Healthcare Leader · Bioethicist · AI Strategist

Guadalupe Hayes-Mota.

Guadalupe helps boards and executives turn advances in AI and biotechnology into responsible decisions and wider access to medicine.

Work with Guadalupe Explore the work
Guadalupe Hayes-Mota in a navy blazer and blue shirt
2.3B+ people reached through medicine supply networks Source: MIT Alumni

Appointments, advisory & public voice

NIH Cures Acceleration Network European Commission OpenAI Forbes · Fast Company
Guadalupe Hayes-Mota outdoors
Silicon Valley, CaliforniaHealthcare leader & educator

A life behind the work

For Guadalupe, access to medicine has never been theoretical.

Born in Zacatecas, Mexico, with severe hemophilia, he learned early what happens when lifesaving medicine exists but remains out of reach. His family immigrated to the United States when he was 13 in search of care. That experience became a lifelong commitment: make healthcare systems work for the people most likely to be left outside them.

Watch the story behind the work Guadalupe shares his experience growing up with hemophilia in Mexico and facing barriers to care. Watch on YouTube · 8:46 · Published in 2016
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University ↗ Director, Bioethics Program

Leads the academic Bioethics Program and teaches applied healthcare ethics, combining clinical internships with 23 original case studies.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗ Senior Lecturer

Brings biopharma leadership experience to three MIT courses covering biopharmaceutical ethics, careers in medicine, and global operations.

NIH · National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Cures Acceleration Network Review Board Member

Advises NIH’s nearly $1 billion translational research center (FY2026) through its Cures Acceleration Network Review Board, helping accelerate treatments for unmet medical needs.

Healr Solutions Founder & Former CEO

Built an AI biopharma platform spanning 43 countries, raised $11 million in seed funding, and led the company to acquisition in 2024.

43-country reach & acquisition · MIT LGO
Ultragenyx · Earlier leadership at GSK and Biogen Former SVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer

Led medicine supply networks reaching 2.3 billion people across 113 countries; oversaw $2.8 billion in supply spend.

Patient & country reach · MIT Alumni
European Commission AI Advisor

Advises on AI for health emergency preparedness in the 27-member European Union, addressing medicine shortages, demand forecasting, and supply resilience.

OpenAI AI & Biotechnology Advisor

Advises on safe, responsible deployment of advanced AI in drug discovery, life sciences, and clinical decision support.

More leadership & advisory roles
UCLA Health Former Executive Director, Ambulatory Clinics

Led 12 clinics delivering free care to 30,000+ underserved patients annually and raised $22 million for healthcare services.

12 clinics · Fenway Health Annual patient reach · PharmaVoice

Scale of impact

Medicine access at a global scale.

Selected figures from his leadership in global biopharma and the AI company he founded.

43

countries served by the AI platform he founded

MIT LGO
$2.8B

in global supply spend overseen across biopharma leadership roles

Published sources & context

Selected institutional biographies and published reporting provide context for the reach figures above. Links beside individual figures identify the supporting publication.

Global medicine reach · 2.3 billion

The MIT Alumni Association’s 2024 Latinx Graduation speaker biography reports medicines supplied to 2.3 billion patients in 113 countries across Guadalupe’s pharmaceutical leadership roles. The figure describes supply-network reach across those roles.

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Biopharma operations · 113 countries & territories

Santa Clara University’s institutional biography describes his role in helping oversee medicine delivery systems across 113 countries and territories.

Read the SCU profile

Healr Solutions · 43 countries

MIT LGO’s Notable Alumni profile describes Healr’s work optimizing drug production and distribution across 43 countries before its acquisition. Santa Clara University also reports the 43-country reach.

Read the MIT LGO profile

UCLA free care · 12 clinics & 30,000+ patients annually

Fenway Health’s July 2020 board announcement reports that Guadalupe ran 12 free clinics in metropolitan Los Angeles. PharmaVoice’s February 2022 profile reports that the UCLA system provided care to more than 30,000 underserved patients each year.

Fenway Health · 2020 PharmaVoice · 2022

Work with Guadalupe

Advice for consequential healthcare decisions.

Choose a board briefing, governance assessment, executive workshop, or keynote tailored to the decision your organization faces.

01 / AI & BIOETHICS

Governance & board briefings

A focused briefing or assessment of AI risks, accountability, and human oversight.

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02 / STRATEGY & OPERATIONS

Executive workshops

A working session on a live biotechnology, supply, or patient access challenge.

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03 / SPEAKING & DIALOGUE

Keynotes & facilitated dialogue

A tailored keynote and discussion on responsible AI, medicine access, or ethical leadership.

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Speaking & dialogue

Bring the hard questions into the room.

Guadalupe combines lived experience, executive judgment, and ethical clarity to make complex ideas urgent, understandable, and useful.

