Greg Segal
{{short description|American entrepreneur}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
Gregory Lyons Segal (born June 13, 1984) is an American entrepreneur.
Career
Segal began his career at Rethink Education,{{Cite web|url=https://www.disruptorawards.com/fellows-blog-last-name-s/2017/1/23/greg-segal|title = Greg Segal| date=January 23, 2017 }} an education technology venture capital firm. In 2013 he co-founded the non-profit Organize to address the US organ donation shortage after his father waited five years for a heart transplant.
Segal's research has been heavily cited through three separate congressional investigations from the Senate Finance Committee,{{cite web | url=https://www.finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news/finance-committee-members-probe-us-organ-transplant-system | title=Finance Committee Members Probe U.S. Organ Transplant System | the United States Senate Committee on Finance | date=May 25, 2023 }} the House Energy & Commerce Committee,{{cite web | url=https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/e-and-c-launches-bipartisan-oversight-inquiry-into-organ-transplant-contractor-and-implementation-of-bipartisan-reforms | title=E&C Launches Bipartisan Oversight Inquiry into Organ Transplant Contractor and Implementation of Bipartisan Reforms }} and the House Oversight Committee {{cite web | url=https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-subcommittee-launches-investigation-into-poor-performance-waste-and | title=Oversight Subcommittee Launches Investigation into Poor Performance, Waste, and Mismanagement in Organ Transplant Industry | date=December 23, 2020 }} into failures and abuses in the U.S. organ donation system, and has led to regulatory reforms projected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to save more than 7,200 lives every year.{{cite journal | url=https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20201211.229975/full/ | doi=10.1377/forefront.20201211.229975 | title=New Organ Donation Rule is a Win for Black Patients and Health Equity | year=2020 | url-access=subscription }} In July 2023, Congress unanimously passed legislation to support the break up of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network monopolyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/07/27/organ-transplant-overhaul-approved/ and Segal was invited to a small bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office. Segal also provided expert and whistleblower testimony at a bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in September 2024.{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/us-news/organ-supply-group-accused-of-seeking-to-collect-organs-from-patient-who-was-still-alive-bc4f9bb9?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1 | title=Medical Group Accused of Seeking to Collect Organs from Patient Who Was Still Alive }}
For his work at Organize, Segal was named to the Inc Magazine 35 Under 35 List{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/carolyn-cutrone/35-under-35-organize-greg-segal-and-jenna-arnold.html|title = Inc. 35 Under 35 2014: Organize on Ending the Organ Shortage in the U.S.|date = June 24, 2014}} and Oprah's 100 SuperSoul Influencers,{{Cite web|url=http://www.supersoul.tv/supersoul-100/soul-givers/jenna-arnold-greg-segal|title = Oprah's Super Soul Sunday - Episodes & Podcast | OWN| date=August 3, 2016 }}{{cite news |date=August 1, 2016 |title=Meet the SuperSoul100: The World's Biggest Trailblazers in One Room |url=http://www.oprah.com/spirit/supersoul100-the-worlds-biggest-trailblazers-in-one-room |work= O Magazine|access-date=July 5, 2018 }} and was awarded a Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award{{Cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-disruptive-innovation-awards-honorees-2016-disruptor-foundation-announcement|title = Tribeca 2016 & Disruptor Foundation Announce Honorees for 7th Annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards| work=Tribeca }} and a 2016 Classy Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.classy.org/blog/introducing-classy-awards-winners/|title = Introducing the 10 Classy Awards Winners|date = June 24, 2016}} He was a keynote presenter at the 2015 Stanford MedX Conference, where Organize was honored with the Inaugural Stanford MedX Health Care Design Award.{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/xQSBWZ3VBi8| archive-date = December 8, 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQSBWZ3VBi8| title = Medicine X 2015: Health Care Design Award Winner, Greg Segal | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Organize won the $1 Million 1st Prize in the 2014 Verizon Powerful Answers Award as the top healthcare start-up of the year{{Cite web|url=http://www.verizon.com/about/news/vzw/2014/12/introducing-the-verizon-powerful-answers-award-winners-for-2014|title = Introducing the Verizon Powerful Answers Award Winners for 2014|date = December 8, 2014}} and was awarded the Innovator in Residence position at the Office of the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Inc Magazine called Segal one of the top 20 Disruptive Innovators of 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/bill-carmody/20-most-disruptive-innovators-of-2016.html|title=20 Most Disruptive Innovators of 2016|date=April 24, 2016}}
Segal has been covered by The Wall Street Journal,{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/us-news/organ-supply-group-accused-of-seeking-to-collect-organs-from-patient-who-was-still-alive-bc4f9bb9 | title=Medical Group Accused of Seeking to Collect Organs from Patient Who Was Still Alive }} Bloomberg,{{cite web | url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/lawmakers-pressed-for-tough-oversight-of-organ-transplant-system | title=Lawmakers Pressed for Organ Transplant System Oversight (2) }} The New York Times,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/opinion/using-tweets-and-posts-to-speed-up-organ-donation.html|title = Opinion | Using Tweets and Posts to Speed up Organ Donation|newspaper = The New York Times|date = May 10, 2016|last1 = Bornstein|first1 = David}} which called Organize one of 2016's "Biggest Ideas in Social Change",{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/opinion/a-year-of-big-ideas-in-social-change.html?_r=1|title = Opinion | A Year of Big Ideas in Social Change|newspaper = The New York Times|date = December 6, 2016|last1 = Rosenberg|first1 = Tina}} as well as the Washington Post,{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/06/13/white-house-private-sector-act-to-reduce-organ-transplant-waiting-list/ |title=White House, private sector act to reduce organ transplant waiting list |date=October 26, 2021 |orig-date=2016-06-13 |author1=Lenny Bernstein |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}{{WaPoCheckDates}} Slate{{Cite journal|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2016/06/organize_s_organ_donation_registry_takes_social_media_posts_into_account.html|title = If You Want to Make Sure Your Family Knows You're an Organ Donor, Put It on Facebook| journal=Slate |date = June 29, 2016 | last1=Brogan | first1=Jacob }} and FastCompany,{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3025482/can-this-new-startup-end-the-organ-donor-shortage-forever|title=Can This New Startup End the Organ Donor Shortage Forever?|work=Fast Company |date=January 30, 2014 |last1=Schwartz |first1=Ariel }} and his work at Organize was highlighted on HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/yw_nqzVfxFQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170515094645/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw_nqzVfxFQ Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw_nqzVfxFQ| title = Dialysis: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Segal graduated from Duke University.