Our Team

We are a team of talented individuals from Chicago connected by a noble purpose — to share ideas worth spreading, inspire creative thinking and expand minds.

Want to join us? We’d love to have you.

  • Alhaji “HAAJi” Abubakar

    Attendee Experience

  • Bolu Ajanaku

    Community Engagement & Attendee Experience

  • Saber Ali

    Attendee Experience

  • Jennifer Bernardi

    Creative

  • Dana Black

    Speaker Delivery Coach

  • Dhaval Buddhadev

    Community Engagement

  • Chris Cherek

    Associate Director of Production

  • Joan Christopher

    Associate Curator, Speaker Experience Coordinator

  • Anand Dedhia

    Project Manager

  • Michael Downey

    Associate Director, Creative

  • Kelly Fernandez

    Co-Director, Curator

  • Karla Flannery

    Brand Strategy & Partnerships

  • Jann Gao

    Speaker Experience

  • Laura Godoy

    Community Engagement

  • Michele M. Graham

    Photographer

  • Aaron Gottl

    Production & Lead Sound Engineer

  • Nicki Harada

    Speaker Experience

  • Micah-Rafael Hall

    Professionals Program

  • Sherita Harkness

    Professional Development

  • Dustin Huibregtse

    Co-Director, Speaker Coach and Curator

  • Krys Jackson

    Attendee Experience

  • MK Jilek

    Arts & Performances

  • Enid Kent

    Speaker Delivery Coach, Partnerships

  • Sandra Kim

    Attendee Experience

  • Jasmina Kovacevic

    Attendee Experience

  • Victoria Lozano

    Web, UX & UI

  • Lauren Raymond

    Attendee Experience Pillar Manager

  • Saloni Nahar

    Community Engagement

  • Kati Nelson

    Community Engagement

  • Stacy Newman

    Community Engagement

  • Jenny Nowatzke

    Community Engagement

  • Josh Park

    Community Engagement

  • Arielle Pollock

    Art Direction

  • Maria Racho

    Professionals Program

  • Amanda Regan

    Web, UX & UI

  • Eric Regan

    Web & Responsive Design

  • Andrea Richardson

    Attendee Experience Manager

  • Katie Richardson

    Writer & Copyeditor

  • Marshaun Robinson

    Producer

  • Hailey Rosenberg

    Attendee Experience

  • Patricia Sanchez

    Attendee Experience

  • Ella Schmidbauer

    Production Coordinator

  • Jalen Scott

    Arts & Performances

  • Tim Sidiropoulos

    Copywriter

  • Melissa Suarez

    Attendee Experience

  • Tameya Tarkington

    Attendee Experience

  • Rob Tate

    Arts & Performances, Attendee Experience

  • Dr. Victoria Taylor

    Young & Amazing Program Lead

  • Todd Walton

    Attendee Experience, Production

  • Jessica Yip

    Attendee Experience, Volunteer & Core Team Experience