FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
To assits you, we have compiled a list of Frequently Asked Qquestions (FAQS):
What is Elevate’s policy regarding travel-related expenses incurred in Elevate-sponsored events?
Please refer to Elevate’s Winners Travel Expense Policy document for more details.
I would like to feature the Elevate Prize Summit event in a media piece?
We’re so glad you want to spread the word about what we’re doing. Please direct media inquiries People@elevateprize.org.
What to do during the day of the event?
Please refer to the schedule in this page or check the one gave to you in the welcome package.
WELCOME
TO
MIAMI
WHAT TO DO IN MIAMI BEACH
We’re proud to call this city our home, and excited to share it with you. There’s lots going on at the Make Good Famous Summit, but we hope you also have time to explore, take a walk on the beach, and drink in the atmosphere – and a margarita.
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NIGHTLIFE
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ATENDEES
ELEVATE PRIZE WINNERS- COHORT 2023
Atif Javed
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Tarjimly
Bianca Tylek
Founder & Executive Director
Worth Rises
Cynthia D. Fast, Ph.D.
Head of Training & Behavioral Research
APOPO
Elijah McKinnon
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Open Television (OTV)
Namya Mahajan
Chief Executive Officer
Rocket Learning
Nelly Cheboi
Founder and CEO
TechLit Africa
Piyush Tewari
Founder & CEO
SaveLIFE Foundation
Rachel Silverstein, PhD
Executive Director
Miami Waterkeeper (MWK)
Sana Mustafa
Chief Executive Officer
Asylum Access
Teresa Wanjiku Njoroge
Founder & CEO
Clean Start Solutions Limited
ELEVATE PRIZE WINNERS- COHORT 2021
Alexander Roque
President & Executive Director
Ali Forney Center
Aparna Hegde
Founder & Managing Trustee
ARMMAN
Kaushik Kappagantulu
Co-Founder & CEO
Kheyti
Rebecca van Bergen
Founder & Executive Director
Nest
Tony Weaver
Founder & CEO
Weird Enough Productions
Uzoma Orchingwa
Co-Founder & CEO
Ameelio
ELEVATE PRIZE WINNERS- COHORT 2021
Alexandra Grigore
Chief Product Officer
Simprints
Brenda Palms Barber
Chief Executive Officer
Sweet Beginnings
Brisa De Angulo & Parker Palmer
CEO & Founder
A Breeze of Hope
Chad Bernstein
CEO & Co-Founder
Guitars Over Guns
Felix Brooks-church
Co-Founding President & CEO
Sanku
Koketso Moeti
Founder & Executive Director
amandla.mobi
Trisha Prabhu
Founder & CEO
ReThink: Conquering Cyberbullying
CNN HEROS – COHORT 2022 AND 2021
Tyrique Glasgow
Founder & Executive Director
Young Chances Foundation
Teresa Gray
Founder & Executive Director
Mobile Medics International
Richard Casper
Co-Founder & Executive Director
CreatiVets
Nora Spencer
Founder & CEO
Hope Renovations
Meymuna Hussein-Cattan
Founder & Executive Director
The Tiyya Foundation / Flavors from Afar
Debra Vines
Founder & CEO
The Answer Inc
Carie Broecker
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
Bobby L Wilson
Co-Founder & CEO
Metro Atlanta Urban Farm (MAUF)
Aidan Reilly
Co-Founder, Head of Partnerships
The Farmlink Project
Zannah Bukar Mustapha
Founder & Director
Future Prowess Islamic Foundation
Shirley Raines
Founder
Beauty2thestreetz
Michele Neff Hernandez
CEO
Soaring Spirits International, Inc.
