Get To Know Our Team
Board Of Directors
Advising the future of LifeHikes
LifeHikes Leadership Team
Building lifelong learning opportunities for organizations and individuals
Yolany Alcantara
Coalition Advisory Team
The Coalition is a group of global influencers from a variety of companies and industries who love learning and are ideating, advising, and supporting the future direction of LifeHikes.
Mona Aboelnaga
Managing Partner, K6 INVESTMENTS LLC
Vanessa Akhtar
Director, Kotter
Alexandra Aleskovsky
President & Founder, DigitalShop
Lisa Anastos
General Counsel, EDIFECS
Marc Andersen
Partner, Ernst & Young
Mallory Anhouse
Principal, Knickerbocker Talent Inc.
Ed Arcinue
Chief Sales Officer, LifeHikes
Greg Arnold
Vice President of Engineering, LinkedIn
Nadim Atalla
Project Manager, Agritecture
James Austin
Coastal Engineer, APTIM
Mark Avnet
Founder, Converging Arts LLC
Anis Baig
Head of Talent Acquisition & People Analytics, massmutual
Tim Bakke
Content Lead, Microsoft
Katie Ballay
FOUNDER & CHIEF STRATEGIST, K BALLAY CONSULTING
Chuck Bean
Executive Director, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Singleton Beato
Chief Diversity & Engagement Officer, McCann Worldgroup
Eileen Benwitt
Executive Vice President, Chief Talent Officer, Horizon Media
Kurt Bettenhausen
Previous Senior Vice President, Siemens
Dave Blackshaw
Partner, The Exetor Group
Koen Bogers
Chief Executive Officer & Member Executive Board, Stedin
Lynne Borthwick
Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer, ERT
Andreas Bosnjak
Human Resources Director Europe North, Schindler Group
Shannon Brayton
Partner & Chief Marketing Officer, Bessemer Venture Partners
Danielle Bromberg
Client Engagement & Marketing Analyst, Goldman Sachs
Dwight Brown
Director, Vehicle & Propulsion Portfolio Planning, General Motors
Carolyn Buck-Luce
Managing Partner, Imaginal Labs
Steve Buffone
FounDer, Kenilworth Advisors
Rosana Butron
Senior Manager Talent Development (Global), DP World
Mike Smith
Co-Founder & General Partner, Footwork
Ian Cameron
Former Executive Producer, ABC news
Ben Carpenter
Assistant Vice President, American Arbitration Association
Lisa Carraway
Senior Director, Internal Communications, Qlik
Chris Cerf
President, Montclair Education Partners
Sara Chapman
Head of Executive Intelligence & Messaging, Amazon Web Services
Marcella Cheung
Strategic Account Director, linkedin
John Cohn
IBM Fellow - MIT-IBM Watson, Lab at IBM
Theresa Cole
Senior Leadership Development Consultant, IBM
Colin Cunningham
Director - Global Institutional Distribution, Irish Life Investment Managers
Michelle Desaulniers
People & Culture, World Economic Forum USA
Ben Deutsch
Former Vice President of Corporate Communications, The Coca-Cola Company
Sarah Devereaux
Marketing & Customer Success, Murmur
Sam Dickinson
Head of Behavioural Innovation, Google
Steve Douglas
Senior Vice President of Field Service, Siemens Energy
Sarah Dunmore
Talent Management & Development Leader, Marsh McLennan
Betty Edwards
President, Edwards Education Solutions, LLC
Leo Ehrline
Executive Vice President, Brooklyn Nets - Barclays Center
Marcel Eisma
Senior Director of Sales Enablement, Proofpoint
David Embry
CEO, Mylo - A Lockton Company
Larry Emond
Managing Director, Gallup
Jenny Eng
Senior Manager, Global Learning, Growth & Experiences, VMLY&R
Ken Estabrook
Manager, Training & Education, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Rob Evans
MANAGING PARTNER, IMAGINAL LABS
David Fizdale
NBA Head Coach
Paul Fleming
Director, Autodesk
Tom Floyd
Founder, Flouracity
Kelly Flynn
Senior Vice President, Video Production & Programming, SiriusXM
Steven Forte
New Jersey School Superintendent
Niamh Gallagher
Learning and Development Manager, Fenergo
Lauryn Gordon
Senior Manager, Global Talent Insights & Organizational Effectiveness, Dentsply Sirona
Charlie Guevara
Vice President of Sales, Albert
Justin Halim
Expert Partner, APAC Digital Marketing & E-Commerce Practice Head, Bain & Company
Denise Harlan
Senior Director of Worldwide Sales Enablement, Proofpoint
Sonia Hassan
Senior Editor, GSW
Amy Hayes
Vice Preseident of Global Learning & Development, Meta
Andreas Helget
President & Chief Executive Officer, Yokogawa Europe
Jack Ho
Vice President of Learning & Development, DBS Bank
Bill Hoogterp
Founder & Chief executive officer, LifeHikes
Ehsan Hoque
Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Rochester
Kit Hughes
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Look Listen
Meredith Ian
Head of Global Sales Training, Spotify
Sylvia Imm
Director of National Accounts, Kimberly-Clark Professional
Mimi Ito
Director, Connected Learning Lab
Joyce "JJ" Jelks
Head of People & Culture, Wieden + Kennedy NYC
David Kahn
Vice President of National Client Solutions Team Leader, Clear Channel Outdoor
Lisa Kahn
Head of Sponsorships & Partnerships, Goldman Sachs
Lisa Katayama
Principal, SYPartners
Elitsa Kateva
Group Lead of Global Marketing & Communications, Linde Engineering
Shelby Lee Keefer
Digital Upskilling Learning Strategist, ProEdge
Ken Kent
Director of Removable Prosthodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Khalid Khadim
