A snapshot of the people currently serving Better Athlete in advisory, clinical, legal, and strategic-partner roles. Organized by category — Founder + Executive, Clinical Advisory, Legal Team, Strategic + Athlete Partners, and Operational Advisors. Not all relationships are formally papered yet; status noted per row. This roster is companion to the Legal Team Master Briefing V1.0 and Master Attorney Brief V3.0.
| Name / Credential | Area of expertise | Role in BA | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Anthony Founder + CEO ACTIVE |
Training intelligence · human-performance design · brand · product strategy · athlete-centered methodology | Founder · CEO · President · Sole Director (at C-Corp formation). Signs all pre-formation instruments as individual with forward-assignment to Delaware C-Corp. | Founder of Better Athlete and everyday athlete®. Culminates six NYC studio spaces of training + programming lineage. BFS (Beyond the Front Sidelines) alum with high-school-athletics network access. Currently 100% owner of BA at C-Corp formation; targeting $11M net at Y4–Y5 growth event via QSBS §1202. |
| Name / Credential | Area of expertise | Role in BA | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Gibbons PhD, PT ACTIVE |
Physical therapy · biomechanics · return-to-play criteria · validated-instrument methodology (LEAP-Q, Melin 2014, etc.) | Clinical Tier 1 signoff on the readiness model. Reviews methodology, phase-gating logic, and every draft in the Master Library pending_clinical_review queue. Candidate for peer-reviewable case series by Y2. |
Doctorate-level physical therapist. Signed off on the readiness model 2026-06-24 with 4 pre-pilot fixes. Wired to flag wording drift in validated instruments (LEAP-Q paraphrase was a Tier 1 methodology ask). First formal clinical-advisor outreach — sets the template for the eventual Clinical Advisory Board. |
| Frank Ennis MD · sports medicine IN CONVERSATION → SIGNING |
Sports medicine · orthopedic + sports medicine practice referrals · MD-level methodology sign-off | Named clinical advisor. Referral conduit between BA schools/clubs and partner orthopedic + sports medicine practices. Advisor side-letter drafted 2026-06-13, not yet signed. Under new tri-counsel structure, Savar to complete standard advisor agreement. | Sports medicine physician. Reviewed Better-Athlete-Clinical-Review-V2.1.docx routed via Frank Sarcone (family network conduit). Referenced by the 00-FOR-FRANK/ folder of clinical-review materials. Candidate for peer-reviewable case series by Y2 with Allison. |
| Kirk Campbell MD · NYU (Langone) CONFIRMED ADVISOR · TERM TBD |
Medicine · NYU affiliation · specific specialty + focus areas to be confirmed. Opens NYU Langone institutional adjacency from "in application" to "in conversation" via Kirk as internal bridge. | Confirmed advisor as of 2026-07-14 (term TBD). Advisor side-letter to be drafted by Savar under the standard advisor-agreement template. Potential Clinical Advisory Board member alongside Allison + Frank Ennis. | Physician affiliated with NYU (NYU Langone). LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kirk-campbell-md-92ababa2/. Direct: 917-334-2051. Deeper bio + specialty + focus areas to be filled in from LinkedIn review; institutional bridge to NYU Langone (one of the four institutional adjacency targets tracked by BA — HSS · NYU Langone · Columbia · ONS). |
| Name / Credential | Area of expertise | Role in BA | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Savar Partner · The Savar Law Firm PLLC ACTING COUNSEL |
Entity formation · capital markets (SAFE + priced equity) · franchise + FDD · Foundation 501(c)(3) · partnership instruments · NDA + trade-secret hygiene · general corporate | Acting counsel going forward. Handles Delaware C-Corp formation, founder IP-assignment, SAFE angel round, Series A prep, franchise agreement + FDD, Foundation formation Q4-2026, Meredith Founding Athlete Partner instrument, VueMotion API + data-rights agreement, DTSA NDA template. | Partner at The Savar Law Firm PLLC (New York). 43 W. 43rd Street, Suite 55, NYC 10036 · +1 917 881 4009 · savarlaw.ai. Firm domain suggests AI-tech-forward practice — potentially useful lens for the training-intelligence trade-secret perimeter. Engaged 2026-07-14 post-consultation that locked the pivot to Delaware C-Corp + SAFE (retiring the prior PBC + priced-only + IP-Co plan). |
| Nathan J. Gallus Associate · IP Attorney · Billion & Armitage ACTIVE |
Patent drafting + prosecution · omnibus provisional applications · trade-secret perimeter · method-of-training patents (§101 post-Recentive) | Patent counsel. Drafting the omnibus provisional patent application covering Dual-State Protocol + LESRI + Fibonacci-as-state-machine + Master Library selection workflow. Downstream non-provisional conversion + prosecution + potential foreign filings. | Associate at Billion & Armitage ("Patents with Purpose"). Office (952) 697-2646 · cell (952) 200-7132 · ngallus@billionarmitage.com · linkedin.com/in/nathanjgallus/. Engaged 2026-07-13. Firm partner (engagement co-signatory): Benjamin C. Armitage · (952) 697-2632. Work product portable to future counsel on full payment. Timeliness: 4+ US business days / 7+ foreign business days lead time on PTO deadlines. |