Lynda Doughty
Founding Executive Director
Marine Mammals of Maine
Jenifer Colpas
CEO
Tierra Grata
Dr. Ala Stanford
Founder
Center for Health Equity and Black Doctors Consortium
Dave Flink
CEO
Eye to Eye National
GUESTS
Abigail Pollak
Tracfone Wireless
Adam Robinson
Paramount Global
Speaker
Afdhel Aziz
Conspiracy of Love / Good is the New Cool
Speaker
Aidan Kohn-Murphy
Gen-Z for Change
Speaker
Alejandro D. González
The Idea Center at Miami Dade College
Alex Jakana
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Speaker
Alex Amouyel
Newman’s Own Foundation
Alicia Dennis
PEOPLE at DotDash Meredith
Speaker
Alix Lebec
Lebec Consulting
Speaker
Amy Rosenberg Alhadeff
The Sacred Space
Anasa Troutman
The Big We
Speaker
Anastasia Samoylova
Artist
Speaker
Anusha Alikhan
The Wikimedia Foundation
Ben Pelteson
Fearless Communicators
Speaker
Bruno Borges
Goodask
Butch Trusty
The Bridgespan Group
Speaker
Carla Santiago
Edelman
Speaker
Casey van der Stricht
MIT Solve
Cecilia Conrad
Lever for Change, MacArthur Foundation
Chad Boettcher
Impact Guild
Chiemi Karasawa
Isotope Films
Speaker
Claudia Bojorquez
Achieve Miami
Cristina Scarano
Spotify
Daniel Schwartz
Dynamica
Elevate Prize Foundation Advisory Board Member
Dashka Bernard
Harvard Business School
Dr. David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, FCPP
Every Cure
Speaker
Dr. Grant Mitchell
Every Cure
Dr. Ian Miller
National Geographic Society
Speaker
Dr. Lisa Singh
Georgetown University
Speaker
Eduardo Placer
Fearless Communicators
Speaker
Elle Moxley
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute
Speaker
Ellie Neilson
Segal Family Foundation
Emiliana Guereca
Women’s March Foundation
Speaker
Emily Shain
Fearless Communicators
Speaker
Emily Reinstein
TikTok
Eric Brenman
Elevate Prize Foundation Board of Directors
Erin Mulholland
Edelman
Speaker
Estefanía Rebellón
Yes We Can World Foundation
Elevate Prize GET LOUD Award Winner
Francisco Hernández-Cáceres
TGAI
Gabriel Mosquera
Graham Seed
Claridge Venture Partners
Greg Milne
Clinton Global Initiative
Greg Propper
Propper Daley
Hector Mujica
Google.org
Speaker
Jami Eidsvold
Smarty Social
Speaker
Jane Wooldridge
Miami Herald Impact Journalism Fund
Jared Ruga
Impact Guild
JC Arce
Youth Advocates For Change
Jeanine Abrams McLean
Fair Count
Jennifer Humke
MacArthur Foundation
Speaker
Jenna Schornack
Lever for Change, MacArthur Foundation
Jessica Blank
Jessica Gisondo
Lebec Consulting
Jim Bildner
DRK Foundation
Joan M. Godoy
Radical Partners
Joanne Sonenshine
Connective Impact
Johanna Mikkola
BrainStation
Jon Mallow
TED
Jonel Edwards
Dream Defenders
Speaker
Karla Garcia Teruel
Growth Empowered
Speaker
Kathleen Doll
Intention 2 Impact
Speaker
Kenneth Anand
SNEAKER LAW
Speaker
Kristoff Adams
DDA Associates
Lara Rudar
YOUNGO (UN Climate)
Lina Renzina
TikTok
Speaker
Lina Bonova
Water.org
Liza Chowdhury
Reimagining Justice Inc. / Paterson Healing Collective
Elevate Prize GET LOUD Award Winner
Love Odih Kumuyi
Redshift Leadership
Speaker
Lucy Georgiades
Elevate Leadership
Luz Gomez
Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
Manmeet Mehta
Ashoka
Marianna Schaffer
Impact Guild
Marie Berry
TheVentureCity
Mario Cader-Frech
DeeperDive.org
Martin Segal
Segal Family Foundation
Speaker
Matthew Deitch
Commonwealth Financial Network
Elevate Prize Foundation Advisory Board Member
Max Moinian
Future Earth Catalog
Speaker
Meesha Brown
PCI Media
Melina Cordero
Melina Cordero Consulting
