At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top New York based CEO’ operating in the Communities space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Alex Chung
Co-Founder & CEO of Giphy
Alex Chung is currently the founder and CEO of GIPHY. His latest startups include Artspace, a leading ecommerce destination for contemporary art, The Fridge, a private social network acquired by Google, and General Displays a GE venture developing GE’s next generation of HDTVs. He has also directed media technology for MTV, NBC, Comcast, Charter, and managed future technologies for Paul Allen’s R&D lab. He was one of the early architects of interactive television and started his career as a hardware engineer at Intel. He was named on Business Insider’s Top 25 most influential technologists in New York and has degrees in philosophy, electrical/computer engineering, and graphic design.
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About Giphy: Giphy is an online database and search engine that allows users to search, share, and discover GIFs.
Michał Borkowski
Co-founder & CEO of Brainly
Michał is the CEO and co-founder of Brainly and is responsible for product strategy, company strategy and culture. He and his co-founders established Brainly in 2009 in Kraków, driven by the conviction that collaborative online communities can empower students from around the world with knowledge and information. In a little more than a decade, Brainly has become the world’s largest online learning community for students, parents and teachers. After moving to New York City and living there for 4 years to open and build Brainly’s US office, Michał was only 16 when he started his first company, and he’s been shaking up the internet ever since. He grew up in a small town in Poland before heading to Warsaw to study corporate finance at the acclaimed Warsaw School of Economics. Michał now lives in Kraków with his wife, Kasia.
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About Brainly: Brainly is an online learning platform where students and parents get homework and study help from peers and experts.

David Siegel
CEO of Meetup
David Siegel is the CEO at Meetup.
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About Columbia University, Meetup: Meetup brings people together in thousands of cities to do more of what they want to do in life.
Genevieve Ryan Bellaire
Founder & CEO of Realworld
Genevieve Ryan Bellaire is the Founder and CEO of Realworld, a company that provides a simple way to navigate adulthood and its life moments, with help from your community. Genevieve has had a broad array of professional experience across business, law, and government. An attorney by profession, she received her JD/MBA from Georgetown University, and worked on strategic partnerships at Goldman Sachs until leaving to found Real World Playbook. Genevieve received her B.A. in Politics-International Relations from Princeton University, where she held numerous campus leadership roles and graduated with Honors in her department. Beyond her work in the entrepreneurial world, Genevieve is passionate about women’s empowerment, education, and national security. She currently serves as a member of the Pencils of Promise Leadership Council, the Acumen Fund Young Professional Committee, and the Washington Institute for Business, Government, and Society.
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About Realworld: The #1 platform to navigate adulthood

Cindy Gallop
Founder & CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn
Cindy Gallop is the Founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn and IfWeRanTheWorld. She is a former Board Advisor at Danoo and The Talent Business. Ms. Gallop received a master of arts in English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford.
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About MakeLoveNotPorn: Pro-sex. Pro-porn. Pro-knowing the difference.

Jamie Hodari
CEO & Co-Founder of Industrious
Jamie Hodari is the Co-Founder and CEO of Industrious. Prior to Industrious, Jamie was the CEO and Co-Founder of Kepler, a rapidly growing experimental university that Scientific American called a “daring global experiment” to bring “top-tier instruction to the neediest parts of the planet.”Jamie previously ran the education non-profit Generation Rwanda, analyzed investments at the hedge fund Birch Run Capital and was a project finance lawyer at the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. He started his career as a journalist at the Times of India. Jamie holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.P.P. from Harvard University, and a B.A. from Columbia University.
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About Industrious: Industrious is a premium flexible workspace provider that redefines the workplace experience.
Ben Anderson
Co-Founder and CEO of Amino Apps
Benjamin Anderson is a co-founder and CEO at Amino Apps.
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About Amino Apps: Amino Apps enables people to discover, develop, and express their interests and passions.

Julie Anne Quay
Founder and CEO of VFILES
Julie Anne Quay is VFILES Founder and CEO and has over 20 years of experience in the fashion and media industries. Quay was Executive Editor for V Magazine before founding VFILES, and has worked for VH1, Vogue Japan and Australia, style.com, Steven Meisel, Richard Avedon, and more leading industry figures.
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About VFILES: VFILES—connect, discover, collaborate, and be a part of what’s next.

Tyler Faux
Co-Founder & CEO of Supergreat
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About Supergreat: Supergreat is a beauty community of real people reviewing the beauty products that work for them.

Neil Vogel
Chief Executive Officer of Dotdash
Neil Vogel is the CEO Dotdash.
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About Diskbase, Dotdash, FirstMark, The Balance, VeryWell: Dotdash’s vibrant brands help over 100 million users each month find answers, solve problems, and get inspired.
Gayle Jennings O’Byrne
Founder and CEO of iNTENT Manifesto
20+ years of finance, investment banking, philanthropy and lobbying experience. Previously, executive positions in Mergers and Acquisitions, Global Philanthropy, International Government Relations at JPMorgan Chase. Media Manager at Sun Microsystems. Developed and managed investment strategy and corporate relationships. Enjoys valuation, modeling, due diligence and championing founders and startups. Graduate of Wharton School of Business and the University of Michigan School of Business. Attended National University of Singapore and City of London Polytechnic. Conducted academic consulting project in Israel.
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About iNTENT Manifesto, The Prometheus Exchange, WOCstar Fund: iNTENT Manifesto IS an educational and investment platform.
Iyah Romm
Founder and CEO of Cityblock Health
Iyah Romm is a Founder and CEO at Cityblock Health.
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About Cityblock Health: Cityblock Health is a tech-driven healthcare provider for those in underserved communities.
Deevee Kashi
Founder & CEO of Deed
Deevee Kashi is the CEO and founder of Deed. He previously worked at The Butter Group as a Director of Promotions and Marketing.
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About Deed: Deed provides a social impact platform to connect people with causes and businesses with social impact.

