{
  "title": "Rehab.ai Impact Leaders: Q3 2026",
  "path": "/community/impact-leaders-q3-2026",
  "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23",
  "edition": "Q3 2026",
  "scope": "U.S.-focused editorial selection. Q3 updates cover July 1–September 23, 2026; broader career work is labeled separately. The quarter is still in progress.",
  "method": "All selections require documented operating responsibility and a concrete contribution to care access, delivery, research, or practical education. No numerical ranking or claim of exhaustive comparison.",
  "leaders": [
    {
      "id": "solome-tibebu",
      "name": "Solome Tibebu",
      "role": "Founder; President & CEO",
      "organization": "Behavioral Health Tech",
      "focus": "Connecting the people building care",
      "background": "Built Behavioral Health Tech as a convening platform for providers, payors, government leaders, and innovators. Previously served as founding fund director of the Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health.",
      "impact": "Her official biography reports that her Upswing team awarded grants to more than 100 community organizations. The contribution recognized here is building industry collaboration and directing resources to community mental health programs.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "solome-tibebu-primary",
          "title": "Behavioral Health Tech speaker biography",
          "url": "https://www.behavioralhealthtech.com/2026-speakers/solome-tibebu",
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          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
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            "documented contribution"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "selection": {
        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/solome/",
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        "source": "https://www.behavioralhealthtech.com/2026-speakers/solome-tibebu",
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        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "September 22–24, 2026",
        "kind": "Conference · in progress",
        "title": "Making room for the people building care",
        "body": "Behavioral Health Tech’s 2026 conference convenes the care community in Nashville. As its founder and CEO, Tibebu leads the organization behind this meeting of providers, payors, government leaders, and innovators. The event runs September 22–24; this edition was reviewed while it was underway.",
        "url": "https://www.behavioralhealthtech.com/2026-speakers/solome-tibebu",
        "source": "Behavioral Health Tech · 2026 conference",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "nzinga-harrison",
      "name": "Nzinga Harrison, MD",
      "role": "Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer",
      "organization": "Eleanor Health",
      "focus": "Building whole-person addiction care",
      "background": "A physician executive with training in adult psychiatry and addiction medicine, Harrison co-founded Eleanor Health and leads its medical work.",
      "impact": "Eleanor combines medication, counseling, and peer support in its addiction care services. We recognize Harrison’s role in building that care model and her professional advocacy for reducing stigma.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "nzinga-harrison-primary",
          "title": "Eleanor Health clinical leadership",
          "url": "https://www.eleanorhealth.com/meet-the-team",
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          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
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          ]
        }
      ],
      "selection": {
        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedinVerification": {
        "status": "Direct profile not confirmed; named LinkedIn search offered",
        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "August 5, 2026",
        "kind": "Personal contribution",
        "title": "Helping families understand addiction",
        "body": "Eleanor Health’s August recap highlights Harrison’s interview about addiction, biology, and her book Un-Addiction. Her public education addresses stigma, compassionate boundaries, and how families can respond when someone needs help.",
        "url": "https://www.eleanorhealth.com/news/dr-harrison-on-vulnerable-addiction-genes",
        "source": "Eleanor Health · Harrison interview recap",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "joseph-lee",
      "name": "Joseph Lee, MD",
      "role": "President & CEO",
      "organization": "Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation",
      "focus": "Leading treatment and family education",
      "background": "Lee leads Hazelden Betty Ford and brings experience in adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and addiction medicine.",
      "impact": "His documented work includes treatment leadership, professional education, and the family guide Recovering My Kid. We recognize the connection between operating a care organization and helping families understand treatment.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "joseph-lee-primary",
          "title": "Hazelden Betty Ford leadership biography",
          "url": "https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/about/leadership/joseph-lee",
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      ],
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        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-lee-m-d-0063b931/",
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      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "July 1, 2026",
        "kind": "Organization update",
        "title": "Strengthening the organization behind recovery",
        "body": "Hazelden Betty Ford announced two new trustees, Ronan Harty and Gregg Eskenazi. Lee welcomed their expertise and service as part of the foundation’s work to improve its services and support recovery. This is a governance contribution, not a newly measured treatment outcome.",
        "url": "https://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/newsroom/press-release/new-trustees-2026",
        "source": "Hazelden Betty Ford · new trustees",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "stephanie-strong",
      "name": "Stephanie Strong",
      "role": "Founder & CEO",
      "organization": "Boulder Care",
      "focus": "Building long-term virtual addiction care",
