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Denis Creighton is Chief Executive Officer of IMPT,  a carbon-offsetting ecosystem designed to connect global retail brands with socially responsible individuals and businesses seeking to reduce their carbon footprint. A seasoned entrepreneur, Denis has over 30 years of experience in the technology industry,  with extensive experience in the financial services sector, business process outsourcing, and telecommunications services. Denis co-created IMPT with a lasting vision in mind, to help both businesses and individuals achieve a lower carbon footprint and to  contribute to global sustainable development through everyday actions.

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Vanessa  Pestritto, Director  of Partner Programs. Vanessa is Director of Partner Programs at  Agoric, a JavaScript-native smart contract platform and Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain. Vanessa believes in technology that will enable greater efficiency in everyday life and will enrich the lives of those who use it.She formerly worked as Ripple's Director  of Strategic Growth, where she built a portfolio of tech companies with novel use cases in protocol development, ecosystem tools, and smart contracts. She previously consulted on fintech and government projects and advised brands such as Chobani and eBay on  their accelerator programs. Vanessa actively advocates for workplace diversity and the advancement of women and Latinos.

About Amanda Terry ‍Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Metagood. She has an extensive background of over 20 years in digital media sales and business development leadership experience from Twitter, NBC, Zagat (acquired by Google), 5min (acquired by AOL), TARGUSinfo (acquired by Neustar), and Acxiom (acquired by IPG). She invests in early-stage, high-growth companies applying technology to solve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She has a BA from Princeton University in Public Policy and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Entrepreneurial Management and Finance.

Crypto Fish is the co-founder of Trader Joe and Joepegs, the largest DEX and NFT marketplace on Avalanche that is coming soon to BNB Chain. Previously was a doctor and a software engineer at Google before making the switch into crypto full time.

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Iris Nevins is the co-founder and CEO of Umba Daima, a venture studio operating at the intersection of technology, community, and art. Umba Daima aims to increase economic opportunity around the world by closing the digital divide. They are currently incubating 3 initiatives to push this mission forward. Iris is a former social studies teacher and grassroots community organizer who eventually became a software engineer after realizing that tech could be used to solve large-scale societal problems. After attending a coding bootcamp in San Francisco, she became a software engineer at Mailchimp and then eventually an engineering manager at Mailchimp and Vox Media. Iris used her resourcefulness, leadership background, and effectiveness at running projects to become a manager early in her engineering career and has been building/leading teams full time ever since. She has been passionate about social impact since the age of 16 when she attended an international merit-based high school program with 300 kids from around the world. After that she attended Pomona College where she studied Economics and Black History. Iris is passionate about solving problems through tech and empowering cultural communities around the world.

Divi Nick Saponaro, CEO and co-founder, The Divi Project Nick Saponaro is an entrepreneur, crypto enthusiast, investor and keynote speaker who is regularly featured in the media talking about crypto related issues. Media appearances include Cheddar, CNBC, Quartz, Investing.com, and Nasdaq.com. ● https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/can-defi-fill-the-vacuum-left-by-ftx ● https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-winter-teaches-tough-lessons-about-custody-and-taking-control ● https://forkast.news/ftx-cryptos-lehman-bros-moment-whats-next/ Nick started investing in cryptocurrencies in 2013, however, his crypto career really began straight out of high school when he started a custom PC business that built rigs for gaming and Bitcoin mining. He joined the Divi Project in 2017 as a full-stack developer and was invited to become a co-founder of the fledgling business. Soon after, he took on responsibility for building and maintaining all of Divi’s web services, client-facing apps, and protocol development for Divi Core. He quickly progressed and in 2019 he became Divi’s Chief Information Officer, where he deploys his skills in programming and functional design to achieve the company’s core aim; to make crypto easy and drive its mainstream adoption. He is now CEO of the Divi Project and its Fintech Innovation Centre, Divi Labs. A dedicated proponent of the founding principles of the crypto movement, Nick is working towards the delivery of a new paradigm for financial services. One that is truly decentralized, accessible to all, and works for everyone. Key links: ● Divi Labs: https://divilabs.io/ ● Divi Wallet: https://diviwallet.com/ ● Nick Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSapProductions?s=20 ● Divi YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCihooU0crqQkBOvV0_lsRnw

Pedro Isaac Lopez  is an industrial engineer with an MBA with a focus on Finance, a self-taught Python programmer, and an entrepreneur. Pedro is an experienced start-up builder and has been in crypto since late 2017, working on several blockchain/crypto projects since 2018.