Daria Khaltourina, is a Board Member of the International Longevity Alliance and the Chair of the Board of the Russian Regional Russian NGO "Council for Public Health and Demography". She received Ph.D. in anthropology, and after a few years of academic career she gradually moved into the area of public health advocacy, including anti-liquor and anti-tobacco control in Russia and internationally. She currently works at promoting regulation beneficial for biomedical R&D, especially in the area of curing and preventing pathologies of aging. Daria is currently a coordinator of "Healthy Longevity" segment of the Russian National Technological Initiative.