      "background": "Strong founded Boulder Care in 2017 after work in healthcare investing, strategy, and operations. Boulder is a digital clinic for substance use care.",
      "impact": "Her company’s published work connects long-term treatment with peer recovery support. Her own articles address telehealth access and treatment delivery. We recognize building a service model designed around continuity and access.",
      "sources": [
        {
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          "title": "Boulder Care founder and author profile",
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            "documented contribution"
          ]
        }
      ],
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        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedinVerification": {
        "status": "Direct profile not confirmed; named LinkedIn search offered",
        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "July 16, 2026",
        "kind": "Organization announcement",
        "title": "Taking addiction research into overlooked settings",
        "body": "Boulder Care announced a $1.8 million NIH grant to study telehealth addiction care in underserved settings, including reentry, pregnancy and postpartum care, and Tribal healthcare. The announcement describes funded research and planned evaluation, with Strong speaking as founder and CEO.",
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        "source": "Boulder Care · NIH grant announcement (PDF)",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "zack-gray",
      "name": "Zack Gray",
      "role": "Co-founder & CEO",
      "organization": "Ophelia",
      "focus": "Making opioid treatment easier to reach",
      "background": "Gray co-founded Ophelia, a telehealth business focused on opioid addiction treatment. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School and previously worked in business growth.",
      "impact": "Ophelia offers medication-based treatment through its telehealth model. We recognize Gray’s work building a practical route to treatment outside a residential setting, with medical care delivered by clinicians.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "zack-gray-primary",
          "title": "Ophelia founder and company story",
          "url": "https://ophelia.com/our-story",
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            "documented contribution"
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        }
      ],
      "selection": {
        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/zack-gray-58437936/",
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        "source": "https://ophelia.com/our-story",
        "method": "Profile link published on official professional or speaker page",
        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "September 9, 2026",
        "kind": "Organization publication",
        "title": "Letting patients describe what recovery gives back",
        "body": "For Recovery Month, Ophelia shared patient reflections on what treatment had returned to their lives. Its downloadable postcards invite people to write to their future selves. This team-led contribution makes room for the everyday experiences behind recovery.",
        "url": "https://ophelia.com/blog/postcards",
        "source": "Ophelia · A postcard to future you",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "carter-barnhart",
      "name": "Carter Barnhart",
      "role": "Co-founder & CEO",
      "organization": "Charlie Health",
      "focus": "Expanding intensive outpatient care",
      "background": "Barnhart co-founded and leads Charlie Health, which provides virtual intensive outpatient behavioral health treatment.",
      "impact": "Charlie Health’s care model combines group, individual, and family treatment. We recognize building an operating organization around access to structured care from home. This selection does not assert that virtual treatment is suitable for every patient.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "carter-barnhart-primary",
          "title": "Charlie Health company and leadership record",
          "url": "https://www.charliehealth.com/about-us",
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          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
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            "background",
            "documented contribution"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "selection": {
        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carter-barnhart/",
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      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "July 21, 2026",
        "kind": "Organization announcement",
        "title": "A clearer route to more intensive support",
        "body": "Headspace named Charlie Health as a new specialty-care partner, opening a referral pathway to its virtual intensive outpatient programs. The contribution is a connection between services for people who need more support than weekly therapy. Partner care may require additional payment.",
        "url": "https://www.headspace.com/articles/headspace-expands-specialty-care-ecosystem",
        "source": "Headspace · specialty care partnerships",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "kristina-saffran",
      "name": "Kristina Saffran",
      "role": "Co-founder & CEO",
      "organization": "Equip",
      "focus": "Building access to eating disorder treatment",
      "background": "Saffran co-founded Equip and previously co-founded Project HEAL. Her work spans a treatment business and a nonprofit focused on barriers to eating disorder care.",
      "impact": "Equip describes a multidisciplinary virtual program with therapists, dietitians, medical providers, and mentors. We recognize building treatment access and support around patients and families.",
      "sources": [
        {
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          "title": "Equip founder biography",
          "url": "https://equip.health/articles/author/kristina-saffran",
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          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
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            "background",
            "documented contribution"
          ]
        }
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        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-saffran-a3430029/",
      "linkedinVerification": {
        "source": "https://equip.health/articles/author/kristina-saffran",
        "method": "Profile link published on official professional or speaker page",
