Ben Alsdurf

Ben Alsdurf is Director, Future of Health, at Luminary Labs, where he drives results for public and private healthcare organizations adapting to technology-driven change.

Previously, Ben served as the U.S. Healthcare Lead for another boutique consultancy, where he helped healthcare organizations of various sizes plan for market entry, manage innovation initiatives, and develop digital health investment strategies. As the first employee of Amgen’s Berlin Technology and Innovation Hub — a corporate innovation center focused on emerging digital health technologies — he helped lay the groundwork for screening and identification of emerging technology to support marketing innovation priorities. Previously, he was Senior Manager for External Affairs at the TB Alliance, a biotech with a public-private operating model working on antibiotic drug development.

Ben holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science & Philosophy from Calvin College. Ben was a member of the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program’s XXXIII class in Berlin and received a University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, fellowship. He is conversational in French, German, Bosnian-Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish.