Solome Tibebu is a behavioral health strategist and the founder and CEO of Behavioral Health Tech, the largest community dedicated to advancing access to mental health, substance use, and intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) services through technology, health equity, and innovation. Previously, Tibebu was founding director of The Upswing Fund for Adolescent Mental Health, a philanthropic fund seeded by Pivotal Ventures. Through The Upswing Fund, Tibebu and her team funded over 100 community-based organizations and nonprofits nationwide focused on supporting the mental health of LGBTQ+ teens and adolescents of color. Today, she is co-chair of Pivotal Ventures’ council designing the next youth mental health fund. Tibebu has been a mental health advocate since she started the “Anxiety In Teens” blog at age 16. She is an Aspen Health fellow and Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute senior fellow.