Carolyn Baker Ringel, JD, MBE is an Affiliate and course instructor at the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School. She teaches about the intersection of health law, public policy, and bioethics. She holds an AB in Politics from Princeton University, a JD from the University of Chicago Law School, and an MBE from Harvard Medical School. She previously served as Legal Counsel for the Massachusetts Senate Oversight Committee, as well as The Second Step, a domestic violence non-profit agency. She has served as an advisor to several concierge mental health consulting companies. She is a published writer, TedX speaker, and invited presenter at national and international conferences on the ethics of longevity research as well as transgender healthcare. She serves as a member of the Philanthropic Board of Advisors for Boston Children’s Hospital and the Institutional Review Board for Beth Israel Deaconess. She is an elected member of the Board of Library Trustees for the Town of Dover and previously served as an elected member of the Dover Sherborn School Committee.