated services, partnering closely with physicians and executive teams to elevate patient care and deliver exceptional outcomes throughout the fertility journey.
During her tenure, Ms. Herzog has held progressive leadership roles, including Director of Operations, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Regional Chief Operating Officer for the Northeast, and Executive Vice President. In each capacity, she has demonstrated visionary leadership, successfully optimizing processes, fostering strategic growth, and advancing Inception’s mission to redefine fertility care.
Prior to Inception, Leigh honed her expertise in operations and strategy as Director of Operations at Rejuvenan Global Medicine and as an Associate at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.