2018 Featured Speakers
The Social Innovation Summit 2018 will be held on June 4th-6th. We look forward to bringing together top executives and thought leaders from around the globe to discuss opportunities for leveraging technology & innovation to affect social change. Attendees will discuss philanthropic trends, analyze innovative approaches for problem solving and build lasting partnerships that enable them and their organizations to discover new methods of engaging with social challenges.
2018 Featured Speakers
ABBY DAVISSON
Director, Gap Foundation
Gap Inc.
ALEXANDER SLOAN
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Communications
Tides
ALEXIS LEWIS
Teenage Inventor, Problem-Solver & Advocate
Lewis Inventions
ALLISON HOLMES
Senior Director, Operations & Strategy
Annenberg Foundation
AMANDA BROCK
Executive Director
SPARK
AMANDA FOWLER
Executive Director, Global Corporate Giving
Edwards Lifesciences
AMY KLEMENT
Partner
Omidyar Network
AMY LESNICK
Chief Executive & President
Pledge 1%
AMY SKEETERS-BEHRENS
Executive Director, Docusign Impact
Docusign
ANNE EMIG
Lead, Mayors Challenge
Bloomberg Philanthropies
ANNE VELA-WAGNER
Executive Director
Wrigley Company Foundation
ARIA FINGER
Chief Executive Officer
DoSomething.org
ARUM KANG
Chief Strategy Officer
Coffee Meets Bagel
BERNADETTE GRAY
Chief Strategy Officer
MDR, a division of D&B
BETH SCHMIDT
Director of Education Portfolio
Emerson Collective
BILL TAI
Founder & Chairman
ACTAI Global
BLAIR BLACKWELL
Manager, Education & Corporate Programs
Chevron
BO BURNHAM
Filmmaker
"EIGHTH GRADE" / A24
BRENT BUSHNELL
CEO & Roustabout
Two Bit Circus
CALEB GARDNER
Founder & Managing Partner
18 Coffees
CARINA WONG
Senior Advisor, Innovation & Scale
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
CAROLINE BARLERIN
Head of Community Outreach & Philanthropy
Twitter
CHARLES BEST
Chief Executive Officer
DonorsChoose.org
COLLEEN HANCOCK
Chief Operating Officer, BabyCenter
Johnson & Johnson
COREY MARSHALL
Director, Splunk4Good
Marshall
COURTNEY O'DONNELL
Head of Global External Affairs
Airbnb
DALILA WILSON-SCOTT
Senior Vice President, Community Impact
Comcast NBCUniversal
DAMIEN HOOPER-CAMPBELL
Chief Diversity Officer
eBay
DARYL BREWSTER
Chief Executive Officer
CECP
DAVE SMITH
Creative Partnerships
Unreasonable Group
DAVID ARISON
Board Member for Arison Investments and The Ted Arison Family Foundation, CEO
The Doing Good Model
DEBRA JACK
Vice President, Communications
LendUp
DEENA SHAKIR
Partner
Google Ventures
DYLAN JONES
Founder
Coast Protein
EILEEN BUCKLEY
Director, Responsible Business Leadership
PwC
ELISA JAGERSON
Chief Executive Officer, FutureBrand Speck
The Power of Design for Social Impact
ELIZABETH LIPSCOMB
Vice President Strategic Alliances
Discovery Education
EMILY CHERNIACK
Americorps Alumni, Founder
New Politics
ERIK ARNOLD
Chief Technology Officer, Tech for Social Impact
Microsoft Philanthropies
EVA HO
General Partner
Fika Ventures
FANSHEN COX DIGIOVANNI
Award-winning Actress, Producer, and Educator
Pearl Street Films & One Drop of Love
FELICIA BURGIN
Teacher
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
GABRIELA GONZALEZ
Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs
Intel
GARY BOLLES
Chair of Future of Work
Singularity University
GARY SHAPIRO
President & Chief Executive Officer
Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
GRANT GARRISON
Managing Director
GOOD Corps
GUSTAV PRAEKELT
Founder & Chairman
Praekelt Group
GWEN CHENI
Partner and Portfolio Manager
Pier 88 Investment Partners
HAZAMI BARMADA
Chief Executive Officer, The Barmada Group & Founder
The Global People's Summit
HILAREE NELSON
Adventurer, Professional Skier & Mountaineer
JACQUELINE HUH
Team Leader, Stop TB Partnership
UN Office for Project Services
JAMIE SEARS
Co-Founder, Project Entrepreneur & Head, Community Affairs
UBS Americas
JASON RISSMAN
Managing Director
IDEO
JD HOYE
President
NAF
JEAN-LOUIS ROBADEY
Chief Executive Officer
Bold Social Ventures
JENNIFER WALKER
Director, Strategic Development
Taco Bell Foundation
JILL VIALET
Founder
Playworks
JILLIAN NIESLEY
Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships, Community Impact
Comcast NBCUniversal
JOANNE PASTERNACK
Vice President, Community Relations and Executive Director, Warriors Community Foundation
Golden State Warriors
JOHN POWER
Executive Director
The Volunteer Center
JOSH NESBIT
Chief Executive Officer
Medic Mobile
JULIA CORDOVER
Student Body President
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
JUNE SUGIYAMA
Director
Vodafone Americas Foundation
KATJA ZASTROW
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Better World
Anheuser-Busch
KAYNAN RABINO
Vice President Vision Ventures
Ted Arison Family Foundation
KIM VU
Seattle Market Executive for Enterprise Business & Community Engagement
Bank of America
KOMAL AHMAD
Founder & CEO
Copia
KRISTINA JONES
Co-Founder
Court Buddy
LACY CARUTHERS
Principal
Google.org
LAURA DEMING
Partner
Longevity Fund
LEAH BERNTHAL
Consultant
Every Purpose
LINDSAY BECK
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
NPX
LINNEA ROBERTS
Founder & CEO
Gingerbread Capital
LORENA GARCIA DURAN
Director for the Ashoka Support Network
Ashoka
MEGAN CHRISTENSEN
Senior Director, Civic Accelerator
Points of Light Foundation
MARIELA SHAKER
Violinist & Syrian Refugee
MARIO FEDELIN
Americorps Alumni, Executive Director
Big Citizen Hub
MARTY CREEL
Chief Academic Officer
Discovery Education
MATT MCCALL
Partner
Pritzker Group Venture Capital
MATT PETERSEN
President & Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
MATTHEW DILLON
Director of Agricultural Policy, Clif Bar
The Future of Food
MEGHAN NESBIT
Director, Nonprofit Market Development
Twilio
MEL OCHOA
Chief Operating Officer
Landmark Ventures
MELISSA SAWYER
Executive Director
Youth Empowerment Project
MICHELE MALEJKI
Global Head of Strategic Programs, Sustainability & Social Innovation
HP
MIKE MASSERMAN
Head of Social Impact
Lyft
NATHALIE MOLINA NIÑO
Chief Executive Officer
BRAVA Investments
NELL DERICK DEBEVOISE
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Inspiring CapitalNIMROD ELMISH
Chief Executive Officer
Cardboard Technologies
NOAM KOMY
Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development
Miya
OLIVER LIBBY
Managing Partner
Hatzimemos / Libby
PAUL ARNPRIESTER
Manager, Technology Strategy
CDW
PETER HIRSHBERG
Chairman, Board of Advisors
swytch.io
RACHEL COHEN GERROL
Cofounder & Global Curator
Nexus
RACHEL HUTCHISSON
Vice President, Corporate Citizenship & Philanthropy
Blackbaud
ROBERT WOLCOTT
Professor of Innovation, Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
RUTHE FARMER
Chief Evangelist
CSforAll Consortium
SAMEEKSHA DESAI
Director, Knowledge Creation & Research
Kauffman Foundation
SANDRA MARTINEZ
Vice President, Global Talent Management, Diversity & Corporate HR
HARMAN
SANFORD I. WEILL
Chairman Emeritus
Citigroup
SHANNON SCHUYLER
Chief Purpose Officer, Responsible Business Leader, President of PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.
PwC
SHELLEY MCKINLEY
General Manager, Technology & Corporate Responsibility
Microsoft
SHERMAN WHITES
Director, Education
Kauffman Foundation
STACEY CLARKE OHARA
Global Head Diversity & Inclusion
Juniper Foundation
STACEY TANK
Chief Communications Officer
Home Depot
STACI ALEXANDER
Director, Thought Leadership, Office of Policy, Research & International Affairs
AARP
SUSAN MCPHERSON
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
McPherson StrategiesTAMI ROSEN
Chief People Officer
Luminar TechnologiesTARA LEWELING
Vice President, Stakeholder Relations and Corporate Thought Leadership
Allstate
TIA HODGES
Program Officer
Citi Foundation
TOM HERBST
Vice President, Global Marketing
The North Face
TOM OGLETREE
Director, Social Impact
General AssemblyVAISHALI MISRA
Initiative Leader, Next Generation Social Entrepreneurship
IKEA
VALIERE WILLIAMS
Lead, Diversity & Inclusion
Stripe
WILMER VALDERRAMA
Actor, Producer, Activist
WINSTON IBRAHIM
Ambassador, Nexus; Founder & CEO
Hydros
Wm. JAHMAL MILLER
Director, Corporate Reputation & Thought Leadership
Blue Shield of California
ZANDER LURIE
Chief Executive Officer
SurveyMonkey
ZEEV KLEIN
General Partner
Landmark Ventures

