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Jim is the founder of Benetech and Tech Matters, a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, a Distinguished Alumnus of Caltech, and a leading social entrepreneur. Jim’s dream is to bring Silicon Valley’s technology innovations to all of humanity, not just the richest 5%. He is a former rocket engineer who also founded two successful for-profit high technology companies.

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Tracey Breeden is the CEO and founder of Disrupt the Landing. Tracey and her team consult and partner with corporations, NGOs, government agencies, and individuals to create safe spaces through the implementation of policies and programs on digital platforms and in real life for users of these platforms and the employees of the organizations DTL works with.

Tracey has over two decades of experience in technology and government/public safety sectors. Tracey brings an intersectional, equity & inclusion lens to safety operations, products, policies, and programs. A former police officer and investigator with subject matter expertise in sexual assault and domestic violence who was awarded the medal of valor during law enforcement career.

Tracey was Uber's first Head of Women's Safety and created Uber's Global Women's Safety & Gender-Based Violence Programs Team—the first global team dedicated to the safety of women and other vulnerable populations at Uber. She and her team advised on some of Uber’s most notable safety products like Safety Center, Ride Check, Emergency Button, Share My Trip and Feedback features. Tracey is known for creating Uber’s first human trafficking prevention initiative, Uber’s first bystander awareness initiative utilizing a community collaboration model in partnership with law enforcement, government officials, advocates and businesses, and Tracey spearheaded several safety and social advocacy programs including Uber’s Global Driving Change commitment and program engaging with over 200 women’s safety groups and advocacy organizations globally, resulting in several impactful internal and external partnerships and global initiatives.

Tracey Breeden was the Vice President, Head of Safety and Social Advocacy at Match Group. Tracey stood up Match Group’s first-ever dedicated Trust & Safety central program and team of nearly 30 experts to work in partnership and guide trust & safety efforts across 15+ brands including Tinder and Hinge. Tracey spearheaded the background check screening partnership with Garbo; the development of the industry’s first law enforcement portal to better aid investigations; transparency reporting development; advising on brand tech features like “Are You Sure?” (a warning for out-of-pocket messages), the ability to block contacts, and ID verification

Tracey’s vision is to build authentic, equitable, and respectful communities that are free from all forms of harm.

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Byrd brings nearly two decades of experience in health care and grantmaking. Before joining FORE, he managed the New York State Health Foundation’s Special Projects Fund, a $3 million grantmaking program that supports innovative projects addressing public health and community health needs. Before that, Byrd served as director for community partnerships for CARE, an international humanitarian organization, where he was responsible for building strategic partnerships with policymakers as well as business and nonprofit leaders. Byrd also served as deputy director for membership affairs at the Council on Foreign Relations; as an assistant director with the Rockefeller Foundation, where he spearheaded an HIV/AIDS project in Southern Africa; and as a senior government relations advisor for a law firm, where he worked on public health policies in New York.

In 2021, he was appointed to the Community Advisory Group (CAG) of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. CAG’s goal is to present views and perspectives on key economic and financial issues affecting individuals, households, and communities within the Second Federal Reserve District. He also serves on the board of directors for the New York Funders Alliance, a statewide association of foundations and philanthropic advisors. He is also a member of the Overseas Press Club of America.

Brian holds a B.S. in human ecology and public policy from Rutgers University and an M.P.A. from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service.

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Stephanie Connaughton is a marketer, and branding expert. After starting her career as a strategic consultant at Bain & Company, she spent 15 years at Gillette (later P&G) where she pioneered several Gillette’s breakthrough products including the original Venus razor. Stephanie has been involved with over 50 start-ups as an advisor and angel investor, and founded a consumer products company. She currently serves on the Board of Callisto, Garbo.io, the Women’s Foundation of Boston and is Board Chair for Courageous Parents Network. She has deep ties with several Boston institutions including: Boys and Girls Club of Boston; ICA Boston and Harvard University where she acts as an advisor to the Deans of the College, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Business School. She holds an AB from Harvard, an MBA from Wharton and is a graduate of the Harvard Business Analytics program.

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Anne Dixon has been working accounting for 14+ years primarily in the alternative investment space in audit, tax t and third-party fund administration. She currently works as a part-time CFO for Venture Capital firms as she specializes working with emerging investment managers. Anne specifically enjoys helping historically un- or underrepresented folks continue to gain access in this space so we all collectively thrive.

