Co-President
Yasemin Denari is passionate about startups and venture capital. Prior to the GSB she was an associate at Draper Richards LP. and collaborated with Bill Draper on the book The Startup Game. Before joining Draper Richards LP. Yasemin worked in marketing and international business development with Garanti Bank Turkey and Garanti Bank Romania. She additionally worked in TV production in
Los Angeles.
Co-President
Austin Kiessig believes the world can be saved by
values-driven, for-profit entrepreneurial innovation. Austin graduated from
Claremont McKenna College in 2006 with a degree in Government and Economics,
having interned at a foreign policy thinktank in Washington D.C. and a lobbying
group to the European Union in Strasbourg, France. Austin then worked for two
years in strategy consulting, focusing on consumer products, biotech, renewable
energy and sustainable supply chains. The next two years involved launching an
internal direct sales business serving the portfolio companies of a major
holding company in Los Angeles composed of vertically integrated healthy foods
enterprises. Austin is also a founding member and serves of the board of
directors of Philanthro Productions, a non-profit that aims to connect young
adults to innovative, efficient, and transparent charities. Austin is currently
helping a Brazil-based coconut water startup enter the U.S. market, and will be
interning for Banyan Water, a venture-backed enterprise providing freshwater
efficiency /risk management products and services. Austin is passionate about sustainability, social- and
environmental-mission businesses, clever design and patient capital.
loves tackling big problems. Scott graduated Cornell University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Cornell, completing both in 4 years. Afterward, he joined SpaceX full time, where he helped build SpaceX’s flight-proven engine systems and an early version of the Dragon capsule. After SpaceX, Scott spent a few years at Bain & Company, where he advised large media and consumer products companies on overhauling business areas ranging from sales forces to product strategies, worked with private equity clients to evaluate deals, and helped build a firm-wide perspective on the US residential real estate industry. After Bain and before the GSB, Scott cofounded Soshi.com, a social introduction site helping people meet friends of friends using their social graph. Scott’s entrepreneurial interests are focused on large, stagnant industries which haven’t responded to technological innovation.
has witnessed
and interacted with various stages of start-ups throughout her life. Kelly’s
family currently runs a portfolio of some of the most unique companies in the
world. Included in this portfolio is a Security and Logistics firm predominantly
focused on maritime security off the Coast of Somalia. Kelly has been actively
involved with her family’s company’s pursuit of preventing maritime piracy
since 2007. Before coming to the GSB, Kelly was in a managerial leadership
rotation program at The Boeing Company. During Kelly’s tenure at Boeing, Kelly
was able to utilize her entrepreneurial skills and create an innovative online
database and tracking system that not only saved Boeing millions of dollars but
was also an integral part of her department’s success in gaining compliance
with the US Department of Defense. Over the summer Kelly interned at
Badgeville, a social loyalty start-up. During this time, she led their
marketing and business development initiatives including a major market segmentation
project that subsequently led to key customer acquisitions and partnerships.
CFO: Min Liu Co-VPs of International: Alejandro Ayestaran and Philipp Herrmann VP of Execution and Communication: Joe Celia VP of eTalks and Treks: Kelly Cox VP of Cleantech: Drew DeWalt VP of Community: Jay Goldklang VP of Education Technology: Lal Jones-Bey
VP of Social Tech: Anneke Jong VP of China: Courtney McColgan Co-VPs of High Tech and Internet: Sean Mehra & Dileep Thazhmon VP of Brainstorming sessions: Sunita Mohanty VP of Speakers & Meetups: Jaleh Rezaei VP of of Workshops: Javier Cambon Sanjurjo VP of Outreach: Ramon Simms VP of Big Events: Allison Stern
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