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.

Director of Bioethics · Santa Clara UniversitySenior Lecturer · MIT

Guadalupe Hayes-Mota in a navy blazer and blue shirt
From lived experience
to global healthcare leadership.
Meet Guadalupe

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Silicon Valley, CaliforniaHealthcare leader & educator

A life behind the work

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

Selected impact across biopharma & Healr Solutions

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.

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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.

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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

Leadership & experience

Across the systems
that shape healthcare.

Teaching the next generation. Advising institutions. Building and leading healthcare organizations.

01 Teaching & program leadership

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University ↗ Director, Bioethics Program

Leads the Bioethics Program and teaches applied healthcare ethics through clinical internships and 23 original cases.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗ Senior Lecturer

Teaches biopharmaceutical ethics, careers in medicine, and global operations across three MIT courses.

02 Public & technology advisory

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

Serves on the Cures Acceleration Network Review Board, supporting the translation of research into treatments.

European Commission AI Advisor

Advises on AI for health emergency preparedness, medicine shortages, and supply resilience in the European Union.

OpenAI AI & Biotechnology Advisor

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

03 Building & operating

Healr Solutions Founder & Former CEO

Built an AI biopharma platform serving 43 countries, raised $11 million in seed funding, and led its 2024 acquisition.

Ultragenyx · Earlier leadership at GSK and Biogen Former SVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer

Led global medicine supply operations across Ultragenyx, GSK, and Biogen.

UCLA Health Former Executive Director, Ambulatory Clinics

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

“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.
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“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.”

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.

Invite Guadalupe to speak ↗

“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

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
Guadalupe Hayes-Mota speaking at a podium at MIT

Selected talks

See the ideas in action.

“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
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“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.”

Education

A foundation across disciplines.

Scientific and technical training meets humanistic inquiry, business, and public policy. Together, these disciplines inform Guadalupe’s approach to healthcare, AI, and ethics.

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • ChemistryBachelor of Science · S.B.
  • LiteratureBachelor of Science · S.B.
  • AI Engineering SystemsMaster of Science · M.S.
  • Business AdministrationM.B.A. · MIT Sloan

Harvard

Harvard Kennedy School

  • Master in Public Administration

George Washington
University

  • Doctor of EngineeringAI & Machine Learning
More perspectives on teaching & patient focus
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

Selected recognition

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

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
Board & executive advisory Keynotes & media Teaching & research

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