Guadalupe Hayes-Mota is a

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, the CEO of Healr Solutions, a Lecturer at

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and a Massachusetts Rare Disease Advisory Council Member.

Career

Hayes-Mota grew up in Mexico and was diagnosed with hemophilia at birth. He has a BS in Chemistry, BS in Spanish Literature, MS in Systems Engineering and an MBA from

. He holds a

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from

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and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard, where he was a fellow at the

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. He conducted drug delivery research at the lab of Robert S. Langer and was elected to

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. Also, Hayes-Mota ran a free healthcare system of clinics at

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. Early in his career, Hayes-Mota was a analyst at the RAND Corporation working in the

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. He is the current CEO and founder of Healr Solutions. Hayes-Mota led as Director of Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical. Previously, at

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and GSK he directed the manufacturing and distribution of 13 medications to 93 countries. In 2021, Hayes-Mota was appointed to the Massachusetts Rare Disease Advisory Council by Governor

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to advise the

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, Governor, Senate, & Department of Public Health on rare disease policy in

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. He is Practitioner in Residence and Lecturer at the

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. He served on the board of directors of the MIT LBGTQ+ Alumni Association, which he refounded and led as President. Hayes-Mota also is on the board of

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, Save One Life, and the

Alumni Association and is in the

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Business Council.

Personal life

Hayes- Mota in 2012, finished 1st place (25 – 29 M) in the

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half marathon. He is bisexual and married to Nicholas Hayes-Mota.

Awards and recognitions

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recognized Hayes-Mota as one of six powerful

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executives to have on corporate boards. * Named as one of the 100 Most Inspiring People by PharmaVoice in the

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Industry. * Top

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Leader by Endpoints News. * Named

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40 under 40. * Won MIT’s Margaret L. A MacVicar Award.

References

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