As the founder and director of the dciX impact initiatives at the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute, Golden engages experienced professionals who are focusing the next chapters of their lives on building innovations for both social and economic impact. These chapters include issues of longevity, economic inequality, energy and sustainability, and impact investing. She currently serves as a lead mentorto the Techstars Future of Longevity Accelerator, and is a thought leader partner with Pivotal Ventures for initiatives on innovations for caregivers of older adults. Golden is the author of the book STAGE (Not Age), published by Harvard Business Review Press in June 2022. Golden also serves as an advisor to startup companies focused on healthy aging and longevity.

She was a 2016 DCI Fellow, and previously a partner at Schroder Ventures, a firm that specialized in life sciences and health care investments; worked at Genentech; taught at UCSF where she was a Pew Health Policy Fellow; and was an assistant professor at the Boston University Medical School. Golden received a Doctorate of Science from the Harvard School of Public Health,and attended Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.