President

Alex is a change agent with the ability to rally organizations behind a common vision. He is an expert in combining creative messaging, powerful storytelling, and operational excellence to deliver meaningful impact.

Most recently, Alex led marketing communications at Supplyframe, a decision intelligence platform for the global electronics value chain. In that role, Alex widely advanced the power of AI-driveb sourcing to help solve electronics components shortages that emerged from the global COVID pandemic, enabling the rapid production of medical devices and maintenance of a strained global communications infrastructure required to keep essential services running.

Prior to Supplyframe, Alex spent over 20 years in executive leadership and strategic marketing at software companies.

Alex holds BA and MA degrees from Stanford University, and has also worked with various arts music, and social justice nonprofits with a goal of providing equitable access and meaningful experiences that reaffirm what it means to be human.

Founder and Co-Executive Director

Sarah Warren is a registered nurse, writer, speaker, activist, and mental health advocate. She dedicated the last four years of her career to working at the bedside, as well as advocating for better and safer working conditions for all healthcare professionals and the patients they care for. She is now the executive director & co-founder of Don't Clock Out, a 501c3 organization dedicated to supporting healthcare workers through what they go through while navigating the impacts of moral distress.

Founder and Co-Executive Director

Joshua Paredes is a registered nurse based in San Francisco, CA. He currently works on a cardiovascular thoracic step-down unit and has professional experience in emergency medicine and behavioral health.

Early in his career, Joshua recognized the barriers to accessible mental health treatment. His personal experience working as a nurse galvanized his purpose to dismantle those barriers The strong community response in the aftermath of his friend and colleague, Michael Odell’s suicide; compelled Joshua to honor his life by starting Don’t Clock Out with his friends.

He is purpose-bound to destigmatize mental health issues and clear the way to make treatment accessible for all.

Director of Advocacy

Nathalie completed her residency training in the North East during the COVID-19 pandemic. Having completed her training last summer, her first-hand experience at the epicenter motivated her to look inward and recognize that as healthcare workers, we must prioritize our own well-being to carry on the work we do. She is very passionate about HCW burnout, mental health, self-care, sharing resources and fostering community among healthcare workers.

Cofounder

Michael Walujo is a registered nurse based in San Francisco, CA. He has worked in some of the nation’s top critical care settings in staff and travel positions. He has served on medical mission trips in Uganda, which is where he was born. Michael is passionate about advocating for the vulnerable, voiceless, and powerless.

When he is not working, Michael enjoys staying active, spending time with his family and friends, and exploring new places in the world.

Cofounder

John LeBlanc is a critical care nurse with over 8 years of experience. He has spent the majority of his career working in cardiothoracic ICUs. However, after working in COVID-19 ICUs throughout the pandemic, John realized how underserved nurses and healthcare workers are in terms of work-related trauma counseling. 

John experienced the ubiquity of the COVID crisis from rural parts of Northern California and the Central Valley all the way to Beverly Hills. Humbled by the struggles he and his nursing peers faced as a result, he has begun to transition his professional focus on addressing the mental health crisis. He is currently studying to become a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, with a particular passion for increasing access to equitable mental health care in underserved communities