Richard Lefrak
Chairman & CEO of LeFrak
Richard LeFrak has been among the top executives of his family’s LeFrak Organization since 1975, the year he became the real estate concern’s president. He has been CEO and chairman since 2003, the year his father, Samuel LeFrak, died. He joined the company in 1968, shortly after graduating from Columbia Law School. The LeFrak Organization is one of the New York City region’s most prominent real estate ownership and management groups. Its holdings include more than 40 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail holdings nationwide. Locally, these include the office tower at 40 West 57th Street (LeFrak controls seven office towers in Midtown), the massive 20-building LeFrak City in Queens and the Gateway apartment complex in downtown Manhattan. Richard LeFrak has greatly expanded the firm’s holdings. The Newport development in Jersey City, begun in 1986, for instance, added eight office buildings, 13 apartment towers, a mall and two hotels to LeFrak’s portfolio. Richard LeFrak also commenced a major development push in South Florida and has diversified the firm’s holdings into gas and oil investment. LeFrak was born in 1945 in New York City and graduated from Amherst College before going on to Columbia. His wife, Karen Tucker, is a children’s author; they have two sons, Harrison and James, both of whom work at the family firm.
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About LeFrak: LeFrak is a preeminent, family-owned property company committed to community development and long term ownership.

Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder & CEO of Acumen
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About Acumen: Acumen is a non-profit venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty.

Caroline Ghosn
CEO & Founder of Levo
There is evidence that Caroline’s company Levo quietly closed down operations leaving invoices to vendors and creditors unpaid in 2019. As of 2019 and 2020, the company could not be reached when contacted for payment.
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About Levo: Levo is the largest and fastest-growing professional network for millennials.

Ran Harnevo
Co Founder & CEO of Homeis
Ran is a veteran in the media and Internet industry and specializes in managing and deploying content and media assets. Ran is currently the CEO of 5min Media, the online largest video syndication platform, which he founded in 2007. Prior to starting 5min Media, Ran’s experience included working as a deputy editor at Tel-Aviv Magazine, where he managed the website and covered politics and sports. Ran earned his undergraduate degree in Philosophy and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, after serving as a fighter pilot in the Israeli army. Ran currently resides in New York.
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About Homeis: Homeis develops a software platform that builds a better Internet for immigrants.

Umber Bawa
CEO of rabble
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About rabble: An impact investing platform that connects people with projects that strengthen communities

Craig Pishotti
CEO of Finch Living
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About Finch Living: Finch Living offers scalable solution for community building and improved experience in residential buildings across the US.

JP Rosato
CEO & Founder of Sitehands
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About CS Technology, Sitehands: Sitehands is a global IT marketplace serving the largest global Financial Institutions and Fortune 500 companies.
Mukesh Sehgal
Founder, President & CEO of RSG Media
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About RSG Media: RSG Media is a media-tech supplier specializing in rights management, whose customers include industry-leading TV networks, studios.
Lindsey Taylor Wood
Founder, CEO & GP of The Helm
Lindsey Taylor Wood is the Founder, CEO & GP at The Helm.
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About The Helm, The Helm: The Helm is an early-stage venture firm investing in game-changing companies founded by women through our fund and investor membership.

Jeremy Frommer
Founder & CEO of Creatd
Jeremy Frommer is an American financier and entrepreneur based in New Jersey. His career includes over two decades on Wall Street, working as a hedge fund and portfolio manager, and on the sell-side of the financial industry, building and selling two financial services companies. He is CEO of Jerrick Ventures Inc., a company that acquires, develops and produces content across all forms of media. Frommer is depicted in Michael Lewis’ novel Flash Boys. In 2012, Frommer discovered the “Guccione Collection,” a large collection of unpublished works and photos owned by Bob Guccione, the founder of the Penthouse empire. Frommer graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany, with a B.A. in philosophy, and studied at the London School of Economics.
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About Creatd, Vocal: Creatd is an IT company that provides technologies that solve problems for the creative community.

George Sard
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sard Verbinnen & Co
George Sard is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sard Verbinnen. Before co-founding the firm in 1992, George was Chairman of the New York office of Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart, a corporate/financial public relations firm. For over 30 years, he has represented Fortune 500 companies and private firms in many industries on long-term investor and media positioning programs and in high-profile crises and special situations. These include mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, restructurings, earnings issues, high-level executive changes, and sensitive legal and regulatory matters.
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About Sard Verbinnen & Co: Sard Verbinnen & Co is a leading strategic corporate and financial communications firm.

Paul Verbinnen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Sard Verbinnen & Co
He co-founded Sard Verbinnen in 1992 and is actively involved with many of the firm’s clients, including public corporations, high-profile executives and educational institutions. He has worked on numerous M&A transactions and proxy contests, as well as crisis situations including product recalls, data breaches, litigation, regulatory matters and executive transitions. He works with many companies and boards on corporate positioning, scenario planning and preparedness. Previously, he was executive vice president, International for a major public relations firm and, before that, helped to start a sports marketing firm.
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About Sard Verbinnen & Co: Sard Verbinnen & Co is a leading strategic corporate and financial communications firm.

