Jason Ortwerth

Jason Ortwerth is currently Division Vice President at Automatic Data Processing, a global human capital management company headquartered in Roseland, NJ, overseeing the Midwest HR Outsourcing Division. He is a proud graduate of The Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, where he graduated with a Managerial Economics degree and played baseball before achieving an MBA at Webster University.     

Jason started his journey after being diagnosed in 2017. In 2019, he founded Swing for a Cure St Louis, which has raised over $150,000 for the Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation while driving awareness and support for the foundation, patients, and families of those impacted by desmoid tumors. Jason and his wife Katie live in St Louis, MO and are the parents of three daughters.

DJ is an investor at Inverness Graham, a Philadelphia-based lower middle market private equity firm. He evaluates investment opportunities, conducts financial diligence, and collaborates closely with portfolio company CFOs. His focus lies in advancing the firm’s Green Light strategy, targeting businesses leading the charge towards environmental sustainability. Prior to Inverness Graham, DJ worked at Quad Partners in NYC, specializing in education investments, and at Cantor Fitzgerald as a healthcare investment banker.

In 2008, DJ’s sister was diagnosed with desmoid tumors. Since then, he and his family have been passionately involved in the DTRF community, actively contributing to events like the Running for Answers 5K & Fun Run annually.

DJ holds a B.B.A from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

Yating is currently serving as the Senior Director of Marketing at The Clorox Company, overseeing the Clorox Homecare and Laundry businesses. In her previous role, she was responsible for driving sustainability across the enterprise, integrating it into every business and brand. Notably, under her leadership, Brita experienced significant transformation, going from a period of consecutive decline to one of the fastest-growing, purpose-led brands in the company. She’s managed brands such as Kingsford, Hidden Valley, and Glad, bringing together diverse teams to achieve record-high growth.

Prior to Clorox, she worked at Kraft Foods and various social enterprises. Yating holds her MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and graduated magna cum laude from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Yating lives in the Bay Area with her husband, Bryan, and two children. Her personal journey navigating the challenges of her oldest’s diagnosis and ongoing desmoid care has sparked a commitment to advance new treatments and advocate for a cure for desmoids in this lifetime. 

Tom is an attorney in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he has practiced since 2019. Tom finished his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan in May 2013 and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in December 2019.

Tom is a mid-level associate in the firm’s Complex Litigation and Trials group. He previously clerked for the Honorable Philip M. Halpern, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Tom’s practice focuses on securities class actions, high-stakes breaches of contract, mergers and acquisitions disputes, international arbitrations, and government investigations.

Tom has long-running philanthropic fundraising experience with the Autism Alliance of Michigan and maintains a robust pro bono practice, where he has secured substantial settlements for clients in a number of civil rights cases.