In 1995, Garen and Shari Staglin held their first Music Festival for Brain Health after helping their son Brandon through his diagnosis of schizophrenia at age 18. While the family personally experienced the stigmas associated with mental illness, they also realized how little the medical community knew about brain disorders, and they saw firsthand the obstacles involved in funding research devoted to cognitive science. They made it their mission to support neuroscience through the private sector and foster a …