James Clark
Chairman/CEO of The World Technology Network
James P. Clark is founding chairman and CEO of the World Technology Network (www.wtn.net), a global association of over 1,000 of the peer-nominated, peer-elected most innovative people in science and technology elected annually through the World Technology Awards. The next Awards will be presented at the close of the 2011 World Technology Summit & Awards (WTSA), held on October 25/26, 2011, in association with TIME magazine, CNN, and Fortune, among others, in New York. Now in its tenth annual cycle, the WTSA is a two-day, global gathering of the WTN membership (primarily winners/finalists from previous World Technology Award cycles), as well as World Technology Award nominees. The WTN has also convened other global summits, including the World Energy Technologies Summit (WETS) at UNESCO headquarters in Paris in 2004, and a second WETS at the TIME & Life Building in NYC in 2010, jointly convened with TIME magazine. The WTN also convenes other smaller roundtables in cities around the world. Educated at Wesleyan University and Cambridge University (UK), Clark has served in a wide variety of leadership roles across business, politics, technology, academia, and the non-profit sector. A serial entrepreneur, Clark’s first venture, a clearinghouse for professional careers in the non-profit sector, was founded at Wesleyan University and then green-housed, by invitation, at Harvard University in the late 1980s, where Clark was appointed to the faculty. In 1992, Clark next served as Director the Non-Profit Sector & National Service in Little Rock, Arkansas, for then-Governor Bill Clinton’s successful Presidential campaign. During the Presidential Transition period after the election, Clark co-developed the Presidential Transition Roundtable Series, bringing experts together to examine key issues, including Northern Ireland, Entrepreneurship, The Politics of Inclusion, and Homelessness. In 1993, he started one of the country’s first Internet consulting firms, whose main client was another start-up called AOL, and which was focused on bringing online technology to the non-profit sector. In 1997, he founded the World Technology Network. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, BBC, and in many print publications over the years, and speaks regularly to a wide variety of audiences and has consulted to a wide variety of organizations through Cogito Strategy (www.cogitostrategy.com).
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About The Global Partnership for Civic Engagement, The World Technology Network: The WTN is a curated membership community comprised of the world’s most innovative individuals and organizations in science, technology,

Georgene Huang
CEO & Co-Founder of Fairygodboss
Georgene Huang is founder of Fairygodboss.com, an employer review site and community for working women.
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About Fairygodboss: Fairygodboss is the largest career community for women. Free for women, we help employers recruit and hire women.
Wally Sajimi
Co-Founder and CEO of Endorsify
Wally Sajimi is the co-founder and CEO of Endorsify.
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About Endorsify: pricing user-generated content

Yoav Hornung
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of VeedMe
Yoav Hornung is the Creative Verticals Group Manager at Fiverr.
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About Coverr, Fiverr, VeedMe: VeedMe is a video creation marketplace that connects businesses with reliable and talented videographer communities.

Noel Cocca
Founder & CEO of RecruitingDaily.com
Noel Cocca is the Founder & CEO at RecruitingDaily.com.
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About Novo Medical Careers, RecruitingBlogs.com, RecruitingDaily.com: RecruitingDaily and its network of sites reach a global audience ranging from entry-level sourcers to strategy-level corporate executives.

Jennifer Prosek
Founder & CEO of Prosek Partners
Jennifer Prosek is the founder and CEO of Prosek Partners, a leading international public relations and financial communications consultancy with offices in New York, Connecticut and London. The firm ranks among the top 20 independent public relations firms in the US and among the top five financial communications consultancies in the US and UK. The firm has been listed as an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company of the Year for four years running and ranked among the Top 20 in New York Observer’s PR Power List in 2014. Prosek is a published author and frequent speaker. Her book “Army of Entrepreneurs,” published in 2011, received praise from Columbia Business School, Wharton and INSEAD. Her second book “Raising Can-Do Kids,” co-authored with Brown Ph.D. Richard Rende, was published by Penguin Random House in the summer of 2015. Prosek received her MBA from Columbia University and a BA in English literature from Miami University. She is on the board of directors of the Arthur Page Society, Institute for Public Relations, and The New York City Partnership for the Homeless. In 2015 Prosek was listed in PR Week’s Global PR Power Book.
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About Prosek Partners: Prosek Partners is a communications consultancy that delivers an unexpected level of passion, creativity and marketing savvy.

