Sara Levinson has forged a distinguished career working with several of the world's leading brands, companies that enjoy recognizable and powerful consumer loyalties. Her board experience includes a diverse group of Fortune 500 companies and startup Internet businesses. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Macy's and Harley-Davidson for over a decade. She is a board member of Cafe Mom, the popular social network for mothers, where she previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. And she serves as an advisory board member with startup company, The Flow.net. In operating roles, Sara was the President of the Women's Publishing Group, Rodale Inc, overseeing some of the largest publishing brands in the health and wellness category, including Prevention Magazine and the South Beach Diet books, among others. She was President of NFL Properties Inc, the marketing, licensing and sponsorship division of the NFL, representing the NFL and all 32 teams. She was named the first "Woman of the Year" by Women in Sports and Entertainment. While at the NFL, Sara introduced fan development programs to expand the NFL's fan base, creating local flag football leagues to involve young fans in the sport, marketing to women and casual fans nationally, for the first time in the League's history. Under her leadership, Advertising Age named the NFL as the Promotional Marketer of the year, recognizing the NFL's innovative promotional efforts with women and kids. Sara also served as the President of MTV, Music Television, and held roles at MTV Networks such as Executive Vice President in charge of new business at MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1, and as Executive Vice President in charge of business operations at MTV. During her tenure at MTV, she architected and directed the network's global expansion with the launches of MTV Brazil, MTV Asia (introducing MTV into over 2 dozen countries in Asia), MTV Japan and MTV Latino (Spanish language MTV covering the entire continent of South and Central America). She also served on the board of MTV Europe and Comedy Central's predecessor, The Comedy Channel. She is responsible for bringing MTV Latino, a one-hour MTV program to Spanish language network Telemondo, in the 1980's. She has also worked at Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency as an account executive. And she began her career in media at Showtime Entertainment in the late 70's, starting in the cable business 'before cable was cool.' She currently serves on the Advisory board of National Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) environmental magazine, On Earth. She graduated from Cornell University with a BS degree and from Columbia University with MBA in marketing and finance.
Danielle Weinblatt is the Founder and CEO of Take the Interview.
Prior to Take the Interview, Weinblatt was a private equity professional and the Junior Recruiting Captain for Cornell University during her time at Citigroup. While at Citigroup, Weinblatt was a member of the Investment Banking Group, where she specialized in Energy Mergers & Acquisitions. She is a member of Springboard Enterprises, a network of female technology CEOs and an Advisor to DreamIt Ventures Israel, an incubator supporting Israeli startups.
Danielle Weinblatt holds a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Applied Economics from Cornell University and achieved Honors at Harvard Business School.
Cheryl Swirnow is the co-founder and COO of Sherpaa.
Prior to co-founding Sherpaa, Swirnow worked with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Quintessentially, Nike, The Barbarian Group and Rent the Runway.
Cheryl Swirnow graduated from Cornell University's Hotel School with a concentration in HR.
Brian Distelburger is Co-Founder & President of Yext. He has extensive experience with startups and publicly traded companies in the online media and database marketing space.
Brian is a graduate of Cornell University.
Kathy Savitt is the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Lockerz and current Chief Marketing Officer of Yahoo.
In her role as CEO of Lockerz, Kathy spent her time relentlessly focused on creating a unique online experience for millions of Lockerz members in 195 countries. Kathy's entrepreneurial spirit was evident early in her career, as she founded her first company, an integrated marketing communications firm called MWW/Savitt, before she turned 30. She then moved on to serve in key senior-level executive positions in retail, e-commerce, content and social media.
At Amazon.com, Kathy held the role of vice president of strategic communications, content and entertainment initiatives. She was also executive vice president and chief marketing officer at American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., where she led both the global marketing efforts of the company's portfolio of brands, and the digital and e-commerce channels.
In March 2009, Lockerz was born, with the mission of being the homepage of Generation Z. In additional to being a member of the Lockerz board, Kathy is currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.
Kathy Savitt earned a Bachelor's of Arts degree from Cornell University.
Neal Goldman is the Executive Director of Relationship Science. He is also Co-Founder of Goode Holdings, an investment holding company with interests in the information technology and financial services sectors that is the sponsor of a US$ 225 million private capital fund focused on investing in middle market consumer companies.
Prior to Goode, Goldman was Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Capital IQ until its sale to McGrawHill/Standard & Poor's. Previously, he was a Managing Partner at Uhuru Capital Management and an investment banker in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Lehman Brothers and a private equity investor at Lincolnshire Management.
Neal Goldman received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he also served as an Adjunct Faculty Member.
Josh Wolfe is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Lux Capital, focusing on investments in nanotechnology, semiconductors and life sciences. Wolfe manages Lux Capital's investments in Nanosys and Cambrios, and serves on the Board of Directors of Crystal IS and Lux Research.
Before forming Lux Capital, Wolfe worked in Salomon Smith Barney's Investment Banking group, where his experience included a $4 billion hotel merger and a defense against an unsolicited LBO. Josh has also worked in capital markets while at Merrill Lynch on its Financial Futures & Options/Government Strategy desk and at Prudential Securities in its Municipal Finance department.
Josh Wolfe graduated with distinction from Cornell University with a B.S. in Economics and Finance.
Randy Garutti is the CEO of Shake Shack.
In 2006, he was named one of Crain's Top 40 under 40. In January 2003, Randy was named one of the Top 50 General Managers in the country by Nation's Restaurant News.
Randy Garutti received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
Steve Conine is the Chairman, Co-Founder, and Chief Technology Officer of Wayfair (formerly CSN Stores). Steve is responsible for architecting and developing software systems that give Wayfair a technological edge in the online retail business.
Prior to that, Steve was a Founder, Member of the Board, and Chief Technology Officer of Simplify Mobile. Before starting Simplify Mobile, he served as Chief Operating Officer for the London office of iXL, a publicly traded global technology consulting firm. Steve previously co-founded and served as a top executive of Spinners Incorporated, an IT services firm, which was sold to iXL in 1998.
Steve Conine is a graduate of Cornell University.