Speakers

Featured Profile: Barbara Clarke

Entrepreneur turned angel investor, Barbara Clarke is also a valued mentor and one of the founding members of Astia Angels. With more than 10 years of management consulting experience and 10 years nonprofit experience, she […]

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Featured Profile: Melissa O'Mara

Melissa O’Mara is a native of upstate New York who has spent 28 years in corporate leadership. The first in her family to graduate college, she currently serves as the CEO of i3Activate. Previously, she […]

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Featured Profile: Deb De Sherbinin

Deb de Sherbinin is a creative product and marketing consultant who helps companies develop, brand, and launch products and apps targeted to kids and their families. With twenty-five years experience building world-class brands, she has […]

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Featured Speaker: Dr. Janice Presser

In 1979, Dr. Janice Presser set out to find an answer to the question “What really happens when people team together?” Twenty-five years of research and field testing, including nine years of software development – […]

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Featured Profile: Jules Pieri

Jules Pieri is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Harvard Business School, where she is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence. She has served in high level positions at three startups, and is co-founder […]

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Featured Profile: Brianna Wu

Brianna Wu is the head of development at Giant Spacekat, a company specializing in cinematic experiences using the Unreal engine. She is part of two tech podcasts, The Isometric Show and Rocket, and is a […]

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Featured Profile: Dr. Kristen Lee Costa

Dr. Kristen Lee Costa is a first generation college graduate and an award-winning professor of Behavioral Sciences at Northeastern University, where she researches organizational wellbeing and resilience. Her signature ability to engage with a diverse […]

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Featured Profile: Brigitta Rubin

Brigitta Rubin is a scientist, artist, and inventor with a passion for eclectic ideas and interesting stories. Rubin currently works as a Multidisciplinary Engineer at MITRE, where she leads several groups in the development of an […]

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Featured Profile: Karen Rubin

Karen Rubin is currently on the product team at Quantopian, where they are building the world’s first crowd sourced hedge fund, having spent the past 10 years building products and managing product development teams. Rubin’s work on […]

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Featured Profile: Diane Hessan

Diane Hessan describes herself as a “serial entrepreneur,” having worked at three startups and serving as CEO of two. A graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Business School, her ties to the Boston area are strong, and […]

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