Andrea Jung
President & CEO of Grameen America
Andrea Jung joined Grameen America as President And CEO in 2014.
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About Grameen America: Grameen America is dedicated to helping women who live in poverty build small businesses to create better lives for their families.
Jake Poses
Founder & CEO of Jumprope
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About Jumprope: Jumprope is a platform where users can create, discover, and share how-to videos and tutorials.
Carolyn Childers
Co-Founder & CEO of Chief
Carolyn Childers is the Co-founder and CEO of Chief, the private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. She is an experienced leader and operator, having successfully scaled several early-stage businesses. Prior to founding Chief, Carolyn was SVP of Operations at Handy, led the launch of the site Soap.com (Quidsi) and acted as its GM through its acquisition by Amazon. Carolyn is now focusing her energy and experience on tackling the imbalance of professional power and creating lasting change from the top down, landing her on Inc.’s 2019 Female Founders 100 List.
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About Chief: Chief is the only private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.
Naj Austin
Founder &CEO, Somewhere Good of Ethels Club
Naj Austin is the founder and CEO of Somewhere Good and Ethel’s Club. She has spent her career building digital and physical products that make the world a more intersectional and equitable space. She was named one of Inc’s 100 Female Founders transforming America, a Huffpost Culture Shifter of 2020 and Time Out New York’s 2020 list of women making NYC better.
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About Ethels Club, Somewhere Good: An immersive wellness platform centering people of color. By us, for you.
Jeremy Fischbach
CEO of MyNeighborhood
Jeremy Fischbach is the co-founder and CEO of ‘Happy’ (www.happytheapp.io), a start-up that aims to change the culture of support in the United States by significantly expanding the number of people who can provide and receive the critical component of mental health, emotional support. Jeremy has a BA in psychology from Princeton and a JD from NYU Law School.
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About MyNeighborhood: MyNeighborhood is a local social network with the purpose of bringing people together that help and support themselves in the time of
Ken Donenfeld
President and CEO of DGI
Prior to starting his successful Wall Street-based investor relations firm 18 years ago, Ken was a top executive at three of the largest IR and PR firms in the U.S. and a prominent advisor in major corporate crisis and control matters, His career is marked, in particular, by his pioneering efforts in introducing U.S. investors to leading non-U.S. companies from Western and Eastern Europe and Asia, as well as European investors to U.S. companies. Ken earned a B.A. in Economics from Brooklyn College, and an M.A. from the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. He also completed advanced coursework at the NY Institute of Finance, is a Certified Investment Professional (New York Society of Security Analysts), and was first elected to Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in Finance in 1976. He is the author of numerous articles, has been a speaker at a number of leading forums throughout the world as well as a guest lecturer at several universities in the U.S. and Europe. His memberships have included the National Investor Relations Institute, the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), the New York Association For International Investment, The Financial Communications Society, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, and he also served on the editorial board of IR Magazine. Among the many high profile executives and industry leading clients he has assisted have been Carl Icahn, Harold Simmons, Fred Carr, Bill Norris, Percy Barnevik, Sir Michael Ashcroft, and Anheuser Busch, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Gambro, Pharmacia, Wang, ADT, Randstad and Pentair. Over the past three years he has focused on assisting more than a dozen exciting young growth companies in China whose shares are listed in the U.S. These include China’s largest importer of luxury vehicles and leading developer of Internet-based auto sales and related services, the country’s largest imported recyclable plastics manufacturer, its top exporter of recreational vehicles and a leading pioneer in electric cars, the manufacturer of one of China’s most well-known footwear brands, a leader in alternative fuels, a top technical education pioneer, and other leaders in such industries as lighting, telecommunications, batteries for electric bicycles and infrastructure development.
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About DGI: DGI is an independent “full service” investor relations and corporate communications firm started in 1991.

Joe Meyer
Chief Executive Officer of ExecThread
Joe Meyer is the President and CEO of HopStop, a leading location-based service that provides transit-routing and pedestrian navigation in 57 major metropolitan markets throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Russia. Prior to HopStop, Mr. Meyer was a Vice President and General Manager for AOL’s Quigo Technologies. At Quigo, a leading contextual ad network that was acquired by AOL in late 2007 for $376 Million, Mr. Meyer was responsible for on-boarding and managing exclusive partnerships with hundreds of leading online publishers including Time Inc., ABC News, CareerBuilder, ESPN, Forbes, FoxNews, USA Today, Fodor’s and several other top digital media companies. Before Quigo, Mr. Meyer was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) for Onset Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Earlier in his career, Mr. Meyer was a General Manager at eBay where he launched eBay’s inaugural co-op advertising program, and managed several large product categories for the e-commerce leader including Collectibles and Sporting Goods. In addition to his responsibilities at HopStop, Mr. Meyer was most recently on the Board of Advisors for Adtuitive (acquired by Etsy) and Belief Networks (acquired by BenefitFocus); and is currently on the Board of Advisors for Snooth, Spongecell and Kalexo. Mr. Meyer lives in Mamaroneck, NY with his wife and four children, and earned a BA degree from Georgetown University and an MBA from Wharton.
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About ExecThread, HopStop.com: ExecThread helps hiring companies and recruiters connect with other professional people.
Brad Hargreaves
Founder & CEO of Common Living
Brad is the founder and CEO of Common. Common is dedicated to making housing better by providing flexible, community-minded shared homes. Previously,he co-founded General Assembly, a global education institution with campuses in more than 15 cities worldwide. As part of the General Assembly founding team, Brad led the growth of the company’s education business from its launch in 2011 into a global institution with over a dozen campuses. Most recently, he was a Venture Partner at Maveron, General Assembly’s lead investor. Brad has been named to Vanity Fair’s “The Next Establishment”, Inc Magazine’s “30 Under 30”, and Business Insider’s “Silicon Alley 100”.
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About Common Living, GoCrossCampus: Common Living is a community-driven residential company that brings community, convenience, and flexibility to housing.
Mark Ramadan
Chief Executive Officer of Hu Kitchen
Mark Ramadan is the CEO at Hu Kitchen.
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About Hu Kitchen: Paleo-inspired, high quality, low processed, clean food restaurants.

Rachel Sklar
Founder & CEO of TheLi.st
Rachel Sklar is a writer and social entrepreneur based in New York. She is the co-founder of Change The Ratio, which increases visibility and opportunity for women in tech & new media, and TheLi.st (in beta), a community platform for women driven by that same mission. She is serious about diversity and will let you know if she finds you wanting. Rachel is a TechStars mentor and an advisor to several startups, including Vox Media, The Daily Muse, Gui.de, Lover.ly, Votizen (acquired by Causes) & TeachAIDS.org, and is a proud Board member at She’s The First. She is also a proud member of the Reboot, TED & Summit communities and of the Lean In Foundation launch team. Rachel’s other initiatives include founding Charitini, a social enterprise to facilitate group giving around events, and CTRComedy – an all-women comedy initiative which quadrupled the number of women performing comedy at SXSW in 2011 and 2012.
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About Change The Ratio, TheLi.st: Theli.st is a visibility platform and network for professional women from all sector.
Byran Dai
Co-Founder and CEO of Daivergent
CEO and Co-Founder of Daivergent Inc., a technology platform allowing companies to fulfill data requests at scale by matching to uniquely-suited adults on the autism spectrum. Our software allows autism talent to enter the remote workforce for the first time.
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About Daivergent: The Daivergent platform allows companies to fulfill data requests at scale by matching to the best workforce: adults with autism.
Peter Brechter
Chief Executive Officer of Off The Scale
A veteran of the health & wellness industry, Peter has grown and managed health businesses from their early stages into $BN global enterprises.
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About Off The Scale: OffTheScale is a health platform for nutritional education, exercise classes, lifestyle change tools, and community support.

