Role: Founder and Chief Innovation Officer

Company: We Accelerate Women’s Impact, PBC, dba WeAccel

Teams: All, Business Development

Background Industries: Economic, Business & Workforce Development; Technology and International Trade; Community Engagement

Specialty: Development Strategies for Smart Communities / Public-Private Partnerships

Associated Organizations, Past or Present: Global Communities Technology Challenge (formerly Global Communities Team Challenge under NIST), Cities of Oakland & San Leandro; IDotConnect (Principal); Wells Fargo Bank, Crocker Bank (AVP, Real Estate Industries); TwoPointOakland (Co-Founder); Mission Bay Residents Assn. (President)

Role: Chief Operations Officer

Company: We Accelerate Women’s Impact, PBC, dba WeAccel

Teams: Operations, Creative, Communications

Background Industries: Public Relations; Communications & Digital Branding; Entertainment Journalism (Music, Film)

Specialty: Communications (internal and external), creative development

Associated Organizations, Past or Present: Ann Flower Communications; Lobeline Communications; World Race Productions; Girls Behind the Rock Show; Absolutepunk.net; Substream Magazine; Kennedy Consulting.

Role: Head of Creative

Company: BorjaPlus

Teams: Creative, Communications

Background Industries: Sales; Marketing (Digital and Physical); Political Campaigning

Specialty: Social media, digital + graphic design, web design, creative development

Associated Organizations, Past or Present: Smart City Diaries, City of San Leandro

Role: Head of Production/Resident Cinematographer + Documentarian

Company: Lost Summit Films

Teams: Creative

Background Industries: Filmmaking

Specialty: Filming, creating scripts and video production

Associated Organizations: Smart City Diaries

Associated Works: Smart City Diaries (ongoing); Out From the Ashes; Truth is Beauty; A Gentle Walk; Circular Resonance

Role: Head of Client Communications

Company: Marcus Consulting Group

Teams: Client Communications, Business Development

Background Industries: Smart city technologies

Specialty: Tech analysis; technology advocacy; social equity though technology; government outreach

Associated Organizations, Past or Present: Link Oregon; Global Cities Teams Challenge (GCTC); Cisco

Role: Circular Economy Advisor

Company: Consulting & Business Coaching

Background Industries: Digital economies; hardware in technology; blockchain; consulting

Specialty: Circular economies; regenerative design and entrepreneurship; clean tech

Associated Organizations: Holo.host; Lifeguides; VEME; Karavan; LUMAN.io; Solar Punk

Role: Blue Economy Advisor

Company: Deep Blue Institute & UIXGlobal

Background Industries: Consulting; education; blue economy

Specialty: Sustainable, resilient city development, including infrastructure, design thinking, civic engagement, entrepreneurship, social capital, impact investing, blue economy

Associated Organizations, Past or Present: Clean Tech Open, Seasteading Institute, Digital Raign, Meeting of the Minds, Impact Hubs Bay Area & Roma, Prospect Silicon Valley

Role Community Engagement Advisor

Organization: San Jose Strong, Founder

Teams: Creative, Communications

Background Industries: Community organizing; Engineering

Specialty: Community outreach + engagement, social media, creative development

Associated Organizations, Past or Present: The Boldt Company, San Jose Strong; Ivaldi Group; Smart City Diaries

Role: Business Innovation and Climate Change Advisor

Company: Enterprise Development Consulting Group (EDG)

Background industries: The Enterprise Development Group (EDG) is an international consulting firm that specializes in innovation strategy and best practices, organization design, and leadership development across a myriad of industries.

Specialty: Climate Strategy, The CO-STAR (TM) pitch, Innovation Best Practices, Leadership Training.

Clients: Apple; Intel, Logitech, BBC; Kaiser Permanente; Swiss.com; Stanford University; Southern California Edison, Lockheed Martin

Role: Business Innovation and Climate Change Advisor

Company: Enterprise Development Consulting Group (EDG)

Background industries: The Enterprise Development Group (EDG) is an international consulting firm that specializes in innovation strategy and best practices, organization design, and leadership development across a myriad of industries.

Specialty: Climate Strategy, The CO-STAR (TM) pitch, Innovation Best Practices, Leadership Training.

Clients: Apple; Intel, Logitech, BBC; Kaiser Permanente; Swiss.com; Stanford University; Southern California Edison, Lockheed Martin