

MARCH
7-9

2023 HACKATHON
PRODUCED BY

ROCKY HILL
COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
2023 TOPIC: HEALTH
United Nations Goal for Sustainable Development 3 aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all.
The world needs innovative solutions to a myriad of challenges threatening the health and well-being of citizens around the globe. This year, students in grades PreK through 12 will collaborate to develop cutting-edge designs addressing health challenges in our community, our nation, and our world!
WHO?
In 2023, Hack for Global Good welcomes students in Lower, Middle, and Upper School! All working together to identify a solution to UN Goal 3: Global Health and Wellbeing. No prior Hackathon experience required.
WHERE?
Rocky Hill Country Day School.
THE PITCH
Teams have just 5 minutes to present and share on stage using PowerPoint, video, posters, art, music, a physical prototype, a working model, 3D rendering, or any other method to explain their idea/solution.
Teams must be ready to clearly articulate the following before a panel of industry Judges:
1. The Problem
2. The Solution
3. The Impact
THE AGENDA
Tuesday, March 7
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Kickoff Event: Opening Remarks & Keynote Speaker - Dr. Daniel Roxbury
Dr. Roxbury is currently an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI) where he leads the URI NanoBio Engineering Laboratory. Work in his laboratory focuses on the development of wearable sensing textiles with encapsulated nanosensors for the detection of wound and stress biomarkers.
1:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Groups Hack (Focus Areas: Empathize and Define)
Wednesday, March 8
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Introduce Mentors
1:15 PM – 3:15 PM
Teams Hack / Mentors Support (Focus Areas: Ideate and Prototype)
Thursday, March 9
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Pitching 101 Session with Jessica Bradley and Melissa Sardelli
Jessica Bradley is Marketing Director at Ortho Rhode Island. Melissa Sardelli is WPRI's Pinpoint Traffic Anchor and Reporter.
1:15 PM – 3:15 PM
1:15-3:15 Teams Hack (Focus Area: Testing and Pitching)
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Faculty Hack Teams Pitch Competition
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Hacking Continues
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Dinner
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Pitch Event
3 Winning Categories
Moonshot Idea
The “Moonshot Idea” award is given to the team with the most audacious and groundbreaking idea, impacting RI and the world (does not have to be possible in the immediate present). This teams shoots for the moon!
Global Impact
The “Global Impact” award is given to the team that presents a bold and broad solution, capable of impacting the most amount of people on planet earth.
Best Pitch
The “Best Pitch” award goes to the team that best articulates the problem, identifies a clear solution, and delivers a powerful presentation or “pitch” to the Judges.
3 Winning Categories
Moonshot Idea
Prizes
Global Impact
Prizes
Best Pitch
Prizes
There were an estimated 241 million malaria
cases worldwide in 2020. This represents about
14 million more cases compared with 2019
UN GLOBAL GOAL 3
Progress: Infectious Diseases.
HACK STUDENT LEADERS

Jayci Izzi
Event Director

Lexi Cote
Event Co-Chair

Cole Brown
Event Co-Chair

Alex Lehouiller
Co-Chair
Production

Katie O'Neil
Co-Chair
Production

Jillian Pogacar
Co-Chair
Marketing

Cece Tamburini
Co-Chair
Marketing

Ben Lawson
Co-Chair
Biz Dev

Hadley Wheeler
Co-Chair
Biz Dev

Carter Holubesko
Co-Chair
Tech+UX

Sea Liu
Co-Chair
Tech+UX

Koray Kokturk
Co-Chair
Tech+UX
SPEAKERS

Jessica Bradley
Marketing Director
Ortho Rhode Island

Dr. Daniel Roxbury
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Rhode Island

Melissa Sardelli
Pinpoint Traffic Anchor
and Reporter / WPRI
JUDGES

Amy Biaigoni
Science & Engineering Teacher
Exeter-West Greenwich
High School

Tuni Schartner
RI’s Economic Gardener
TS Consulting/The Hive RI

Kristin Urbach
Executive Director
NK Chamber of Commerce

Jeff Wilhelm
Founder / CEO
Infused Innovations
MENTORS

Aimee Brewer
CEO Sturdy Health

JoAnn DiCenso, RN
Registered Nurse
Specialty in Med Surgical and Internal Medicine

Megumi Monaghan
Registered Nurse
Rhode Island Hospital

Holly O’Neil
Registered Nurse
Rhode Island Hospital

Troy Peck, Esq.
Manager of Value Based Contracting and Oversight Neighborhood Health Plan
of Rhode Island

Rhaea Nicole Photopoulos DNP, MS, MSN, APRN-BC
Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Entrepreneur
MGB – Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Amy Salamone
STEAM(M) Coordinator
Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College

Dr. Dana Siperstein
Psychiatrist
Blossom Health

Kristie Stark
Creative Director
Stark Group

Amy Salamone
STEAM(M) Coordinator
Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College

Dr. Dana Siperstein
Psychiatrist
Blossom Health

Kristie Stark
Creative Director
Stark Group
RHCD MENTORS

Stephanie Cruff
2nd Grade Teacher
RHCD

Scott Dollen
Humanities Teacher
RHCD

Traci Fairchild
Director of Counseling
and Wellness
RHCD

Ian Green
Humanities Department Chair
RHCD

Aquila Harper
Seminar Teacher
RHCD

Alex Nunnelly
Spanish Teacher
RHCD

James Pinkham
Director of Enrollment Management
RHCD

Belinda Snyman
Humanities Teacher
RHCD

Brady Wheatley
Head of Upper School
RHCD

James Pinkham
Director of Enrollment Management
RHCD

Belinda Snyman
Humanities Teacher
RHCD

Brady Wheatley
Head of Upper School
RHCD
H4GG FACULTY LEADERSHIP TEAM

Elaine Bernardino
World Languages
Department Chair
RHCD

Meg Getsinger
Visual Arts Department Chair
RHCD

Wendy Gustavel
Librarian & Instructional Facilitator
RHCD

Ariana Viola
MS/US Math Teacher
RHCD