Anne holds a B.A. in Economics & Accounting and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. During her time at UCSB, she concentrated on human sexuality and originally intended to pursue becoming a therapist in this space. However, she found she loved the juxtaposition of research and theory with logical and mathematics-based thinking and working in fast-paced, high adrenaline environments. She enjoys learning about systems while continuing to question social norms and historically accepted ways of doing things to help create meaningful ways of moving forward.

Anne served on the board of directors for Family Paths, a non-profit based in Oakland, from 2013-2017 where she served as Treasurer, Vice President and on the Audit and Finance Committees prior to moving to LA until early 2020. She is currently based in Berkeley and serves as a community member on Berkeley United School District’s “Gender Equity and Sexual Harassment” Advisory Committee as well Berkeley’s Superintendent Budget Advisory Committee.

Anne was a victim of sexual assault by a coach in high school in Illinois which is where she was born and raised. She experienced the criminal legal system from both a victim and minors’ perspective as a result. She feels lucky she can share her experiences to help others who at no fault of their own may not have a voice.

Anne is shaped by her Midwestern roots and lives by the motto her mom always taught her, “It’s nice to be important but important to be nice.” But she did grow up with the 90’s Chicago Bulls and loves to “go hard in the paint” when necessary.

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Rochelle Nadhiri is currently Vice President and Head of Communications at Robinhood. She was previously a Director on the policy team at Meta (Facebook) where she focused on privacy, innovation, and the metaverse. Prior to her policy role, Rochelle led litigation communications for the company along with privacy policy communications for face recognition, location, friending, and data transparency.

A sought after advisor, Rochelle helps people plan for and respond to legacy and emerging issues across a variety of industries. As part of that work, Rochelle creates opportunities for founders to show up, reimagine impact, and grow.

From strategy development to rapid response, her hallmark is bringing the right people together to share engaging stories, answer hard questions, and resolve issues. She began her career in the office of former U.S. Representative Steve Israel. She is based in San Francisco with her husband, Muhammad and daughter Zahra.

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Deborah Nucatola MD is Chief Medical Officer at Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai`i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky; Director of Family Planning at Eden Surgical Center in Agoura Hills, CA; and Senior Medical Advisor for Planned Parenthood Direct. She served as Senior Director of Medical Services for Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) from 2009-2016. Following her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Nucatola completed a Fellowship in Complex Family Planning at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. In addition to her positions in Alaska, California, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Indiana and Kentucky, Dr. Nucatola provides clinical care in Chicago, IL and enjoys educating medical students, residents, fellows, physicians and advanced practice clinicians. She has been active in Family Planning Research since 2002.

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Tina is a healthcare and startup veteran with over two decades of experience running operations. She’s held roles in academia, nonprofits and early-stage growth start-ups. She is currently Founder and COO at Accomplish Health, a telehealth obesity company whose vision is to reframe how we think about and treat obesity. Prior to that she served as Callisto’s interim CEO.

Tina worked as COO of the genomics startup Phosphorous and Director of Operations at its predecessor company Recombine. Before moving into the startup ecosystem, Tina spent several years at Planned Parenthood Federation of America where she oversaw the strategy and deployment of critical reproductive health services on a national level. In her early career she held clinical operations roles at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins.

She holds a Master of Public Health, in Epidemiology, from Columbia University.

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Dr. Tameka Winston is the Associate Vice President of Research and Institutional Advancement, Communications Department Chair and an award-winning Professor at Tennessee State University. She is also a national radio show host on Sirius XM and an accomplished author. Winston has been working at the collegiate level for 16 years in various roles. Because of her stellar research agenda, Dr. Winston was awarded tenure.

This longtime educator is the founder of 3 mentoring programs geared towards assisting individuals in the Nashville community and beyond. Powerful testimonials from Winston’s mentees reveal that she is dedicated to helping others reach their fullest potential. Her passion for education and community service has helped her earn several accolades. A highly sought-after speaker, she also facilitates numerous workshops on various topics. She is among this year’s Class of 2018 protégés for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) Millennium Leadership Initiative Institute in Washington, DC. The purpose of the highly selective Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI) is to prepare, enhance and advance the prospect for qualified candidates, who have progressed in their professional careers, to successfully compete in the future for positions of president or chancellor at universities or colleges, public or private.