Hackathon Judges

Joy Allen

Chair, Berklee's Music Therapy Department; Acting Director, Music and Health Institute

Joy Allen joined Berklee as chair of the Music Therapy Department in August 2016. She is an accomplished clinician, supervisor, researcher, teacher, and administrator with extensive experience in psychological health, pain management, and the family system.

Allen has expertise working with children, adolescents, and adults with mental health issues, applying a family systems approach. She is particularly passionate about working with individuals and families facing chronic illnesses, including cancer. Her current research interests include quantitative analysis of the effects of music therapy on the psychological health of medical patients, guided imagery and music with medical patients, and medical music therapy theory development and efficacy. She comes to Berklee from Loyola University in New Orleans, where she served as coordinator of music therapy and associate professor.

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Yumin Choi

Partner, Bain Capital

Yumin Choi joined Bain Capital Ventures in 2017 and leads its healthcare team. He is based in Boston and invests across venture and growth stages. Choi was previously general partner at HLM Venture Partners, a health care–focused venture fund. He spent 10 years at HLM, where he led a variety of investments across the health care IT and services sectors. He has served as board director for AbleTo, mPulse Mobile, Oceans Healthcare, Payspan (acquired by Primus Capital), Spinal Kinetics, and Vets First Choice. He was also board observer for Imagine Health, Nordic Consulting (acquired by Silversmith Capital Partners), Persivia, and TYRX (acquired by Medtronic).

Choi serves on the board of trustees for Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Mass. Eye and Ear. He is on the New England Venture Capital Association’s board of directors and was previously chair of New England Venture Network. He is also on the board of advisors for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He has served as a lecturer at the Gordon Institute at Tufts University, where he taught entrepreneurial finance.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Choi moved to Hawaii at the age of 10, where he attended Punahou School. Outside of work, he enjoys golfing, fly fishing, and bird hunting, and can be found listening to his vinyl record collection. He received his B.S. in entrepreneurship and finance at Babson College.

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Zen Chu

Lori Gooding, Ph.D., MT-BC, is an assistant professor of music therapy at Florida State University. Her clinical background includes music therapy in mental and physical health care, and her research has focused on music therapy in psychosocial care, patient-and family-centered care in music therapy, and music therapy education.

Gooding's publications appear in journals like the Journal of Music Therapy and Music Therapy Perspectives, and she is a member of the board of directors for the American Music Therapy Association. Gooding has presented nationally and internationally, and currently serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Music Therapy. She has also received research grants from organizations like the AARP, the National Institute on Aging, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs/National Endowment for the Arts, and the Awesome Foundation.

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