Carol Ruth
Founder, CEO & President of The Ruth Group
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About The Ruth Group: The Ruth Group is a leading strategic communications firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry.
Tomas Hoyos
Co-Founder & CEO of Voro
Tomas Hoyos is the co-founder and CEO of Voro.
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About Voro: Voro is a developer of a doctor’s recommendation platform designed to make community healthier.

Anna Lindow
CEO + Co-Founder of Brave Health
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About Brave Health: Brave Health is an online platform that offers therapy and medication management for psychiatric conditions to improve mental health.
Danny Feltsman
Founder and CEO of lifeArk
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About lifeArk: lifeArk helps parents share life experience and establish meaningful, lasting, and significant relationships with their kids

Gregory Gittrich
Chief Executive Officer of Creatively
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About Creatively: Creatively connects the creative community through best-in-class portfolios, collaborative features, and opportunities around the globe.
James Ingallinera
Founder & CEO of Tribe
James Ingallinera is the CEO at Tribe
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About Tribe: Tribe is the platform for interest-based coliving.

Gesche Haas
Founder & CEO of Dreamers & Doers
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About Dreamers & Doers, Founders Pledge: Dreamers & Doers is a private collective for extraordinary entrepreneurial womxn.

Alexander Dadson
CEO & Managing Director of Blue Management Group
Alexander Dadson is CEO & Managing Director at Blue Management Group.
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About Blue Management Group: Blue Management Group, a licensed and insured community association management firm.
Tina Roth Eisenberg
Founder / CEO of CreativeMornings
Tina Roth Eisenberg is a Swiss born designer working and living in Brooklyn, New York. Tina is the author of the popular design blog SwissMiss, organizes a monthly lecture/breakfast series called CreativeMornings, runs a co-working space called FRIENDS (formerly Studiomates), is the force behind the simple, browser-based to-do app called TeuxDeux and the founder of Tattly, a designy temporary tattoo shop.
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About CreativeMornings, FRIENDS WORK HERE, Swissmiss Blog, Tattly, TeuxDeux: CreativeMornings is a free, monthly breakfast lecture series for the creative community.
Ralph Kartzman
CEO and CO Founder of Konnectgolf
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About Konnectgolf: Konnectgolf is NYC’s inclusive, indoor golf club.

Miguel Lara
Co-Founder & CEO of MicroHealth
Hello, I co-founded MicroHealth to help people live healthier lives. I focus on driving growth and serving as the connector between our team and the market. In a former life I used to be a healthcare investment banker.
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About MicroHealth: MicroHealth is a clinical-grade digital health company helping patients and healthcare professionals succeed in hemophilia treatment.

Rachael Chong
CEO & Founder of Catchafire
The one quote that Rachael hangs by her desk says, “Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.” She wants to leave this earth known as a leader who empowers others to be better than her. Rachael is described by others as gritty, hungry to learn, humble and visionary — but her passion is what truly defines and elevates her. Whether she’s talking about how amazing the spoken-word artist she saw last week was or a new social enterprise she just heard about, she can’t help but gush. She’s one of the lucky ones to be born with fire, and she works daily to channel it for good.
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About Catchafire: Catchafire is an online platform connecting professionally-skilled volunteers with non-profits and social enterprises.
Sallie Giordano
CEO of Couture Collective
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About Couture Collective: An innovative fashion-sharing site, Couture Collective is your closet in the cloud.
Keren Sachs
Founder & CEO of The Luupe
Founder, CEO of The Luupe
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About The Luupe: The Luupe is a one-stop production platform for professional creators and brands to seamlessly collaborate and make great work together.
Peter Frank
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of DEV
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About DEV: Dev is a community of software developers getting together to help one another out.
Reshma Chabria
Founder and CEO of T3: The Tutor Theories
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About T3: The Tutor Theories: T3: The Tutor Theories is more than a tutoring company. We are a knowledge-producing, epiphany-inducing community. Our team makes educatio

Marshall Cooper
CEO of Chief Executive Group
Marshall Cooper is CEO @ Chief Executive Group.
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About Chief Executive Group, Greenhaven Partners: Chief Executive Group is the community for business leaders worldwide.

Eric Eichmann
Chief Executive Officer of Spark Networks SE
Eric Eichmann is the Chief Executive Officer at Spark Networks.
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About Spark Networks SE: Spark Networks SE is a global dating company with a widening portfolio of premium & freemium apps.
Radha Agrawal
CEO and Co-Founder of DAYBREAKER
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About DAYBREAKER: Daybreaker is an early morning dance movement in 23 cities around the world and growing.
Brian Anderson
Founder and Co-CEO of beastcoast
Brian Anderson is a Co-founder and CEO at Beastcoast.
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About beastcoast: Beastcoast is an online esports game organizer that specializes in organizing games and tournaments based on players’ interests.

