Tech

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.

After 7 years at IBM, Leah Solivan founded TaskRabbit, scaling the pioneering on-demand marketplace into 44 cities before its sale to Ikea. As a Partner at Fuel Capital, she is passionate about supporting teams taking on world-changing ideas.

Tim Draper is a third-generation venture capitalist and the founder of Draper University. His investments in Skype, Tesla, Hotmail, and more built his reputation as a world-renowned tech investor.

Keith Krach has brought transformational leadership to engineering, commerce, education, philanthropy, and technology. His goal as a founder of the Global Mentor Network is to help develop the next generation of transformational leaders thru mentorship.

Ruth Porat currently serves as the chief financial officer of Alphabet Inc. and Google Inc. Previously, she served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Morgan Stanley.

As CEO of DocuSign, Dan Springer leads employees to empower organizations to achieve their digital transformation goals. Dan has 30 years of executive leadership and experience driving innovation and hyper-growth across the Software-as-a-Service industry.

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.

Amy has over 20 years of experience investing in, starting and building companies at Comcast. She was the founder of Comcast’s digital media division and led the team that established Comcast’s cross-platform product strategy.

As founder and chief executive of The RealReal, Julie Wainwright has created one of the most successful online luxury consignment sites.

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.

Chris Larsen is a business executive and angel investor best known for co-founding several Silicon Valley technology startups, including the online mortgage lender E-Loan. Chris is currently the co-Founder & CEO of Ripple.

Kirsten is a top leader at the cross section of technology, information security & digital transformation. She has a proven track record of leading major operating change at scale, including as Chief Technology & Operations Officer of DocuSign.

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.

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.

René is a fourth-generation entrepreneur and has over 20 years of experience in the finance, software & payments industries. Prior to Bill.com, he founded PayCycle, the first and largest online payroll solution which was acquired by Intuit in 2009.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

During his more than 25 years at the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Antonio has held numerous leadership positions and led the strategy, development and introduction of many breakthrough innovations at HP and HPE.

Paul Markovich is President and CEO of Blue Shield of California, a three million member not-for-profit health plan serving the state's commercial, individual and government markets. Markovich assumed the position on January 1, 2013.

Rob Bernshteyn is the Chief Executive Officer of Coupa, and drives the company’s strategy and execution.

Steven Galanis is the CEO of Cameo, a marketplace where fans can book personalized video shoutouts from their favorite celebrities. Outside of Cameo, Steven is an active member of the YPO Chicago Chapter and the Economic Club of Chicago.