Executive Director of the Hillman Center for Performing Arts,  founder of  the Washington DC Indie Music Festival, voice actress for MTV and Comedy Central, developer and host of syndicated radio talk shows, teacher at the University of Michigan and Wellesley College.

Jonathan Littman is the founder of SmartUp.life, The Innovation Hub. He spent 6 years studying IDEO, and is the co-author of the international bestsellers, The Art of Innovation and Ten Faces of Innovation. Jonathan leads seminars and delivers keynotes on entrepreneurship, startups, and innovation in the U.S., Europe and China, and is currently developing a digital, holistic tool for startups to self-assess and for investors and advisors to evaluate their progress in collaboration with Denise Gershbein, formerly of Frog Design. Jonathan has just begun a new book with Susanna Camp focusing on the core human elements of entrepreneurship.

Christina Topacio is Founder + CEO of JIG+SAW, a global creative community for female entrepreneurs and creatives. JIG+SAW's holds a robust network of female entrepreneurs in Los Angeles and nationwide to support entrepreneurs in their growth of their businesses, having access to a slate of professional resources. Prior to creating JIG+SAW, Topacio led global marketing campaigns for leading consumer brands as a senior Marketing executive. She and her team were responsible for the successful subscription box business and editorial platform for Beautycon as well as dominated on influencer marketing for brands like L'OREAL, LACOSTE, Refinery29, Garnier, eBay, Hearst Media, and Mattel. 

SVP of Digital at Fox Sports managing a multinational team, Founder with who built and sold Metricly, Product Manager, former professional Beach Vollyball Player, Goleta Native

Cofounded Tech.Co (formerly Tech Cocktail) in 2006 as a simple community-building event, Tech.Co has morphed a media company with millions of readers.

Steve is the Founder and Chief Evangelist at LogicMonitor. Since its founding, LogicMonitor has become one of the strongest growing IT software companies in the world, with nearly 200 employees and 1,200 customers. Prior to founding LogicMonitor, Steve was responsible for the data center operations of a diverse group of organizations including National Geographic, the University of California, Citrix Online, and Valueclick. When Steve isn't running a performance monitoring empire, you can find him stand up paddle boarding, doing jiu jitsu, swimming, or biking - he is clearly not athletic.

Andria Martinez Cohen is an underwriter, small business lender and certified Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP). She currently underwrites SBA loans for GrowAmerica Fund, Inc. (GAF), a non-profit community development  financial institution that provides flexible and patient capital to small businesses in a range of industries throughout the U.S. GAF is the lending affiliate of the National Development Council (NDC), a national non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the flow of capital to underserved urban and rural areas for job creation and community development. Prior to NDC GAF, Andria worked for Women's Economic Ventures (WEV), a Santa Barbara based non-profit organization dedicated to micro-enterprise development in the Tri-County area. With more than a dozen years working in small business development, Andria has analyzed & funded hundreds of start-up and early stage companies. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and women, in particular, overcome adversity and achieve success through education, opportunity and financial
empowerment.

Chris​ ​Herbert,​ ​UC​ ​Santa​ ​Barbara​ graduate​ ​and​ ​CEO​ ​and​ ​co-founder​ ​of​ ​TrackR,​ ​the​ ​Santa Barbara-based​ ​pioneer​ ​of​ ​item​ ​tracking​ ​platforms,​ ​has​ ​a​ ​vision​ ​to​ ​automate​ ​the​ ​way​ ​that people​ ​keep​ ​track​ ​of​ ​their​ ​belongings.

When​ ​Herbert​ ​almost​ ​lost​ ​his​ ​car​ ​to​ ​the​ ​Pacific​ ​Ocean​ ​in​ ​2009​ ​because​ ​his​ ​keys​ ​were buried​ ​in​ ​the​ ​sand​ ​as​ ​the​ ​tide​ ​rose​ ​to​ ​swallowing​ ​heights,​ ​he​ ​knew​ ​there​ ​needed​ ​to​ ​be​ ​a new​ ​way​ ​to​ ​locate​ ​items​ ​and​ ​set​ ​out​ ​to​ ​design​ ​a​ ​solution.
From​ ​humble​ ​beginnings​ ​to​ ​selling​ ​more​ ​than​ ​5​ ​million​ ​devices​ ​worldwide,​ ​Herbert​ ​has ed​ ​the​ ​TrackR​ ​team​ ​and​ ​is​ ​credited​ ​as​ ​a​ ​leader​ ​in​ ​the​ ​IoT​ ​revolution.
With​ ​an​ ​expertise​ ​in​ ​crowdfunding,​ ​Herbert​ ​has​ ​effectively​ ​raised​ ​more​ ​than​ ​$2​ ​million via​ ​Indiegogo​ ​campaigns​ ​and​ ​approaches​ ​each​ ​campaign​ ​as​ ​a​ ​way​ ​to​ ​gather​ ​feedback in​ ​order​ ​to​ ​refine​ ​and​ ​create​ ​products​ ​that​ ​truly​ ​improve​ ​users’​ ​daily​ ​lives.

As​ ​the​ ​Santa​ ​Barbara-based​ ​startup​ ​continues​ ​to​ ​grow,​ ​the​ ​focus​ ​of​ ​TrackR​ ​remains​ ​-​ ​totransfer​ ​the​ ​location​ ​database​ ​of​ ​valuables​ ​from​ ​people’s​ ​heads​ ​to​ ​their​ ​phones,
allowing​ ​them​ ​to​ ​focus​ ​on​ ​the​ ​things​ ​in​ ​life​ ​that​ ​will​ ​evolve​ ​us​ ​as​ ​a​ ​community,​ ​ratherthan​ ​spending​ ​valuable​ ​time​ ​looking​ ​for​ ​lost​ ​items.