| Courtney Thornton Managing Partner · Thornton IP Law LLC · she/her ACTIVE |
Trademark prosecution + assignment + enforcement · DMCA agent registration + maintenance · Section 8/15 + renewal filings | TM + DMCA counsel of long standing. Immediate: cease-and-desist letter to Everyday Athlete, LLC (unauthorized use of the EVERYDAY ATHLETE mark) and USPTO change of representation for all 5 registered marks. Phase 2: EVERYDAY ATHLETE renewal by 2026-10-19 and Section 8/15 combined maintenance for the four 2020 registrations by 2026-11-17. Post-C-Corp formation: TM assignment execution under Savar's IP-assignment agreement. | Managing Partner of Thornton IP Law LLC (Atlanta GA). 4298 Wickersham Drive NW, Atlanta 30327 · 650.776.1133 · courtney@thorntoniplaw.com · thorntoniplaw.com. Engaged 2026-05-20. Filed all 5 BA registered marks and DMCA agent registration (DMCA-1074271). Scope narrowed 2026-07-14 to TM + DMCA (post-Savar engagement for entity + capital + partnerships). |
| Name / Credential | Area of expertise | Role in BA | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meredith Speck NWSL · NC Courage FOUNDING ATHLETE PARTNER · CANDIDATE |
Elite women's soccer · NWSL culture + veteran perspective · ACL recovery lived experience · locker-room leadership · Ivy-league academic frame | Founding Athlete Partner candidate. Equity ceiling 1.0–2.5% staged vesting tied to external milestones (pilot wins, sponsor intros, capital support). Not operating cofounder. Cultural + women's-soccer credibility layer. Instrument shape: restricted C-Corp common with milestone-cliff vesting; §83(b) election on athlete's side (Savar to draft). | NWSL midfielder · North Carolina Courage (2017+). 10 seasons through 2025. 3 NWSL championships · 3 Shields · 2 Challenge Cups. 100th NWSL regular-season appearance August 2025. Yale alum (psychology, 3-time All-Ivy, 56 appearances). Sacred Heart Academy · Rockville Centre NY. Played pro Sweden → Portland Thorns → Western NY Flash (2016) → NC Courage. ACL tear June 24, 2023 vs Racing Louisville; return May 17, 2024 — 3 assists in 4 July 2024 Summer Cup games → NWSL Team of the Month. Featured on Amazon Prime "For the Win" as "glue of the team." Yale Alumni Magazine "Captain Courageous." Best friend of Sam Mewis; HAO (Heather O'Reilly) connection. |
| Samir Goel Co-CEO · Esusu Financial FOUNDATION ADVISOR → INVESTOR TRACK |
Financial inclusion · fintech scaling to $1B+ · philanthropic capital · immigrant founder framing · sports-partnership commercial precedent (Esusu × LAFC) | Sequenced ask: (1) Foundation advisor seat first · (2) Bay FC / Gotham FC warm intros T+30–60d · (3) LAFC-style playbook for NWSL T+90+ · (4) Founding Investor conversation T+180d (SAFE per V2.0 pivot). Highest-leverage single potential advisor. | Co-founder + co-CEO Esusu Financial · $1.2B unicorn · NYC fintech · rent-reporting + credit-building · 12M people reached, 5M rental units, 20K+ properties. NYU Stern BS '16. Previously LinkedIn (sales ops EMEA). Co-founded Transfernation (501c3, food rescue) in college. Awards: TIME100 NEXT (2023), EY Entrepreneur of the Year National (2023), Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (2022), Forbes 30 Under 30 (2020), AFROTECH Founders of the Year (2023). Boards: MoMA PS1, NYU Stern CSB, SaverLife. Cap-table: Goldman Sachs + AF Ventures (Esusu Series B). Sports precedent: Esusu × LAFC — Official Rent Reporting Platform of LAFC, "Captain of the Match," "Free Kicks For Free Rent." |
| Name / Credential | Area of expertise | Role in BA | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael team 4-role advisor bench ACTIVE |
Product · growth · finance · operations · founder sounding-board | Rolling advisor bench across the four core operating disciplines. Tomas holds the CEO + CPPO seat; advisors sit across the operational quadrant. Not equity-locked; ad-hoc consultation. | Four-role bench structured to give the founder domain-specific counsel without over-committing equity or headcount pre-Series A. Locked 2026-06-15. Roles are the disciplines (P/G/F/O), not fixed individuals — makes the bench composable as BA scales. |
| Name | Role | Bio |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Sarcone Family / network contact — NOT an MD |
Long-standing BA family network contact — Tomas's family relation and father of Willa Sarcone (BA marketing lead). Serves as the conduit for MD-level methodology review — routes BA materials to his MD friends (including Frank Ennis, MD) for clinical sign-off. | Listed here to prevent future confusion: Frank Sarcone is not a physician and does not sit on the Clinical Advisory. Any prior doc that credentialed him as "Frank Sarcone, MD" was wrong and has been swept 2026-07-14. Frank Ennis, MD is the sports-medicine physician; Frank Sarcone is the referral conduit. The 00-FOR-FRANK/ folder name refers to "for the MD Frank reviewing" — currently understood to be Frank Ennis. |