Founder & CEO at VINA // Co-Founder at PYM

Olivia June is Founder and CEO of VINA, the tech company backed by Greylock, Tinder, and NEA that connects, celebrates, and empowers women. In 2016 she launched the award winning app Hey! VINA, a social networking app often referred to as the “Tinder for (girl) friends”, that’s connected millions of women in 158 countries. Olivia is the Editor in Chief of Vinazine.com a media outlet with stories and advice from and for women of the VINA community. Olivia is also behind the brag movement to encourage more women to share their accomplishments through the LadyBrag.com platform. She was co-founder of the San Francisco wine events club, Ladies Who Vino, a community that's connected thousands of professional women over a glass of wine, and she spent 6 years in leadership of SparkSF, the largest philanthropic network of millennials investing in grassroots women’s organizations. Prior to dedicating herself full-time to empowering women around the world, she led community development at RocketSpace, held a marketing leadership position at General Assembly, and worked on the first American Bitcoin exchange, Tradehill. In her free time, she volunteers as a mentor to young women in the foster care system. Olivia and her work have been featured in hundreds of media outlets including ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Wired, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Paper Magazine, Glamour, Marie Claire, The Tyra Show, The Doctors, Fox News, Fast Company, Grazia, The Guardian, Refinery 29, Vice, and many more. Olivia's academic career was focused on social psychology, gender studies, and the impact of media and technology on relationships. She has a BA in Communication Studies from Chapman University.