erin@henryshearts.org
Erin became interested in health and
caregiving issues while EVP/CIO at ThirdAge, an online company focused on
issues for people in midlife and from her experience on the board of the National Center
of Women and Aging at Brandeis University.
At ThirdAge, she drew upon her 20 years of technology and entrepreneurial experience to
develop tools and resources for the mid-life audience. Erin has directed 50
successful consumer-focused product launches; including creating the first-ever,
co-branded site for this demographic with Yahoo!, the leading web site in the world.
Prior to ThirdAge, Erin was the Executive Producer for TimeTo.com, a Zurich/Scudder
Investments venture and developed in association with AARP. She lead the development of
an XML/Java-based technology for the content-rich, consumer web site which motivated
baby boomers to act on financial, health and family issues.
Before TimeTo, Erin was CIO/VP of Technology for Lawyers Weekly where she created
the Technology Division for the $20 million legal publishing company and oversaw
technology and development for eight newspapers in five states.
Erin and her team became
unsuspecting pioneers in Internet history and were thrust into the world's spotlight when
the decision on the Louise Woodward - "Nanny" case was earmarked to be posted on the
Lawyers Weekly website as the ONLY news outlet to receive the decision. This set off huge ripple effects
of how to disseminate information on the Internet and international attention for Erin
and interviews with the NY Times, CNN, BBC, NBC, CBS, ABC and more - all because Erin had set up
an easy way for courts to get their opinions posted on the web.
A Smith College graduate with a double major in Art and Psychology, Erin co-founded
DAPAH Software, an educational software company and designed an online Drug Prevention
curriculum for all of Los Angeles County schools, reaching 120,000 students in 54
districts.
Prior to that, her stint as Creative Director for Blue Lion Software reaped
numerous awards for the Cambridge start-up. She developed the "Ticket to" series --
software that simulates trips to foreign countries and won the Consumer Electronics
Show Innovations Award.
Erin is devoted to the arts and the community. An accomplished pianist and a board member
of the Boston Philharmonic, Erin has played the piano for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
functions for 15 years. She has walked the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk 10 times,
starting a team that has raised over $200,000 for children with cancer. Erin recently
completed a 30 ft. x 15 ft. mural in the Medfield Public Library, which she donated to the town.
In 2004, Erin was selected as one of only 20 women in the country for TARA (Today’s Already Rising Achievers),
in association with the Belizean Grove, a select group of the world's top
businesswomen whose guiding principles are integrity, character and giving back to
others.
Erin and her husband Matt, live outside of Boston with their 2 children.
For more information, contact Erin at:
(617) 640-4575 or at
erin@henryshearts.org
