Ethan Austin, Founder & COO, GiveForward Ethan Austin is the co-founder and COO of GiveForward (www.giveforward.com) a crowdfunding platform that helps people raise money online for their friends and loved ones' medical bills He is also a co-founder and advisor at DealGooder (www.dealgooder.com) a social buying website that gives back half of its profits to local charities. In 2011 Ethan was named one of CNN's ten Generation Next Entrepreneurs to watch. In 2010 he was the youngest of sixteen finalists for a World Technology Network Award in association with CNN/TIME/FORTUNE. (other finalists included Jeff Bezos, Marc Andreessen and Max Levchin). Ethan received his JD from American University where he was a member of the Law Review and his BA in political science from Emory University. In his free time Ethan can be found scouring the streets in search of the world's most perfect burrito or running marathons in a banana costume to raise money to help defeat cancer. He is a 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Silicon Valley.

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Ethan Senturia, Head of Traffic Acquisition / Online Sourcing, Ampush Media Ethan Senturia graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in May 2008 with concentrations in finance and management. After spending a year working for Lehman Brothers/Barclays Capital performing distressed credit research, he moved back to his hometown of San Diego to pursue his passion for entrepreneurship and the outdoors. He was involved in a Ampush Media, a performance marketing startup founded by schoolmates where he was VP of Online Sourcing. He is 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in San Diego. Currently, he is the CEO of Dealstruck, a company which he co-founded in 2012.

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Kelly Reid launched quietspeculation.com as his personal blog in May 2009 after being laid off from a failing startup. It was never meant to be anything more than a way to keep track of his favorite hobby, trading Magic: The Gathering cards. The blog grew in popularity quickly, which required him to hire more writers, an editor, and eventually a co-founder. In January 2011, quietspeculation.com officially registered as a business and began charging a monthly fee to read the articles on the site. They are growing about 50% year-over-year and are expanding into market analysis software to help other traders get the most out of their inventory. Kelly is a Forbes.com contributor, covering the Chicago tech and startup scene. He is a 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Chicago.

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Mike Davis is the CTO and Co-founder at MPOWER Financing, a startup financing high-potential domestic & international students at US campuses. Prior to MPOWER Financing, he worked at Avon, where he was Director, Innovation and Strategy. Mike has also worked at Fusebox and Sapient. He is an expert in Technology Development, Sales Operations, and Retail Banking. He holds a degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering and a M.B.A. from INSEAD. He is 2015 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New York.

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CEO & Co-Founder @Nvestly. Wilshire Private Markets, Capital Group, UCLA

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Sergey Nazarov is currently setting up a VC firm in Russia. Prior to this role, he was an Associate at FirstMark Capital. He focuses on investments in Infrastructure, Data & Analytics, Emerging Media and Vertical Applications. Prior to FirstMark, Sergey co-founded an online travel startup called ExistLocal. He holds an undergraduate degree from NYU's Stern School of Business.

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Sofia Faruqi is the Founder of Zavvy, an online platform for financial coaching that empowers people to achieve financial freedom. She is also a manager at World Resources Institute, leading an initiative called the New Restoration Economy. Sofia has also worked at Loring, Walcott & Coolidge, Passport Capital, OMERS and JP Morgan. She is an expert in investment pitches, customer discovery and NGO connections. Sofia was awarded Edward Jones Best Idea Award, Cornell MBA Stock Pitch Challenge and Pray Prize for Excellence in Arabic Scholarship. She holds a degree in MBA, Entrepreneur Management and Economics. She is a fan of Jean Chatzky, CEO at HerMoney. Sofia is passionate about working with startups that are developing innovative solutions to restore forests and tackle climate change. She is 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Washington DC.

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