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Observer

News, data and insight about the powerful forces that shape the world.

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Resourceful, diplomatic media marketing leader with strong cross-functional management experience in advanced TV, traditional and digital media. Translates complex ideas and processes into digestible concepts. Advocate for audience-first multiscreen delivery, transparency, and the simplest customer experience. Curious person, generally speaking.

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Brandon is a globally recognized sustainability leader, public speaker, and coach dedicated to facilitating regenerative change from the inside out. With over a decade of experience in sustainable business, leadership development, and organizational psychology, he holistically helps impact-driven leaders sense and respond to the dynamics within themselves and the systems they influence. At Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA), Brandon supports the next generation of ocean innovators, providing them with the training, resources, and networks needed to create nature-positive solutions and drive systems change. In this capacity, he built the Ocean Leadership Program, established a grant program that distributed over $1M in funding to 400+ grassroots projects across 70+ countries, led five global leadership summits in collaboration with governments, and provided coaching to emerging leaders worldwide. At New Energy Nexus, Brandon managed funds and professional development programs for clean energy entrepreneurs, including operationalizing a $48M seed investment fund for early-stage startups and curating gatherings to build momentum around California’s SB 100. Brandon has also contributed to the green movement as a consultant (3Degrees, Alameda County) and board member (Young Professionals in Energy, ÆRTH, AQUA MATER). Brandon holds an MBA in Sustainable Management from the Presidio Graduate School, where he focused on market-based solutions to climate change. He also earned an MA in Organizational Psychology from William James College, where his research proposed a new leadership paradigm for organizations to adaptively navigate VUCA environments, integrating insights from complexity science, quantum mechanics, living systems theory, and biomimicry. Brandon is a transformational coach and certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, having trained under leading luminaries such as Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, and Giles Hutchins. His unique approach—incorporating ancient wisdom, adult development psychology, and somatic practices—equips leaders with tools to engage with their inner and outer worlds, enabling them to live and lead from an expanded state of being. A sought-after public speaker, Brandon has lectured and led workshops across five continents, with engagements at prestigious institutions and conferences, including the UN, NASA, Goldman Sachs, UC Berkeley, and COP26/27. When his schedule permits, Brandon enjoys learning about indigenous wisdom traditions, rooting for the Knicks, and composing music that integrates activism, spirituality, and hip-hop.

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Journalist and Marketer of Artists and other cool things

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Working remotely from my hobby farm in beautiful, rural Oregon. 🌲🐷🐓🚀 @julesat22

Alexandra Sternlicht

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Knight-Bagehot Fellow between Columbia Business & Journalism schools

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Deputy Editor at Tripadvisor

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GarysGuide is a global resource and community of professionals that are interested in startups, entrepreneurship, social media and technology. It is one of the best resources for discovering technology and startup related events, classes, workshops and jobs in New York City, San Francisco / Silicon Valley, London, Boston, Los Angeles, Austin and other cities. We reach a highly targeted mix of influencers and connectors including Startup Founders, CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Technology & Media Executives, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Private Equity, Marketers, Product Managers, Analysts, Technologists, Designers, Developers, Government Officials, Universities, PR, Press, Media, Bloggers and more.

Davis Richardson

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Defense Partnerships and Capital @ AUSP | Communications @ Paradox Public Relations

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Owner of Studio Simpatico: NYC creative design, UX, and WordPress studio

Brianna McGurran-Witzel

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Writer | Editor | Content + Communications Strategist