Aurelia Flores, Managing Member of Athena Digital Media Group, has been in the digital marketing field for nearly 10 years. She has a passion for helping people connect with their ideal clients online and specializes in Facebook Ad Campaigns. Aurelia is especially committed to helping her clients change the world with their work. In 2016, Aurelia joined the Pipeline Angels network of women investors. She is deeply committed to their goals of changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for women social entrepreneurs. Her angel investments all focus on large social change projects led by women.

John “Jack” Bienko is the (A) Director for Entrepreneurship Education at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) headquarters in Washington, DC. SBA facilitates billions of dollars in financing and contracts each year while overseeing a broad entrepreneurial support system and assisting communities recover from disasters. Mr. Bienko’s team builds customized education solutions that include SCORE’s network of 11,000 business mentors, the flagship SBA Emerging Leaders executive training series in 50 cities, an award-winning digital learning portal logging 300,000 registrations annually, the national Encore Entrepreneurship campaign, and cutting-edge partnerships with global brands and civic innovators.

Phil works as an Investment Associate at the Maryland Venture Fund, an early-stage, evergreen venture capital firm dedicated to growing the next generation of exceptional businesses in Maryland. With $110M in assets under management, the Maryland Venture Fund partners with entrepreneurs to build high-growth technology companies that last. Prior to joining the Maryland Venture Fund, Phil worked for Foundation Capital, a venture capital fund based in Menlo Park, California, and TDF Ventures, an early-stage fund based in Chevy Chase, Maryland.  Phil began his career at KPMG’s Risk Consulting practice in the Silicon Valley where he specialized in software asset management and contract compliance services. He also co-founded the Jeremy Lin Foundation, a Palo Alto based non-profit whose mission is to serve at-risk youth through education and leadership development in underserved communities. Phil received an MBA from Georgetown University and a BA from UC Berkeley.

Julia is the founder and CEO of Hera Hub DC, a professional work and meeting space for women business owners in the Washington DC Metro area.

Julia’s passion for supporting women business owners comes from her 20+ years working with small businesses, helping them manage their financial and HR needs. She is focused on building a vibrant community and network of women in business that fosters collaboration and supports the launch and growth of their businesses. 

Through her work as the Hera Hub DC founder, she supports organizations focused on entrepreneurship and women in business.

Sibyl Edwards is a brand manager, strategist, designer and an advocate for tech inclusion and women in technology. For over a decade, Ms. Edwards has created successful digital campaigns for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit associations, NGOs and startups such as: The World Bank, DC Government, Social@Ogilvy, Rosetta Stone, Gannett/GO Digital, Cision and Marriott. Ms. Edwards is currently Chief Creative Officer (CCO) and partner of Wetogethr, a strategy agency whose focus is innovation, branding, tech inclusion and diversity. She also works on the digital team for The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). Sibyl has served as Executive Director for DC Innovates (DCI), a non-profit organization with the mission of fostering and supporting a diverse tech innovation economy in the District of Columbia. DCI managed the Digital DC Technology Fund (DDCTF), a $1 million catalytic fund for early-stage technology ventures in the District. As President of DC Web Women (DCWW), one of the largest and longest-running tech nonprofits for women in D.C., Sibyl volunteers her time helping to support and advocate for women and girls in internet and tech-related industries. As co-founder of Black Female Founders (#BFF), an organization whose mission is to provide awareness, support, resources and a platform for Black women entrepreneurs, she developed #BFF Labs, an 8-week period pre-accelerator program for aspiring early-stage entrepreneurs. Ms. Edwards has spoken on a number of panels in and around DC and has served as judge for local and national startup competitions. She has also keynoted at Drupal GovCon and was recently listed on Essence magazine’s #Woke100 list. Ms. Edwards is an alumni of the Corcoran College of Art + Design.

Bianca Buliga is the Digital Marketing Manager for SEED SPOT, a top 20 global accelerator that helps early-stage entrepreneurs launch their social ventures. Her role includes leveraging social media platforms, email marketing, and thought leadership articles to accelerate growth and impact for entrepreneurs nationwide. Bianca is a quadrilingual first-generation American of Romanian ethnicity who earned her M.A. in Global Affairs and Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, AZ. While at Thunderbird, she led a consulting project for the Peruvian government to analyze the innovation capacities of family-owned manufacturing SMEs in metropolitan Lima. Bianca is passionate about using business as a force for good in spurring social innovation.

Global business development leader and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in cultivating high-performing teams to design user-centric innovations and scale new ventures. Passionate about strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems to accelerate enterprise impact on local and national development.

As a consultant, I focus on analyzing new business opportunities, developing sales and marketing strategies, and optimizing revenue processes for both the non-profit and for-profit sectors. 

Corinne is an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Technology Policy fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), where she works on multiple initiatives within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Technology-to-Market program. Prior to her work at DOE, Corinne was the first employee at a small chemistry startup. While there, she developed new light activated 3D printing resins that enabled direct printing of manufactured strength parts before ultimately becoming the company’s director of operations. Corinne earned her PhD in chemistry from the University of California, San Diego, where she studied the capabilities of tunable 'molecular sponges.'

Evan Smith has more than 25 years of experience in business, law, and entrepreneurship. He was a partner at Greenberg Traurig, a successful startup CEO, and is currently managing partner at Cogent Law Group. Specialties: 1) Intellectual Property Strategy; 2) Negotiating & Closing Complex Business and Licensing Transactions; 3) Product Development & Design; 4) Business Planning, Structures, & Funding

Oscar A. Jung is Co-Founder and CEO at bookbuses.com who offers Instant search, select and payment for charter buses in the US. Prior to launching bookbuses.com Mr. Jung was Entrepreneur in Residence at Lightbank Ventures and launched Boomerang which was bought by Groupon. Mr. Jung started his tech career at the same place, Groupon, where he was VP for South East Asia responsible for Groupon’s expansion across 8 countries. Prior to this Mr. Jung was a management consultant at A.T. Kearney.