Incentivizors
Our incentivizors are seasoned professionals who are passionate about transforming media, arts, and culture.
Augusto Valverde
Founder & CEO of Global Child; Miami
Best piece of advice you've received?
In any negotiation, if you're not willing to walk away... you've already lost. Know your value and understand that your life does not depend on any human, but on God.
How has media/arts affected you?
I believe that purpose drives us... in my case it was into the creative space. Media has impacted my career because it has allowed me to harness the gifts that God has given me to inspire audiences.
Conor Rush
Founder & CEO of Starving Artists; United Kingdom
How do you ‘be still’?
Luckily I can 'be still' with great ease, sometimes green spaces help, nature or a snooker table, I'm not fussy, it's half of what we're built to do, after traveling great distances, we must rest.
How do you describe yourself?
Artist / Poet / Snooker Player / Entrepreneur / Gardener
Edward Brooks
Exec Director, Oxford Character Project; United Kingdom
How has media/arts affected you?
Jazz has always had a particular grip on me. I feel like I'm on a journey of creative discovery.
Best piece of advice you've received?
Don't give up.
King Yaw Soon
Video Editor at EA; California
How do you ‘be still’?
I look out my window, enjoy the view, and be thankful for the moment.
How has media/arts affected you?
The arts give me the space to discover myself and connect with others through creating something from my heart.
Kristine Braden
International Banker
How has media/arts affected you?
I love all things creative but especially design and music.
Best piece of advice you've received?
Watch what people do, not what they say.
Page Richards
Chair of Creative Writing & Theatre @HKU; Hong Kong
How do you “be still “?
I join with my mother and rescue animals, wherever they are.
How has the arts affected your life?
For me, the arts have always joined in the physicality of stillness and pattern, music and history, together with math and science, performing and poetry. The arts keep joining me to myself and all beings, now circling us around to that first question, it turns out!
Tommy Gregg
Medium Rare Restaurants; Washington, D.C
How do you describe yourself?
I'm a goal setter and a goal getter.
Best piece of advice you've received?
Wherever I am in the world, I should not forget who I am and where I came from as I represent that to whomever I meet.
Tracey Neale
REDeveloper/Former Broadcaster; Virginia
How do you “be still “?
I practice stillness at sunrise. My preference is to forego a little shut-eye and head outdoors before the house begins to stir.
How has media/arts impacted your career?
Being involved in the media for over 30 years has shaped and informed my expansive and ever-changing view of humanity. As a storyteller, it's been a privilege to help give voice to the voiceless and share their sometimes painful journeys.
Command Center
Grace Lee Baughan
Founder; Miami
Meredith Geisler
Board of Directors; Washington, D.C
Peter Baughan
Board of Directors; Miami
Michelle Lee
Chief Experience Officer (CXO); New York City
Ellen Ye
Marketing & Social Media Manager; Shanghai
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