        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "July 21, 2026",
        "kind": "Organization announcement",
        "title": "Connecting more families with eating disorder care",
        "body": "Headspace announced Equip as a specialty-care partner for virtual eating disorder treatment. The referral pathway connects members with multidisciplinary support when clinically appropriate. This is a team and organization contribution; partner services may require additional payment.",
        "url": "https://www.headspace.com/articles/headspace-expands-specialty-care-ecosystem",
        "source": "Headspace · specialty care partnerships",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "stephen-smith",
      "name": "Stephen Smith",
      "role": "Co-founder & CEO",
      "organization": "NOCD",
      "focus": "Building specialist OCD care",
      "background": "Smith co-founded NOCD after experiencing barriers to specialist treatment. The company grew from tools for therapy exercises into a treatment and community platform.",
      "impact": "NOCD delivers exposure and response prevention therapy and support between sessions. We recognize building access to specialist care, alongside education that helps people better understand OCD.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "stephen-smith-primary",
          "title": "NOCD leadership and company history",
          "url": "https://www.treatmyocd.com/about-us/our-story",
          "type": "primary organizational or professional record",
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            "documented contribution"
          ]
        }
      ],
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        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-smith-106a1296/",
      "linkedinVerification": {
        "source": "https://www.behavioralhealthtech.com/2026-speakers/stephen-smith",
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        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "September 22–24, 2026",
        "kind": "Scheduled participation",
        "title": "Bringing specialized care into the conversation",
        "body": "Behavioral Health Tech lists Smith, NOCD’s cofounder and CEO, among its 2026 conference speakers. The listing documents planned participation in the September gathering. It does not establish that a particular talk was delivered or that new clinical results were reported.",
        "url": "https://www.behavioralhealthtech.com/2026-speakers/stephen-smith",
        "source": "Behavioral Health Tech · speaker listing",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "april-koh",
      "name": "April Koh",
      "role": "Co-founder & CEO",
      "organization": "Spring Health",
      "focus": "Connecting mental health benefits to care",
      "background": "Koh co-founded Spring Health, which connects people with mental health services through employers and other partners.",
      "impact": "Spring Health has published research and external validation concerning its mental health benefit model. We recognize building care delivery with an emphasis on measuring results; eligibility for benefits is not the same as receiving treatment.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "april-koh-primary",
          "title": "Spring Health founder profile",
          "url": "https://www.springhealth.com/news/april-koh-is-using-ai-to-make-finding-mental-health-support-easier",
          "type": "primary organizational or professional record",
          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
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            "documented contribution"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "spring-validation",
          "title": "Validation Institute report, 2025",
          "url": "https://lp.springhealth.com/hubfs/Spring_Health_Savings_2025_Final.pdf",
          "type": "external validation report",
          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
          "supports": [
            "published external validation exists"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "selection": {
        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedinVerification": {
        "status": "Direct profile not confirmed; named LinkedIn search offered",
        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "September 22, 2026",
        "kind": "Organization announcement",
        "title": "Recognizing the work behind workplace care",
        "body": "Spring Health announced its inaugural Pioneer Awards, recognizing six organizations for their work in workplace mental health. The Q3 contribution is the recognition initiative and the examples it highlights, rather than a claim that a decade of reported activity occurred this quarter.",
        "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/six-organizations-honored-for-shaping-the-first-decade-of-workplace-mental-health-care-302885338.html",
        "source": "Spring Health · Pioneer Awards announcement",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "karan-singh",
      "name": "Karan Singh",
      "role": "Chief Operating Officer",
      "organization": "Headspace",
      "focus": "Operating connected mental health services",
      "background": "Headspace lists Singh as its chief operating officer. The organization brings together self-guided resources and human-delivered mental health services.",
      "impact": "Headspace offers coaching and therapy, with additional services through its organizational programs. We recognize operating leadership in a business connecting multiple levels of support. Company research does not establish an individual executive’s causal impact.",
      "sources": [
        {
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          "title": "Headspace executive leadership and services",
          "url": "https://www.headspace.com/about-us",
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            "documented contribution"
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        }
      ],
      "selection": {
        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
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        "source": "https://www.headspace.com/about-us",
        "method": "Profile link published on official professional or speaker page",
        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "July 21, 2026",
        "kind": "Organization announcement",
        "title": "Helping people move between levels of care",