Responsible AI in healthcare and biotechnology Access to medicine and resilient supply chains Leadership shaped by lived experience
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Guadalupe Hayes-Mota speaking at a podium at MIT

Selected keynotes

Watch Guadalupe bring the ideas to life.

From responsible AI to global access and supply-chain resilience, these talks turn complex healthcare challenges into clear choices for leaders.

Guadalupe Hayes-Mota featured as a WCBP 2026 keynote speaker
WCBP 2026 · Keynote

Code, Care, and Conscience: AI, Ethics, and the Future of Pharma

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Global Access to Medicine keynote by Guadalupe Hayes-Mota
Global health · Keynote

Global Access to Medicine

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Guadalupe Hayes-Mota delivering the MIT Lavender Graduation keynote
MIT 2024 · Lavender Graduation

Lavender Graduation Keynote

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Guadalupe Hayes-Mota speaking about clinical supply chains
Clinical Trials Summit · Address

Managing Clinical Supply Chains During COVID-19

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In their words

The work, seen by others.

Perspectives from people who have worked with Guadalupe in healthcare leadership, AI and European health policy, teaching, and public speaking.

Speaking

“It was a pleasure to work with Guadalupe aligning on the presentation, seeing him captivate the audience (even moving some to tears), and activating them to act on behalf of the patients that the pharmaceutical industry serves.

His confident and articulate delivery made it easy to follow his key points, leaving a lasting impression. I would highly endorse Guadalupe for further speaking engagements.”

Evaristo Rodriguez Pharmaceutical Industry Association of Puerto Rico · Annual Meeting keynote, 2024
AI & European Health Policy

“The session showed how AI is already being used to anticipate demand and prevent shortages of medical countermeasures, and was frank about the implementation challenges that remain.

It was a valuable exchange between policy and practice. Guadalupe's contribution was key to highlighting the role of AI but also its limitations within the EU context.”

Anna Jansana European Commission advisory work Worked with Guadalupe in his role as an AI advisor to the European Union.
Board leadership

“Guadalupe was instrumental in setting up the agenda for the board of directors, ensuring a strategic and effective approach to our financial planning and governance.”

Luis Rivera Former CFO, Fenway Health · Worked with Guadalupe as Board Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair
Teaching & AI

“His lectures are engaging and thought-provoking, sparking lively discussions and debates among students about the critical need for ethical practices in the biopharmaceutical space and the role of AI in healthcare.”

Akunna Rosser Director, Prehealth Advising · Worked with Guadalupe as a Professor at MIT
Teaching

“Professor Hayes-Mota is one of the best professors I have ever encountered in my academic career.”

Student Applied Ethics Internship: Healthcare · Santa Clara University course evaluation, 2026
Patient focus

“Guadalupe consistently centered the needs of our patients, ensuring that every decision and action taken by the company reflected our commitment to serving them.”

Diego Martinez Former direct report · Healr Solutions

Ideas in public

Writing for the decisions ahead.

Guadalupe writes about the choices leaders face as AI and biotechnology move faster than the institutions responsible for them.

Forbes · AI

AI and Drug Development Decisions: A Framework for Accountability

Read at Forbes ↗ Forbes · Neurotech

The Brain Is the Next Platform—But Many Executives Aren’t Ready

Read at Forbes ↗ Forbes · Bioethics

Using the CARES Framework to Build Ethical Biotech Startups

Read at Forbes ↗ STAT · Access

Families Like Mine Depend on Their Local Pharmacy—for Medicine and Survival

Read at STAT ↗ Fast Company · Innovation

How to Transform Scientific Discoveries Into Better Treatments

Read at Fast Company ↗ NAE · Supply chain

Transforming Pharmaceutical Supply Chains: A Connected Approach for Enhanced Drug Delivery

Read at NAE ↗

Selected recognition

Named by Business Insider among six powerful LGBTQ+ executives for boards · Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 · National Academy of Engineering speaker

Public voice

Published or featured in The New York Times · Forbes · Fast Company · STAT · MIT Technology Review · The Boston Globe · National Academy of Engineering publications

Education

Education across disciplines.

Study in science, literature, engineering, business, and public policy informs Guadalupe’s work in healthcare and ethics.

MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.B. Chemistry S.B. Literature M.S. AI Engineering Systems M.B.A., MIT Sloan
Harvard Harvard Kennedy School
Master in Public Administration
GWU George Washington University
Doctor of Engineering in AI & Machine Learning

Let’s talk

Bring Guadalupe into the room where the decision matters.

For inquiries about advisory work, speaking, teaching, or healthcare strategy, contact Guadalupe below.

gomota@alum.mit.edu
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Board & executive advisory Keynotes & media Teaching & research

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