Manager of Talent Management, Telecommunications & Digital Government Regulatory Authority
Charlie Kim
Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Next Jump
Janina Kugel
former director of human resources, siemens
Carlos Lamadrid
Director Of Development, U.S. Ski & Snowboard
Karina Lapyko
People Operations Partner, Horizon Media
Mike Lebowitz
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Big Spaceship
Aileen Lee
Founder & Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures
Harry Lin
Senior Principal Scientist, Novartis Institutes
Steve Lucey
Head of Global Enablement, Meta
Berry Lumpkins
VP of Leadership & Talent Development, DP World
Nandani Lynton
VP of organizational growth, Siemens Energy
Qing Ma
Head of HR, Siemens China
Sigurbjorg Magnusdottir
Head of Training & Development, Dominos
Rob McEwen
Chief Owner, McEwen Mining Inc
Cherita McIntye
Senior Director of Talent Mgmt & Development, ESPN
Jim McKinley
Director of Global Sales Enablement, Proofpoint
James McPherson
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Vision and Destiny Group
Bobby Meneses
Director of Open Connect Deployment, Netflix
Meghan Messenger
Co-CEO, NextJump
Salim Mitha
Co-Founder, Powerhouse Capital
Bill Moran
Retired Four-Star Naval Officer
Laura Moraros
Global Head, of GMS Learning & Enablement, Meta
Gus Murad
Global Head of Sales Enablement for Twitch Advertising @ Amazon
Donna Murdoch
Principal, Relevancy Works
Maggie Murphy
VP of A&E Programming, Audible
Jim Mustacchia
Owner, Capability Development Alliance
Mohamed Nanabhay
Deputy CEO , Media Development Investment Fund
Eric Nentrup
Freelance, Education Strategy & Storytelling
Beth Nickels
Chief Financial Officer, Herman Miller, Inc. & President, HermanMiller Healthcare
Marla Noble
Global Head, Learning & Development, Carrier Corporation
Sean O'Connor
Corporate Director, Navy & Marine Corps Program, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Michele O'Leary
Director, RWJBarnabas Health SBMC/ACC
Chris Osgood
Previous Senior Vice President of Sales, Iheartmedia
Chiara Pace
Head of Individual, Digital & Public Giving, UN Women
Christi Pedra
Senior Executive & Commercial Leader, Cardinal Health
Juan Carlos Perez
General Manager Commercial Excellence, Shell
Ana Pinzon
Learning Expert, Bosch
Jodi Rabinowitz
head of Talent & organizational development, zoom video communications
Jyoti Rai
Managing Director of Global Human Resources, Moody's Corportion
Courtney Reed
Executive Assistant to VP of Talent & Culture, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Bill Reynolds
Chief Network Engineer, AT&T
Jon Rhoades
Head of HR, MMC Technology, Marsh McLennan Companies, Inc.
Fernando Rivero
Director de Inversion, Twin Peaks Capital
Juan Carlos Rivero
Founder, Epsilon Advisors
Mike Rooney
Director, Sales Learning & Development, Peloton Interactive
Laurie Rosenfield
Global Chief People Officer, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Jason Rzepka
President & Founder, WRIT LARGE
Shuva Saha
Previous Director of EMEA Customer Programmes, Google
Tim Scanlan
Vice President Sports Broadcast & Media, Octagon
Martin Schultz
Chief Operating Officer, Pro Unlimited
Judy Schwartz
Senior Director, Sales Learning & Development, Yahoo
Chris Servello
Founder, Provision Advisors
Anna Seubert
Manager of People & Leadership, Siemens Healthineers
Kim Sharan
Board Member, TIAA
David Simas
CEO, Obama Foundation
KC Simmons
Senior Manager, Sony PlayStation
Amy-Lee Simon
Head of Scaled Sales Enablement, Global Partnerships, Google
Justin Slaten
Chief Information Officer, Venbrook Companies
Dan Smart
Global Manger of Professional Development, BCG Digital Ventures
Dario Spina
CMO, Velocity at ViacomCBS
Andrew Stern
Leadership & Organizational Development, Squarespace
Penelope Sur
VP of Talent, Dick's Sporting Goods
Shauna Switzer
Office of the mayor of New york city
Sue Taggart
Owner, ADinfinitum
Angelito Tan
Founder & CEO, RTG Consulting Group
Patti Thurston
VP of Efficacy, The Designory
John Tien
Retired Colonel, United States Army
Sallyann Tingle
Head of Sales Education, Twitch @ Amazon
Ritu Trivedi
Executive Director, Mindshare
Maggie Tuohy
CPO/VP Product Management, PeopleReady
Malcolm Turner
Head of Corporate Development & Strategy, DraftKings
Matthew Van den Brandon
Talent Development Manager, EMEA Kinesso
Chris Varelas
Founding Partner, Riverwood Capital
Rafi Venturini
Global Leader for Management Development, IBM
Jonas Vrany
Previous Sales Executive, Google
Pat Wadors
Chief People Officer, Procore Technologies
Paula Weiner
President & Founder, Weiner & Associates
Maria White
Vice President of Sales Enablement, Twilio
Lizzie Widhlem
SVP Ad Innovation & B2B Marketing, SXM Media
Alexia Williams
Culture & Development Manager, Siemens
Jessica Wilson-Jones
Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State
Achim Wolter
Head of People & Organisational Development at Baloise Group
Jon Ye
HR Director, Alibaba Global Regional HR
Kat Yeager
Senior Learning Consultant (Sales Skills), Microsoft
Annie Yu
SVP Ad Innovation & B2B Marketing, SXM Media
Joseph Zarejko
Staff Accountant, Abrams & McKeever LLC
Qun Zhao
Partner, Meizhi tec