Sal Khan

Sal Khan founded the Khan Academy with the mission of providing a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Today, more than 18 million people visit the platform every month from all over the globe.

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Sal Khan

Founder & CEO, Khan Academy
Born: October 11, 1976
Location: Metairie, Louisiana
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: Khan Academy

Kristi Yamaguchi

In addition to being an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion figure skater, Kristi Yamaguchi is the founder of the Always Dream Foundation, supporting early childhood education.

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Kristi Yamaguchi

Olympic Gold Medalist
Born: July 12, 1971
Location: Hayward, California
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: Team USA

Sylvia Acevedo

Sylvia Acevedo wears many hats: rocket scientist, author, entrepreneur, and more. In addition to serving as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA, she is also a Commissioner on the White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

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Sylvia Acevedo

CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA
Born: 1957
Location: South Dakota
Nationality: United States
Residence: Santa Barbara, California
Businesses: Girl Scouts of the USA

Komal Ahmad

Komal Ahmad is the founder and CEO of Copia, an excess food management solution that is responsible for recovering 900,000 pounds of food and feeding up to 2 million people a year.

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Komal Ahmad

Founder & CEO, Copia
Born: 1990
Location: United States
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco, California
Businesses: Copia

Nikole Collins-Puri

Nikole Collins-Puri is a social justice visionary, strategist, advocate & mentor. She is committed to unleashing the potential of untapped communities, empowering girls to pursue STEM careers and achieve economic mobility & financial security.

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Nikole Collins-Puri

CEO, Techbridge Girls
Born: 1980
Location: United States
Nationality: United States
Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Businesses: Techbridge Girls / AT&Tbr

Vijay Advani

Vijay Advani is Executive Chairman of Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA. Before joining Nuveen, he was Co-President of Franklin Templeton Investments, where he had a 20-year career. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at the World Bank.

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Vijay Advani

Executive Chairman, Nuveen
Born: 1960
Location: India
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: Nuveen / Franklin Templeton Investments

Atul Tandon

Atul Tandon has spent his career successfully leading some of the world’s largest, best-known and most impactful for- and non-profit enterprises. His work spans several industries, from banking and e-commerce to humanitarian relief and development.

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Atul Tandon

CEO, Opportunity International
Born: October 1, 1959
Location: India
Nationality: Indian
Residence: Chicago, Illinois
Businesses: Opportunity International / United Way / Citibank

Theresia Gouw

Prior to co-founding Acrew Capital, Theresia Gouw was a founding partner at Aspect Ventures and a Managing General Partner at Accel. She has with many successful companies through IPOs or acquisitions, including Trulia, Hotel Tonight, and LearnVest.

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Theresia Gouw

Founding Partner, Acrew Capital
Born: 1968
Location: Indonesia
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: Acrew Capital

La June Montgomery Tabron

La June Montgomery Tabron is president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. As the first woman and African American CEO, Tabron leads the Kellogg Foundation to support thriving children, working families and equitable communities.

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La June Montgomery Tabron

President and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Born: October 4, 1962
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Nationality: United States Residence: Detroit, Michigan
Businesses: W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Lisa Lambert

Lisa Lambert is the CTIO of National Grid, and Founder & President of National Grid Partners, a division of National Grid. Lisa is responsible for leading innovation, incubation, corporate venture capital, BD, and culture acceleration.

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Lisa Lambert

Chief Technology & Innovation Officer of National Grid
Born: 1967
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: National Grid / UPWARD Women / Intel

Daniela Fernandez

Daniela V. Fernandez is the founder of Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) and has built SOA into a global organization that is cultivating and accelerating innovative solutions to protect and sustain the health of the ocean.

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Daniela Fernandez

Founder & CEO of Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Born: 1995
Location: Ecuador
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco, California
Businesses: Sustainable Ocean Alliance

Tarang Amin

Tarang has more than 25 years of consumer products experience building brands, leading innovation, and assembling high performance teams. His leadership experience prior to e.l.f. Cosmetics, includes Schiff Nutrition, Clorox, and Procter & Gamble.