        "body": "Headspace expanded its specialty-care referral network with Charlie Health, Cortica, Prosper, and Equip. Its announcement describes referral coordination and warm handoffs for complex needs. This recognizes the organization’s work, not Singh’s sole authorship; partner treatment can carry additional costs.",
        "url": "https://www.headspace.com/articles/headspace-expands-specialty-care-ecosystem",
        "source": "Headspace · specialty care partnerships",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "joy-harden-bradford",
      "name": "Joy Harden Bradford, PhD",
      "role": "Founder",
      "organization": "Therapy for Black Girls",
      "focus": "Turning education into routes to care",
      "background": "Bradford is a psychologist and founder whose work includes Therapy for Black Girls and the Holding Space Foundation.",
      "impact": "The platform combines a therapist directory with public mental health education. Her foundation provides group spaces, professional training, and community education. We recognize those concrete services and the organizations built to deliver them.",
      "sources": [
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          "title": "Therapy for Black Girls organizational record",
          "url": "https://therapyforblackgirls.com/about/",
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          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
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            "background",
            "documented contribution"
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        }
      ],
      "selection": {
        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedinVerification": {
        "status": "Direct profile not confirmed; named LinkedIn search offered",
        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "September 23, 2026",
        "kind": "Personal publication",
        "title": "Opening another conversation about love",
        "body": "Therapy for Black Girls published Bradford’s podcast episode “The Lessons We Weren’t Taught About Love.” This dated addition to her public education work creates another entry point for conversations about relationships and emotional life.",
        "url": "https://therapyforblackgirls.com/2026/09/23/session-482-the-lessons-we-werent-taught-about-love/",
        "source": "Therapy for Black Girls · Session 482",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "nedra-glover-tawwab",
      "name": "Nedra Glover Tawwab",
      "role": "Founder & Owner",
      "organization": "Kaleidoscope Counseling",
      "focus": "Connecting clinical practice and practical education",
      "background": "Tawwab is a therapist and the founder and owner of Kaleidoscope Counseling, a group therapy practice. She is also the author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace.",
      "impact": "Her work combines practice ownership with books, newsletters, and public education about relationships and boundaries. We recognize sustained clinical business leadership and accessible educational work, without treating audience size as a health outcome.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "nedra-glover-tawwab-primary",
          "title": "Nedra Tawwab professional biography",
          "url": "https://www.nedratawwab.com/about",
          "type": "primary organizational or professional record",
          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
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            "background",
            "documented contribution"
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      "selection": {
        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedinVerification": {
        "status": "Direct profile not confirmed; named LinkedIn search offered",
        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "September 20, 2026",
        "kind": "Scheduled appearance",
        "title": "Making boundaries part of a public conversation",
        "body": "Tawwab’s official calendar listed a conversation at Charlotte’s Black Girl Book Fair about The Balancing Act, boundaries, and well-being. The source documents the scheduled community event, rather than confirming its delivery or attendance.",
        "url": "https://www.nedratawwab.com/events/story-time-with-nedra-glover-tawwab-ap8dg-2dm2x-mgwzs-dn3l7",
        "source": "Nedra Tawwab · official event listing",
        "reviewedOn": "2026-09-23"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "alfiee-breland-noble",
      "name": "Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD",
      "role": "Founder",
      "organization": "The AAKOMA Project",
      "focus": "Building research that informs services",
      "background": "Breland-Noble founded The AAKOMA Project, a research and outreach nonprofit, after an academic career that included Duke and Georgetown psychiatry.",
      "impact": "AAKOMA publishes research and resources about youth mental health needs and access barriers. We recognize building an organization that translates research into material for young people, caregivers, and service providers.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "id": "alfiee-breland-noble-primary",
          "title": "Founder academic biography, May 2025",
          "url": "https://dralfiee.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Dr-Alfiee-Academic-Bio-July-2025.pdf",
          "type": "primary organizational or professional record",
          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
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            "background",
            "documented contribution"
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        },
        {
          "id": "aakoma-programs",
          "title": "AAKOMA research and resources",
          "url": "https://aakomaproject.org/",
          "type": "primary organizational record",
          "accessed": "2026-09-23",
          "supports": [
            "research and resources"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "selection": {
        "operatingResponsibility": "documented",
        "contribution": "documented",
        "assessment": "Editorial recognition of the work described, not a comparative outcome score."
      },
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dralfiee/",
      "linkedinVerification": {
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        "method": "Profile link published on official professional or speaker page",
        "checkedOn": "2026-09-23"
      },
      "quarterContribution": {
        "date": "September 2, 2026",
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