About Us

Shoshana Lipson is the President of Hope in Pain, Inc. and the Executive Director of Migraine Meanderings™ and Hope for Migraine™. She is a patient advocate, speaker, and writer with a passion to encourage, support, educate and inspire people with migraine and other chronic pain conditions to find purpose and value in the midst of chronic illness. Shoshana was diagnosed in early childhood with migraine that rapidly chronified, as well as widespread joint pain. In 2018, she started exploring how to use her background in non-profit management, social media, and public speaking to help with patient advocacy.

Since 2018, Shoshana has built a community of over 50,000 active members across multiple social media platforms, and in 2021 launched a new initiative called, Empowering Patient Voices. She collaborates with various advocacy organizations and leaders who advocate for people with migraine and chronic pain, and was a columnist for Migraine.com for 5 years. Shoshana has been a migraine advocate spokesperson for several organizations and conferences including the Association of Migraine Disorders, Healthy Women, the American Journal of Managed Care, CHAMP, DIA Global, Pharma and Patient USA, and the Pain Therapeutics Summit. Shoshana consults with various pharmaceutical and medical device companies as a patient advisor.

Peter (Pj) de Marigny has been a financial services professional for over 20 years and has worked as a consultant for company issuers. He is an experienced, sophisticated capital markets investment strategist who has worked both on buy side (asset manager, private equity, CFO, SFO) and sell side (brokerage, registered adviser, capital intro). He is adept in fund raising, writing pitch books, analytics, and strategy.

Pj has completed multiple professional educational programs including Wharton’s CPD Circle. He has an MBA in TQM, an MS in Banking and Financial Services Management, an MAT in Theology, and he is currently a PhD Education student at Talbot. 

Pj brings to Hope in Pain extensive experience in business development and sales, and acts in an advisory capacity for new initiatives and fundraising. 

Ralph Carmichael, Esq. has over 30 years of financial and management experience. He founded BŌNWRx Ltd, which makes complex spine surgery implants, built the company to a market value of over $500 million, and he holds many patents across numerous industries. In 1992, he started Carmichael & Company LLC, a merchant bank that managed over $6 billion in assets and advised on over $100 billion in transactions. He was a member of the investment committee of an international private equity fund that turned $384 million into over $1.8 billion in eight years. Prior to that, he was an executive at Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. and an Associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. 

Ralph is a frequent speaker at financial  industry events and is a recognized authority on exit strategies and liquidity alternatives for institutional investors. He also teaches finance courses at Michigan State University. Ralph has a B.A. and M.B.A. from Michigan State University (1985) and a J.D. from New York Law School (1989). He was a Law Review Editor and Clerk for the Hon. John E. Sprizzo, U.S. District Judge (SDNY).

Larry Jost has spent 25 plus years working in the newspaper industry, including some of the top newspapers in the country: Gannett, Hearst Media and earlier the Times Mirror Company. While working within news media he learned how vital communication is in any company, organization, and even more importantly, in our daily lives.

Following his retirement from news media, Larry worked with Theranica, the manufacturer of Nerivio - a wearable FDA-cleared medical device that provides a drug-free treatment for those living with migraine. He found it immensely satisfying being on the front lines and connecting with people who needed various types of assistance. In this role, compassion, availability, and the willingness to listen was crucial. Larry brings these skills and experience in the migraine industry to the Hope in Pain board.