Leadership
Theresa Statz-Smith, Media Producer, Director of Communications
Theresa Statz-Smith, Media Producer & Dir. of Communications, is an award-winning PBS Producer with decades of experience in science, health, and cultural programming. At Reality Meets Science®, she leads media production and brand strategy across video, web, and investor communications. Her career spans nonprofit leadership, development, and audience engagement, with a track record of producing high-visibility campaigns. She blends scientific rigor with authenticity to strengthen RMS’s mission and amplify Dr. Tom Rifai’s leadership in lifestyle and metabolic health.
Keith Hearns, Director of Digital Product Development
Keith Hearns, Director of Digital Product Development, is an experienced product and delivery leader with a strong foundation in user experience and digital transformation. With over 15 years of experience across startups, agencies, and enterprise organizations, he specializes in aligning cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, user-centered solutions. Prior to this role, he led major UX and product initiatives for companies in healthcare, real estate, and technology, driving measurable outcomes through agile methodologies and thoughtful design.
Tom Rifai MD,
FACP, DipABLM, President & CEO, RMS®
Tom Rifai MD, FACP, DipABLM, Founder and President & CEO of Reality Meets Science (RMS)®, is a board-certified specialist in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine, with decades of leadership in metabolic health and longevity. He has served as Medical Director at the Pritikin Longevity Center, led system-wide lifestyle initiatives at Henry Ford Health, and now consults for one of America’s top hospitals. Known for his science-based, compassionate approach, Dr. Tom empowers individuals and organizations to improve healthspan through sustainable lifestyle change.
Why RMS' Leadership Matters
Backed by decades of experience and partnerships with institutions such as Harvard and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Reality Meets Science® (RMS) leadership team combines expertise in lifestyle medicine, digital health, and successful start-up exits to drive the RMS movement, uniting science, technology, and business to deliver scalable solutions for longevity and lasting wellness.
A Selection of the RMS® Advisors
Reality Meets Science®: A Trusted Resource
Reality Meets Science®:
Live with Purpose, Vitality, and Lasting Health.
Mind Matters
Begin your transformation from within. Cultivate mental resilience as the foundation for growth and health.
Nutrition
Delight in nourishment without confusion. Discover guilt-free, science-backed food choices that fuel energy and vitality.
Activity
Redefine movement as everyday energy—more than exercise, it’s a life in motion.
Environments
Let your surroundings support your goals. Shape a space that supports your wellbeing.
Accountability
Transform old patterns into positive practices. Own your health journey, step by confident step.
The Flex5 Lifestyle™
Longevity Mastered
Living a long, healthy life isn’t luck—it’s a skill. Like earning a black belt in the mixed martial arts of wellbeing, it can be learned, practiced, and mastered.
That’s why we created Flex5—a longevity lifestyle and mind–first behavior change method, forged from over 20,000 hours of clinical and coaching experience. From hospitals and homes to digital platforms, and rooted in my own near-death recovery from binge eating disorder and trauma.
Flex5 is where structure meets flexibility, and science meets soul— distilled into five core domains of lifelong health. It’s our answer to Mark Twain’s “short letter” and Einstein’s call to “make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
And we didn’t just hope it would work—it delivered.
In 2020, Henry Ford Health independently adopted our 5-domain model to anchor their metabolic health strategy. This came two years after I stepped away from my role as Regional Medical Director to scale Flex5 digitally. No guarantees. No founder in the room. Just results.
Flex5 didn’t just survive the test. It thrived.
Today, it remains one of the most sustainable, personalizable systems for behavior change and healthy aging. Version 4 is on the way—refining our art-meets-science approach.
Our mission is simple: Longevity for All. High-Impact. Low-Cost. Human-First.
Healthy longevity shouldn’t be a luxury—especially not where Reality Meets Science®.
