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TECH:NYC LEADERSHIP

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Anthony Casalena
Founder & CEO, Squarespace

Jimmy Chen
Founder & CEO, Propel

Amanda Eilian
Co-founder & Partner, Able Partners

David Fischer
Partner, 01 Advisors

John Izzett
Senior Managing Director and New York Metro Office Managing Director, Accenture

Rachel Jarrett
Co-CEO, Zola

Dustee Jenkins
Chief Public Affairs Officer, Spotify

Harry Kargman
Founder & CEO, Kargo

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Oliver Libby
Co-founder & Managing Partner, H/L Ventures

Susan Lyne
Co-founder & Managing Partner, BBG Ventures

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Andrew Macdonald
President and Chief Operating Officer, Uber

Nihal Mehta
Co-founder, Eniac VC

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Josh Mendelsohn
Managing Partner, Hangar

Jesse Middleton
General Partner, Flybridge

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Michael Mignano
Partner, Lightspeed Ventures

Martin Mignot
Partner, Index Ventures

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Ajit Mohan
Chief Business Officer, Snap Inc.

Raina Moskowitz *
Chief Executive Officer, The Knot Worldwide

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David Belt
Co-Founder, CEO, and Executive Chairman, Newlab

Sejal Amin
Chief Technology Officer, Priceline

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Scott Birnbaum
Founder and Managing Partner, Red Sea Ventures

Aaron Block
Co-founder & Managing Partner, MetaProp

Neil Blumenthal * ^
Co-founder & Co-CEO, Warby Parker

Matt Blumberg
CEO, Markup AI

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Jay Carney
Global Head of Policy & Communications, Airbnb

Peter Boyce II
Founder & Managing Partner, Stellation Capital

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Nick Colvin
CEO, LinkNYC

Wole Coaxum
Founder & CEO, MoCaFi

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Brian Distelburger
Co-founder, Yext

Everett Cook
Co-founder & CEO, Rho

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Hannah C. Elsakr
Vice President, GenAI New Business Ventures, Adobe

Shawn Edwards
Chief Technology Officer, Bloomberg

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Eric Glyman
Co-founder & CEO, Ramp

Naomi Gleit
Head of Product, Meta

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Matt Gorin
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Contour Venture Partners

Kendall Handler
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, IAC

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Brian Hirsch
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tribeca Venture Partners

Matt Harrigan
Founding Partner & CEO, Company Ventures

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Sam Li
Co-founder & CEO, Thoropass

Eric Kinariwala
Founder & CEO, Capsule

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Laura Peterson
Managing Director, Pearson

Eli Polanco
Founder & CEO, Nivelo

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Mario Schlosser
Co-founder & President of Technology, Oscar Health

Reshma Saujani
Founder & CEO, Moms First

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Dan Teran
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Gutter Capital

Jarrid Tingle *
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Harlem Capital

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Fred Wilson *
Co-founder & Partner, Union Square Ventures

Vinay Trivedi
Investor, General Atlantic

* Member, Executive Committee
^ Chair, Board of Directors

STARTUP:NYC VC COUNCIL

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Dorothy Chang
Venture Partner, Flybridge

Tanya Beja
Partner, AlleyCorp

Peter Boyce II
Founder & Managing Partner, Stellation Capital

Gabby Cazeau
Partner, Harlem Capital

Christine Choi
Partner and Head of Brand, M13 Ventures

Dan Jaeck
Principal, Eniac VC

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Nathaniel Loewentheil
Founder & Managing Partner, Commonweal Ventures

Susana Rojas
Partner, Index Ventures

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Karen Pavlin
Chief Workforce Innovation Officer, ServiceNow

Mark Murphy
President, Digital Currency Group

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Frank Reig
Co-founder & CEO, Revel

Daniel Ramot
Co-founder & CEO, Via

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Kevin Ryan
Founder & CEO, AlleyCorp

Zachariah Reitano
Co-founder & CEO, Ro

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Julie Samuels *
President & CEO, Tech:NYC

Kate Ryder
Founder & CEO, Maven

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Mike Seckler
CEO, Justworks

Jordan Schneidman
Principal, Deloitte

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Christopher Sharrock
Vice President of United Nations and International Organizations, Microsoft

Kelly Sims
Partner, Thrive Capital

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Brian Stafford
President and CEO, Diligent.

Stuart Sopp
Founder & CEO, Current

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Oliver Libby
Managing Partner, H/L Ventures

Lisa Lewin
CEO-in-Residence, Primary VC