Ben Hallen is currently Assistant Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business. Previously, Hallen was Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. Hallen earned a PhD from Stanford University and its Stanford Technology Venture Program (STVP).
Stacie Grossman Bloom
Stacie Grossman Bloom is the Senior Executive Director for Education and Policy at the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City.
Jon Kolko
Jon Kolko is a designer and educator based in Austin, Texas. He is currently Vice President of Consumer Design at Blackboard, joining the company via its acquisition of myEdu, a startup focused on helping college students succeed and get jobs. Kolko is also the Founder and Director of the Austin Center for Design.
Hammans Stallings
Hammans Stallings is an innovation strategist based in Shanghai, China, where he works as a Principal Strategist at frog design. He also teaches at the CEDIM Masters in Business Innovation program in Monterrey, Mexico. Stallings earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, an MS from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA from the University of Virginia.
Lauren Serota
Lauren Serota is an Associate Creative Director and interaction designer at frog design and a professor at the Austin Center for Design.
Chris Hinkle
Randall Metting
Randall Metting is a brand marketer working for Dulce Vida Spirits in Austin. Metting has built a career on helping companies and non-profits develop integrated marketing strategy and brand development programs.
Fabian Pfortmüller
Fabian Pfortmüller is an entrepreneur and community builder based in New York City. Pfortmüller is co-founder of both Sandbox Network and Holstee.
Michael Margolis
Michael Margolis is an educator and storyteller based in New York City. Margolis is the founder and president of Get Storied, an education and publishing platform dedicated to teaching the world how to think in narrative.