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Tarang Amin

Chairman & CEO, e.l.f. Cosmetics
Born: 1965
Location: Kenya
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: e.l.f. Cosmetics / Clorox / Procter & Gamble

Shellye Archambeau

Shellye is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high performance teams, and organizations. She currently serves on the boards of Verizon, Nordstrom, Roper Technologies, and Okta.

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Shellye Archambeau

Former CEO, MetricStream
Born: July 6, 1962
Location: Washington, DC
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: MetricStream / Blockbuster / IBM

Kevin Washington

Kevin was the first African American to lead the YMCA of the USA. He spent 43 years of his career at the organization, increasing diversity & engagement throughout the organization & implementing important initiatives to benefit children and families.

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Kevin Washington

Former CEO, YMCA of the USA
Born: 1954
Location: United States
Nationality: United States
Residence: Chicago, Illinois
Businesses: YMCA

David Chun

Since founding the company, David has led Equilar to become one of the most trusted names in the corporate governance community. He is recognized as a thought leader on corporate governance and board diversity matters.

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David Chun

Founder & CEO, Equilar
Born: August 26, 1967
Location: United States
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: Equilar

Deb Liu

Prior to Ancestry.com, Deb held key leadership positions at Facebook and eBay. She is passionate about promoting diversity in the tech industry, co-founding the Women in Product nonprofit.

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Deb Liu

CEO, Ancestry.com
Born: 1977
Location: United States Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: Ancestry.com / Facebook / PayPal

Eric Toda

Prior to Meta (previously Facebook), Eric held leadership roles at Stitch Fix, Gap Inc, Airbnb, Snapchat & Nike. His work has been awarded by Cannes Lions, Webbys, Clios, amongst others for combining purpose, creativity, and business results.

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Eric Toda

Global Head of Social Marketing, Meta
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Businesses: Meta (Facebook) / Gap / Airbnb / Snapchat / Nike

Andrew Chau

Andrew Chau and his partner developed Boba Guys after their favorite tea shop in San Francisco suddenly closed. Within months, they learned everything they could about the popular drinks. Boba Guys launched in 2011 and now has more than a dozen locations.

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Andrew Chau

CEO & Co-Founder, Boba Guys
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco, California
Businesses: Boba Guys / LeapFrog / Clorox / Walmart / Target

Manish Chandra

Manish Chandra is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Poshmark, where he also serves on the company’s board of directors. Prior to Poshmark, Manish co-founded Kaboodle, an online shopping website where he served as CEO.

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Manish Chandra

Founder & CEO, Poshmark
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area
Businesses: Poshmark / Kaboodle / Intel Versata / Sybase

Rodrigo Liang

Rodrigo Liang is CEO and co-founder of SambaNova Systems. Prior to joining SambaNova, Rodrigo was responsible for SPARC Processor ASIC at Oracle.

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Rodrigo Liang

Co-Founder & CEO, SambaNova Systems
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area
Businesses: SambaNova Systems / Oracle

Jan Kang

Jan Kang leads operations and legal at Stairwell Inc. With over 25 years in the legal field, Jan has held positions in organizations focused on revolutionizing the industries and being on the cutting edge of fighting cybercrime.

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Jan Kang

COO & General Counsel, Stairwell Inc.
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area
Businesses: Stairwell Inc. / Alphabet

Trier Bryant

Trier Bryant is the co-founder and CEO of Just Work. She is a strategic executive with distinctive tech, Wall Street, and military experience spanning over 15 years.

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Trier Bryant

CEO & Co-Founder, Just Work
Nationality: United States
Residence: Denver, Colorado
Businesses: Just Work / 82VS (Alloy Therapeutics) / Astra / Twitter / Goldman Sachs / United States Air Force

Tekedra Mawakana

Tekedra Mawakana is the co-CEO of Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going

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Tekedra Mawakana

Co-CEO, Waymo
Nationality: United States
Residence: San Francisco Bay Area
Businesses: Waymo / eBay / Yahoo!

Neda Navab

The proud daughter of a real estate agent, Neda is focused on bringing Compass' mission to life across the United States. Prior to Compass, Neda was the Director of Urban Systems at Sidewalk Labs, the division of Google focused on building smart cities.

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Neda Navab

President, Compas
Nationality: United States
Residence: New York
Businesses: Compass / Urban Systems / Box