Dan Zaitsev
CEO, Founder of Catchar
Dan Zaitsev is an entrepreneur and product manager with 10+ yrs experience. He started his IT life in early 90s at the age of 7 years with PC 486, VFX 3D (btw VFX was his first VR experience), Nintendo and Playstation. From 18 until 25, he worked for a number of large web-studios as a project manager building web-sites, social widgets and applications. At the age of 25, he worked for a couple of big IT companies as a product owner being involved in development of social and e-commerce mobile applications and websites that generated net revenue exceeding $200,000 per month. Also at this period, he first time visited Silicon Valley and he was really excited how IT technologies can disrupt whole industries. Soon thereafter, he gained his first experience with Augmented Reality technology — Google Glass. At the age of 28 years he was part of the Looksery (Augmented Reality product based on realtime face recognition), Looksery was sold to Snapchat in the biggest ever deal for Ukraine valued at $150M. In 2015 he started to build ROAR Augmented Reality Platform. The key idea is an AR for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), where consumers are able to see AR content such as commercial video, price comparison, nutrition information, etc. directly on the packages. In 2018, I started working on Catchar — the world’s largest Augmented and Mixed Reality community…
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About Catchar: A web-community and marketplace for Augmented Reality developers

Nancy Spears
CEO & Founder of genconnectU
Nancy Spears in 2008 founded genConnect, a digital media company that engages audiences with world-class experts and their wisdom. The mission of genConnect, which has a media presence at such high-profile events as the Aspen Food & Wine Classic, Aspen Ideas Festival, SXSW and Sundance Film Festival, is to link audiences directly to experts on everything that matters through short-form video, online chats and eCommerce.
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About genconnectU: genConnectU is an EdTech eLearning platform which creates and distributes world-class expert video courses, targeting a female audience.
Yali Harari
Co-Founder and CEO of Innovesta
Yali Harari is the CEO of 3i-MIND since the company’s inception in October, 2009. Yali has extensive management background in the technology space. In her last position Yali served as Corporate VP, Global Services for NICE systems, a global leader in solutions for the security and enterprise markets. During her tenure at NICE Yali led the services organization to increased revenue, while improving customer satisfaction. Prior to that position, Yali was CEO of Kamoon Inc. a knowledge management profiling and collaboration technology provider. Her first role as CEO was at Tescom, a Q &A testing services company.
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About Innovesta: Innovesta is a cutting-edge digital crowd diligence platform creating an online community.
Freya Williams
CEO, North America of Futerra
Freya Williams is the North American CEO of Futerra, the global sustainability change agency. She has served as an advisor to numerous organizations throughout her career including Coca Cola, Unilever, the United Nations, Estee Lauder and Target on how to turn sustainability and social good into a competitive advantage for their business and brands. Freya was the Cofounder of OgilvyEarth and former lead of Edelman’s Business + Social Purpose practice in New York.
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About Futerra: To make sustainable development so desirable it becomes normal.
Kevin M. O’Connor
President, CEO & Director of Bridgehampton National Bank
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About Bridgehampton National Bank: The local Bank for local business, specializing in creative solutions for our customers.
Ron D’vari
Executive Chairman, Chief Investment Officer, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of NewOak
Ron D’Vari is NewOak’s Chairman, Chief Investment Officer & Co-Founder. He is responsible for advising NewOak clients in matters throughout the structured products and fixed-income asset lifecycle. In this role, Mr. D’Vari leads the analyses concerning portfolio construction, structuring, securitization, reps and warrants, portfolio management, valuation, credit and market risks and trading management. Mr. D’Vari is a member of NewOak’s executive committee. Prior to co-founding NewOak in 2008, Mr. D’Vari served as head of structured finance at BlackRock, where he co-managed $90 billion in fixed-income assets. At Blackrock, he developed the reality-based loan-level approach to valuation of structured securities transactions, was instrumental in establishing BlackRock Mortgage Investors and setting up the BlackRock distressed mortgage fund, PennyMAC. Prior to this, Mr. D’Vari worked at State Street Research for 12 years, ultimately heading the MBS/ABS/CMBS Portfolio Management and Trading team. He was one of three members of the firm’s Bond Policy Committee that managed $27 billion of fixed-income assets, and he established and led State Street’s collateralized debt obligation business and quantitative research team.
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About Black Tulip Asset Management, Boston University, FuturePay, NewOak, OrbisPay, PRMIA – Professional Risk Managers’ International Association, Tufts University: NewOak is a financial services advisory firm based in New York.
Anupam Kundu
CO-FOUNDER & CEO of Barkloudly
Dog Parent based out of greater NY – Start-up enthusiast, innovative thinker and dog lover. Solid experience in working with Fortune 500 companies as tech strategy consultant.
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About Barkloudly, Calculai: Barkloudly is an online hangout that offers an innovative way to connect shelters and rescues with dog lovers and volunteers.
Mary Ellen Iskenderian
President & CEO of Women’s World Banking
Mary Ellen Iskenderian is President and CEO of Women’s World Banking, the global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to the financial tools and resources they require to achieve security and prosperity.
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About Women’s World Banking: Women’s World Banking is a nonprofit organization that provides strategic support, technical assistance and information to a global network.

Nat Gelb
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Tasting Collective
Nat Gelb is Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Tasting Collective .
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About Tasting Collective: Tasting Collective is a roving community of food lovers on a mission to create a more meaningful restaurant experience.

Michael Grosheim
President & CEO of Grosh Incorporated
Owner of TheSocialTweep.com and GroshBlog.com, Executive Editor of Brandoodle.Net, Writer on Technorati.com, Marketing & Brand Consultant, Dad, Husband & more!
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About Grosh Incorporated: Brand Development & Growth (Branding, Marketing, Community Management)
Marjorie Abalos
CEO of CLODS
Marjorie Abalos is a social entrepreneur based in New York, New York. Having earned her undergraduate degree at USC, Marjorie pursued a career in technology prior to her joining the nonprofit realm. Over the past 25 years, Marjorie has been involved in a number of different public service engagements. Today Marjorie’s focus is on CLODS Inc, which she founded and where she currently works as the CEO.
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About CLODS: CLODS Inc. is a global New York City based, for-profit, mission-driven social enterprise.
Ivelyse Andino
Founder | CEO of Radical Health
Ivelyse Andino is a community organizer and digital health marketing strategist born and raised in the Bronx. She combines a meteoric rise in corporate health care with a relentless passion for community health to bring health technology into underserved neighborhoods. She began her career in marketing for large biotech companies such as Genentech and Pfizer. Ivelyse brought the first mobile app-prescribing platform to market with Happtique at GYNHA & AppScript at IMS Health. She has worked with healthcare organizations such as Kaiser Permanente, University of California San Francisco (USCF), Carolinas Health System & NHS London. In 2014, she founded Radical Health to leverage the innate connections within underserved communities to address health disparities.
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About New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, Radical Health: Radical Health combines meaningful conversations with AI-enabled tech that helps people understand what’s going on with their health.

