Jory Des Jardins co-founded BlogHer, a venture backed, category-defining women’s digital lifestyle company that was sold to SheKnows Media in late 2014. She spent 10 years on the founding team, enabling strategy from pre-venture funding through post-acquisition phase.

While with BlogHer, Jory evangelized best practices in social and influencer marketing to Fortune 500 Marketing Leads and digital/media agency leadership. She served for six years on the Board of Directors of the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB). She started her career in print editorial, as an editor for Penguin Books, The New York Times Syndicate, and Time Inc. Custom Publishing.

Jory is a tireless crusader for women entrepreneurs and business leaders, sharing her personal growth story, contacts, and insights learned from 10 years of growth hacking, digital community building, strategy development and fundraising. She sits on the boards of several female led or founded startups.

Stephanie Agresta is an award-winning, digital-first marketing executive with a hands-on understanding of the changing media landscape and the global start-up ecosystem. PRWeek named her #6 among digital creators, innovators and strategists in public relations and Business Insider cited her as one of the top 25 advertising executives on Twitter. In 2010, she was named to PRWeek’s “40 under 40”roster. Her first book, Perspectives on Social Media Marketing, co-authored with B. Bonin Bough of Mondelez, was released in October 2010.

Stephanie has served in senior executive roles at world-class agencies including MSLGROUP, Weber Shandwick and Porter Novelli. Over the course of her career, she has been instrumental in developing digital and social media initiatives for major brands such as P&G, PayPal, Samsung, PepsiCo and Microsoft.

In the fall of 2015, Stephanie left the corporate world to launch a growth accelerator for startups and now serves on advisory boards and consultants with SaaS companies, brands and agencies.