Entrepreneurship Now - A Bay Area Alumni Networking Event
Date and time
Location
Google Community Space
188 The Embarcadero San Francisco, CA 94105Refund Policy
Description
Attend this informal networking event and panel talk focused on entrepreneurship in the Bay Area and connect with alums from each of the Bay Area Independent High Schools. All professions welcome!
Ticket price includes wine and appetizers.
5:30 Doors open
6:30 – 7:15 Panel talk “Entrepreneurship Now” featuring the following panelists:
Stefan Gartrell '02, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, Founder of Ripple Effect 22.
The Ripple Effect 22 program creates a healthy and supported environment for youth and young adults to meet, build healthy faith-based relationships with peers and adult mentors while exploring pre-employment, workforce training for both vocational/technical and professional class development in their communities.
Abby Falik '97, Head-Royce, CEO of Global Citizen Year, and an award-winning social entrepreneur.
Founded in 2009, Global Citizen Year exists to make a global bridge year after high school a common expectation and opportunity.
Ian Cinnamon '10, Harvard Westlake, President and co-founder of artificial intelligence security and defense company Synapse Technology.
Ian studied brain and cognitive science at MIT and is an MBA candidate at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was named to Forbes “30 Under 30” in Healthcare in 2015.
Robyn Goldman Fischer '97, The Branson School, CEO and Founder of Smitten Ice Cream.
An ice cream fanatic with a knack for invention, Robyn founded Smitten Ice Cream in 2007 to spread joy and create the freshest, most flavorful ice cream the world had ever known. She first put Smitten on the map when she placed her custom-built “Brrr™” machine atop a Radio Flyer wagon and started selling her churned-to-order ice cream on the streets of San Francisco to the crowds that gathered. Today you can enjoy fresh churned Smitten ice cream in eight shops located in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
David Morgenstein '79, Lick-Wilmerding High School, President + CEO, Spectrum Settlement Recovery.
He has launched, run and managed several small to medium-sized companies, including an aerospace distribution company, a B2B software company, a video delivery application company and most recently a number of companies that help Fortune 500 businesses recover funds due from class action lawsuits.
Moderator: Dabney Standley, Faculty Advisor at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory - Student Launch Initiative; Social Studies Chair
7:15 - 8:30 Informal networking
Organized by
The Coalition includes Bay School, Bentley School, Branson School, College Preparatory School, Convent and Stuart Hall, Drew School, Harvard Westlake, Head Royce, Jewish Community High School, Lick Wilmerding, Marin Academy, Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep, University High School, and Urban School.