Samit Singh
Co-Founder, CEO of Decentralized News Network
Samit Singh joined DeFi Global as Co-Founder, Partner in 2020.
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About Decentralized News Network, DeFi Global: DNN is a political news platform, combining news creation with decentralized networks to deliver factual content, curated by the community.

Ashwin Srisailam
Co Founder & CEO of Ahhaa Inc.
Ashwin Srisailam was born and raised in Chennai, India. Ashwin left home at age 13 to serve humanity as a monk in finding happiness. Ashwin spent 17 years in this journey learning and teaching how people evolve as we take the attention away from the self (ME) to the other (WE). Ashwin traveled the world meeting influencers and speaking at events up to 50,000 people in 35 countries inspiring them to inspire others on the art of living. The entire thought of ahhaa struck to him when he saw what internet could offer today in terms of a global help engine. His obsession to raise human standards is nicely portrayed as he co-created ahhaa.
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About Ahhaa Inc.: Ahhaa Inc. is a people to people help engine where stories, ideas, and solutions are shared to uplift each other.

Ezra Firestone
Founder & CEO of Smart Marketer
Ezra Firestone is a Founder & CEO at Smart Marketer.
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About Boom! By Cindy Joseph, Smart Marketer: Your Community of Fellow Smart Marketers.

Tony Russo
Chairman and CEO of Russo Partners
Tony has been a member of the healthcare PR community for more than two decades. As a founder of Noonan Russo in 1988, he and his colleagues have helped build some of the signature healthcare brands worldwide. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Tony has published articles and chapters in numerous scientific magazines, medical journals and books. As comfortable on the streets of Rome as he is in London or New York City, Tony possesses that rare combination of a world viewpoint and a razor-sharp focus on his business.
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About Russo Partners: Integrated communications for healthcare companies
Brian Coles
Co-Founder, CEO of Taghumanity
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About Taghumanity: Social Network where meaningful bonds are made

Robert Lee
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
Robert Lee is a Gates Millennium Scholar who graduated cum laude from New York University. Coming from a humble background, he is committed to doing all he can to help those in need. At NYU, Robert worked on a club called Two Birds One Stone which delivers leftover dining hall food to homeless shelters. Over the four years that Robert was a part of this organization, he learned best practices of operations in delivering food, fostered relationships within the industry, and honed volunteer management skills. During Robert’s three years as president, he has helped the organization receive the NYU Green Grant for the best green initiative on campus and led volunteers to deliver over 12,000 pounds of food. After graduating, Robert worked at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. before continuing his passion of helping the hungry and reducing food waste by co-founding Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc.
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About Rescuing Leftover Cuisine: Dedicated to helping the hungry by rescuing and donating leftover food to homeless shelters.

Robert Lee
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
Robert Lee is a Gates Millennium Scholar who graduated cum laude from New York University. Coming from a humble background, he is committed to doing all he can to help those in need. At NYU, Robert worked on a club called Two Birds One Stone which delivers leftover dining hall food to homeless shelters. Over the four years that Robert was a part of this organization, he learned best practices of operations in delivering food, fostered relationships within the industry, and honed volunteer management skills. During Robert’s three years as president, he has helped the organization receive the NYU Green Grant for the best green initiative on campus and led volunteers to deliver over 12,000 pounds of food. After graduating, Robert worked at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. before continuing his passion of helping the hungry and reducing food waste by co-founding Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc.
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About Rescuing Leftover Cuisine: Dedicated to helping the hungry by rescuing and donating leftover food to homeless shelters.

Tyler Malley
CEO of Winific.com
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About Winific.com: Community for gamers and developers all in one.

Charles Beckwith
Founder, CEO of Greyland Fireworks Corporation
Charles Beckwith is an executive with extensive experience across the technology, media, design, marketing, branding, events, fashion, entertainment, and non-profit sectors. Great at working with engineers, legal teams, sales and business development, and creatives. Charles emphasizes a dedication to collaboration, planning, preparation, teamwork, and situational flexibility to his teams and co-workers.
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About Greyland Fireworks Corporation, Harmony Mediation Incorporated, MouthMedia Network, The Pod Corporation: Greyland Fireworks Corporation conducts advanced research and development.
George Mazzella
CEO & Co-Founder of The Suite
George is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of The Suite. He founded The Suite in order to fundamentally change the world of executive hiring and facilitate connections based on the alignment of Vision & Values. Prior to founding The Suite in 2019, George spent several years in the executive recruiting space where he was fortunate enough to advise some of the world’s leading VC & PE backed businesses on talent.
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About The Suite: The Suite is a career management & networking platform for executives.

Bob Liodice
President & CEO of ANA – Association of National Advertisers
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About ANA – Association of National Advertisers: If you are a client-side marketer with a member, or a qualifying subsidiary, you are already a member of the ANA.

