Dharti Desai is an ‘accidental’ first generation entrepreneur with more than 23 years of experience – spanning wines, printing, packaging, and the lifestyle industry. Leveraging extensive experience in innovative marketing and global leadership, she have been a valuable asset for companies requiring expert assistance with revenue growth strategy, global expansion, US and Asian B2C markets, or CRM strategy. Her broad areas of expertise include data segmentation, marketing strategy and enhancement, branding, digital communications, imports, and Asian markets. She is an early stage investor in companies in the fashion, Fin-tech, social media, hospitality and healthcare spaces. ​

Diane Fraiman is a Managing Director at Voyager Capital. She has over 35 years of experience in the technology industry in both operational roles leading marketing, strategy and business development, and as a venture investor since 2007. Diane invests and works with early stage startups in the enterprise software industry in the Pacific Northwest. Complete bio.

Pam Horan is an acknowledged leader in the internet media and advertising space. She is a leading voice across a wide range of topics including internet business models, content and audience strategies, monetization as well as on industry issues such as privacy, self-regulation and government regulation.

Specialties: Digital Media, Internet Businesses, Online Advertising and Marketing, Sales Development, General Management and Team Building

Robin Jones is a startup Jill-of-All-Trades, having held executive and/or founding roles at seven entrepreneurial ventures. She has held leadership roles across a broad array of functions including marketing, partner/developer ecosystems, strategic alliances, product & project management, IP licensing, sales operations, HR, finance, M&A, and fundraising.

Specialties: marketing, strategic alliances, fundraising, business leadership, high-touch sales, mergers and acquisitions, minority equity investments, IP licensing, strategic planning, project management

Heather Samarin has numerous years of experience and a passion for building and leading organizations that can deliver growth including designing and launching an innovative healthcare application within 9 months time; enabling Series A funding; and now doubling in monthly usage; yielding a net promotor score of 72. Heather has lead a mobile strategy and experience design for a behavior health application achieving 4.3 stars on the Google Play app store with over 15,000 active installs in 12 months.

Specialties: Needs-based product strategy development, Operationalizing customer-backed decision making and MVP-mindset, and Building successful teams