Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Colin O'Donnell
Founder
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Control Group/Intersection (sold to Alphabet/Sidewalk Labs in 2016); Board Member Kaboom.org; writer Techcrunch
Marian Goodell
Board Avisor
Founding Board Member and Chief Executive Officer, Burning Man Project; Founding Board Member, Black Rock Arts Foundation and Black Rock Solar
Josh Froberg
Community
Director of Community at Summit, a global community and event series for entrepreneurs & artists; Event Director at Summit Powder Mountain & Summit Mountain Series; 4+ years in client relations in startups and at a global marketing agency
Ysiad Ferreiras
Vans
15+ years experience as an operator/entrepreneur. COO at Hustle (Political Tech; sold 2020); Managing Director Jake Roy Pilar (Financial Services Technology; Sold 2015)
Chengappa Kodira
Sites
Consultant at LEK Consulting with 6+ years of management consulting experience; Haas School of Business FTMBA Class of 2020
Dani Lopez
Operations & Product
Management Consultant at Accenture covering travel, sustainability, and consumer tech for 3.5 years; Investment Fellow at 3 Early-Stage Investment firms; Investment Banking Analyst at 2 Bulge-Bracket Banks
Emily Joffrion
Marketing
Founding member of the Airbnb team and first communications hire Brand story and culture strategist, working with companies including Earnest, Abstract, and Replica Contributor to ForbesWomen and All Raise
Rich Hofbauer
Operations
COO/CFO Celmatix; COO, Control Group/Intersection (sold to Alphabet/Sidewalk Labs in 2016); CIO, MHL-Real Estate Investment Trust (sold to Deutsche Bank in 2007)
Samantha Katz
Creative Direction
Creative Lead at Selina, a global hospitality group; Sr. Art Director at Duarte, the largest design firm in Silicon Valley; Associate Creative Director with Arcade Creative Group of Sony Music