Brandon Gutman
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Brand Innovators
As Co-Founder of the Brand Innovators Summit, Brandon Guttman is responsible for developing premium content which means tapping marketers from the world’s most successful brands to share how they’re utilizing emerging technology and new media vehicles to build their brands and drive meaningful ROI. A prolific, highly respected writer, Brandon is an expert blogger at Forbes where his weekly contributions are featured on Forbes’ CMO Network, Leadership and Technology sections. Prior to launching Brand Innovators, Brandon held marketing and business development positions in the executive search sector where he forged relationships with some of the most influential brand marketers, technology developers and venture capitalists in our industry.
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About Brand Approved, Brand Innovators: An exclusive professional community of brand marketers from around the world.

Matt Ronen
Founder & CEO of ServiceCorps
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About ServiceCorps: ServiceCorps is the private sector’s response to national service.

Ash Kumra
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of YOUNGRY
Ash’s passion lies in converging entrepreneurship and inner purpose. Ash is currently Chairman, and co-founder of digital content distribution agency DesiYou. DesiYou was the 2010 recipient for “Best Digital Media” company by the Irvine Entrepreneur Forum. DesiYou is the first digital distribution and marketing agency specializing in the global Indian entertainment market. DesiYou’s video network reaches over 50,000 websites and millions via mobile handsets specifically in India, North America and UAE being our largest markets. Ash is also an active angel investor and coach for businesses involved with consumer internet, entertainment and digital media. The South Asian Business Alliance Network awarded the 2010 “Best Young South Asian American Entrepreneur†to Ash. Ash is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship and has spoken for USC’s Entrepreneurship Program, Network of Indian Professionals, The Indus Entrepreneurs, UCI Merage School of Business, and for the 2011 Free Enterprise Tour (sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce). Ash is also an adjunct professor on entrepreneurship. Recent Awards: 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year (South Asian Business Alliance) 2010 Best Digital Media Company (Irvine Entrepreneur Forum) 2011 Top 40 Executives Under 40 (OC Metro) 2011 TIE 50 Startup Awards Finalist (DesiYou) 2011 Silicon India Top Companies (DesiYou) Recent Interviews: http://bit.ly/dL3uVW http://bit.ly/dHzpLH http://bit.ly/eQLdf7 http://bit.ly/gx91Fw
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About YOUNGRY: YOUNGRY is a media company celebrating of every aspect within the infamous entrepreneurial lifestyle told through the eyes of those.

Claudio Schapsis
Co-Founder and CEO of Genuin Inc
genuin – Relationship Discovery Engine Co-Founder and CEO Senior Digital Marketer Brand Storyteller Customer Journey/Experience Developer Powerful blend of B2B/B2C marketing strategy, digital marketing technology innovation, customer experience development, and business acumen. Market driven technology evangelist and educator integrating cutting-edge technologies into marketing strategies, particularly in areas of digital/mobile/social marketing, location-based/hyperlocal marketing and advertising, and customer journey development.
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About Genuin Inc, Nebraska Wesleyan University, New York University School of Professional Studies: Genuin is a video chatting discovery platform.

Adda Birnir
Founder & Instructor, CEO of Skillcrush
Adda is not only the CEO and founder of Skillcrush, but also an instructor. With her self-taught tech skills, she’s worked on building sites for the New York Times, ProPublica and MTV. When Adda isn’t developing or teaching on Skillcrush, she enjoys watching Hall & Oates videos on YouTube.
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About Skillcrush: Skillcrush is an online learning community that conducts classes in design, coding, and other digital skills.
Catherine Billon
Founder & CEO of Green Hands USA
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About Green Hands USA: Making volunteering easy and fun

Steven McBride
Founder/CEO of One Chronicle, Inc.
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About One Chronicle, Inc.: One Chronicle is a visual storytelling platform.

Andrea Mitchell
Founder / CEO of CREW UP
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About CREW UP: CREW ON DEMAND IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND

Jaymie Cutaia
Founder & CEO of Jaymie Scotto & Associates
Jaymie Cutaia is a Founder & CEO at Jaymie Scotto & Associates.
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About Jaymie Scotto & Associates: Jaymie Scotto & Associates is the preeminent marketing, public relations, and event planning firm.
Jeremy Rettig
Founder & CEO of Adjusting to 6 Figures
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About Adjusting to 6 Figures: Creating the new insurance claims industry through education, HR & community.

Wesner Jules
CEO of Hoosthere
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About Hoosthere: The event hub for all people and things you care about!
Meredith Haberfeld
CEO of ThinkHuman
Founder and CEO of ThinkHuman, Meredith and her team work with fast-growth, entrepreneurial-spirited organizations like SoulCycle, Spotify and Flatiron Health. ThinkHuman’s leadership development programs support growth companies to create thriving cultures. After earning an “on-the-court MBA” as SVP of a $200 million marketing services company managing a team of more than 60 employees Meredith came to understand firsthand the challenges and organizational demands of clients. Meredith also teaches at educational institutions like MIT and The Esalen Institute, and is a frequent expert for media outlets including The New York Times, BusinessWeek, CNN, Forbes and Wall Street Journal.
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About ThinkHuman: ThinkHuman a change company that helps leaders unleash people to drive positive change in their organizations.

Rosanne Haggerty
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Community Solutions
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About Community Solutions, Community Solutions: Community Solutions works toward a future without homelessness, where poverty never follows families beyond a single generation.

Tzvia Bader
CEO and Co-founder of TrialJectory
Tzvia Bader is a CEO and Co-founder at TrialJectory.
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About TrialJectory: TrialJectory is an AI-based marketplace to help patients and community oncologists find advance treatment.
Ravi Mittal
CEO of Vuukle
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About Vuukle: Vuukle is the world’s first Publisher Workspace solution designed to maximize ad revenue improve site speed and amplify audience engagement.