Speaker
Merith Basey
Patients For Affordable Drugs
Michael Orlove
National Endowment for the Arts
Michelle Génecé Patterson
CNN
Speaker
Michelle De La Isla
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Miriam Fogelson
Harness
Mona Sinha
Equality Now
Speaker
Nancy A. Parker
Detroit Justice Center
Speaker
Nasra Ismail
The Aspen Institute
Nina Sabarre
Intention 2 Impact
Speaker
Nina Seed
Nina Seed Interiors
Nse Ufot
New South SuperPAC
Patrick Connor
Sharmada Foundation
Speaker
Ragina Arrington
Clinton Foundation, CGI University
Raul Moas
Knight Foundation
Speaker
Rebecca Taylor
Edelman
Speaker
Rene Jones
United Talent Agency (UTA)
Speaker
Rupa Balasubramanian
Pop Culture Collaborative
Speaker
Sahar Driver
Color Congress
Speaker
Saif Ishoof
Lab22c
Sam Vaghar
Millennium Campus Network (MCN)
Sanjiv
Mirchandani
Elevate Prize Foundation Advisory Board Member
Saumya
Kheyti
Shalane Yuen
Trevor Noah Foundation
Speaker
Shaniqua McClendon
Crooked Media
Speaker
Shayne Cohen
Anahata Eco Yoga Retreats
Speaker
Sheila Roche
WRTHY
Elevate Prize Foundation Advisory Board Member
Sonya Lockett
The Next Slate / Impact Guild
Speaker
Stephanie Cornell
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Elevate Prize Foundation Advisory Board Member
Susan Davis
Segal Family Foundation
Suzanne Kianpour
BBC’s ‘Women Building Peace’
Speaker
Suzanne Rotondo
Redshift Leadership
Speaker
Talia Bilodeau
Clooney Foundation for Justice
Tiana Day
Youth Advocates For Change
Speaker
Tiffany Fantasia
Miss Miami Beach Pride
Speaker
Todd Ringler
Edelman
Speaker
Valencia Gunder
The Smile Trust
Elevate Prize GET LOUD Award Winner
Vivek Jayaram
Jayaram Law
Wendy Woods
Boston Consulting Group
Elevate Prize Foundation Advisory Board Member
Xaira Ferrara
Acumen
STAFF
Chris Kottke
Chief Financial Officer
Kate Knowles
Senior Copywriter
Lauren Jones
Creative Director
Eva Bloomfield
Chief Marketing Officer
Giovanna Bortolamedi
Executive Assistant
Cara Politi
Senior Community Manager
Alex Rosales
Program Manager
Danielle Wolfe
Marketing Manager
Tracy Ellis
Operations + Administration Manager
Megan Bambino
Programs Director
Vivienne Vicera
Program and Marketing Manager
Matthew Minor
Chief Impact Officer
Carolina Garcia Jayaram
CEO
Joseph Deitch
Founder and Chairman
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Joseph Deitch
Founder and Chairman
The Elevate Prize Foundation
Carolina García Jayaram
Founding CEO
The Elevate Prize Foundation
Hector Mujica
Head of Economic Opportunity
Americas Google.org
Nicole Starr
SVP, Content Representation and Impact
Participant Media
Shaniqua Mcclendon
Vice President of Politics
Crooked Media
Suzanne Kianpour
Creator & Host
BBC’s “Women Building Peace”
Lina Renzina
North American Lead, Lifestyle & Education Publisher Partnerships
TikTok
Sonya Lockett
Founder & Chief Impact Officer
The Next Slate
Sahar Driver
Co-Director
Color Congress
Alex Jakana
Senior Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Ian Miller
Chief Science and Innovation Officer
National Geographic Society
Jennifer Humke
Senior Program Officer Journalism & Media
MacArthur Foundation
Dr. Lisa Singh
Professor Department of Computer Science
Georgetown University
Michelle Genece Patterson
Senior Producer
CNN Heroes, CNN
David Fajgenbaum
Co-Founder
Every Cure
Emiliana Guereca
President
Women’s March Foundation
Alicia Dennis
Editorial Director
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