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The Hive Global Team
Ryan Allis, Chairman
Ryan is the Chairman of Hive. His purpose on this planet is to build a global community of leaders committed to creating a better world. He was previously a technology entrepreneur and was CEO and Co-founder of iContact and led the company from 300 employees, 70,000 customers, and $50M in annual sales. Ryan is an Emeritus Member of the UN Foundation Global Entrepreneur Council, and served as National Co-Chairperson of Technology for Obama during the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election. Ryan enjoys helping leaders discover their purpose in life and traveling to the various Hive events around the world. He is half-American and half-British. He majored in economics at UNC-Chapel Hill and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was Co-President of the HBS Social Enterprise Club and a fellow of the Harvard Graduate School Leadership Institute.
Morgan Carson, Community
Morgan Carson was previously the CEO, owner, and designer at the fashion label Rene Ropas, a Partner at Goldstein & Associates, Chief Marketing Officer at PayWithSushi, and Director of Community at TribeRise. She has been a professional artist for 15 years and creates many of the Hive visual artifacts. She is synesthetic and can feel and hear color. She paints to find the harmony between both sound and color. Her art has been shown in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Puerto Rico. She loves travel, dancing, singing, community building, and hosting dinners. She is a self-taught polymath in the fields of physics, biology, and economics and is passionate about creating optimal environments for human potential. She now helps co-host Hive events around the world.
Danielle Blum, Director of Hive Women
Danielle is the Director of Hive Women and leads the Hive Women's Leadership Program. Previously she was founder & CEO of World Nativ, a global community of innovators, creatives, digital nomads, and entrepreneurs connecting minds and sharing knowledge. She believes in the power of community collaboration to support each other's biggest visions. She gets ignited when she is surrounded by individuals with ideas to drive the world forward. Her gatherings have provided the opportunity to foster connections, encourage bold visions, and to support each other on this entrepreneurial journey. She loves connecting great minds who are using business as a tool for good.
Michelle Tabares, Executive Assistant
Michelle believes that we can train the world's leaders both mentally & physically and is grateful for the opportunity to support people making the world a healthier place to live and flourish, .She believes we can make this world a place where all people, creatures and nature can co-exist. Michelle assists the Hive Global team with all their needs to get the project completed. She's been working with Hive CEO, Ryan Allis since 2006. Michelle previously worked at iContact, Bagchi Law PLLC, and Hive Digital in North Carolina. She resides in Liberty Lake, Washington.
Nadia Mufti, Co-Founder
Nadia helped co-found Hive Global in 2014 and create our Designing Your Life curriculum and the Hive Global Leaders Program. Today she is an Executive Coach and Strategist. Her clients include Asana, Center for Humane Technology, Neurohacker Collective, and Stanford. She previously worked at FactoryX in San Francisco and Ashoka in Washington D.C. She is a graduate of Stanford University and grew up in the Bay Area.
Jeff Staub, CEO of Hive Digital
Jeff Staub is the Chief Executive Officer of Hive Digital, the digital marketing agency owned by Hive. He has been actively working in the field of web marketing for twenty years, specializing in marketing strategy, paid search, web analytics, and SEO initiatives. With extensive experience in the online marketing arena prior to Hive, Jeffrey worked as an consultant for various online marketing firms working on projects for large movie companies, music industry leaders, and sports apparel producers. Jeff is a member of several online marketing associations and is a certified Google AdWords professional and Yahoo! Sponsored Ambassador. Jeff's experience spans the full gamut of online marketing tactics from search engine optimization, cost-per-click (CPC) strategies, affiliate marketing, email marketing, and social media marketing. Jeff is passionate about environmental issues and representing companies focused on developing clean energy solutions, protecting wildlife and forests, and manufacturing eco-friendly products. Jeff has a B.A. from Elon University and a B.S. from Colorado State University with a focus on the biological sciences and analysis.
Hive Regional Leaders
The below individuals are volunteers and lead Hive teams that produce Hive events in their home regions.
Grace Osula
Liana Taylor
Hive Europe
Anubhav Jain
Mariam Khan
Hive Pakistan
Amanda Stephenson
Hive Australia
Oana Molodoi
Hive Romania
Pratik Chhetri
Hive Nepal
Hasan Daudpota
Ireneo Demecais
Hive Philippines
Hive Canada
Additional Hive Contributors
Thank you to all those who have helped get Hive Global started since 2013. It's taken a village (and over 300 volunteers to date). We especially want to thank the below individuals. Also see our list of advisors and investors here.
Brian Hoffstein, HiveMinds
Charlene Parker, Digital Experiences
Aldi Kaza, Operations & Community
Paula Cordovez Cereceda | Events Directo
Palomi Sheth, Chapter Support
Satya Kamdar, Former COO
Dana Chambers, Former EA
Nadia Mufti, Experience Design
Sam Lazarus, Former CEO
Katiyana Kittay, Fundraising
Julia Allison, Public Relations
Mike Gavela, Sales & Marketing
Brian Wreckler, Marketing
Tim Lipton, Accounting
Helga Kasparait, Accounting
Asya Azar, Global Engagement
Caen Contee, Logistics
Smiley Poswolsky, Emcee
Cosmo Fujiyama, Emcee
Olivia Wong, Social Media
Yasi Baiani, Finance
Victoria Moore, Women's Retreats
Anima LaVoy, Frameworks
Wes Mahler, Technology
Tim West, Food
Galt Macdermot, Logistics
Jim Kleiber, Logistics
Emma Raimi-Zlatic, Logistics
Alex Ivker, Logistics
Emily Pumm, Photography and Video
Rebecca Jean, Catering
Rebecca Thieneman, Former Co-CEO
Ryan Rogers, Events Manager
Faith Shorney, Hive Impact
HIVE RALEIGH
OUR MISSION: BUILD THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY FOR PURPOSE-DRIVEN LEADERS