Jennifer Brandel is CEO and Co-Founder of Hearken. She's been experimenting with journalism since the early aughts. In 2011, she founded the groundbreaking WBEZ’s Curious City series and is taking lessons pioneered on that project to other media organizations via Hearken. The bulk of her reporting experience has been for public media, having reported pieces for WBEZ, NPR, APM, PRI, and playing characters on the CBC’s WireTap and Radiotopia’s Love + Radio. Prior to radio, Jennifer started a women’s workout happening called Dance Dance Party Party, managed the 2010 Third Coast International Audio Festival Conference, and worked a variety of odd jobs. Her multimedia work has been published in The New York Times and Vice.

Vinitha is an entrepreneur, design strategist, and artist. She opened Google’s first office in India, and sits on the boards of Nexleaf Analytics and California College of the Arts. Vinitha is the founder and Executive Director of Zoo Labs, the world's first music accelerator that sits at the intersection of art and business. Zoo Labs is about re-imagining entrepreneurship as a creative endeavor and supporting Artist lead companies get to the next level. With roots in Silicon Valley the non profit brings together some of the best mentors Tech, Business, and Art to have a hand in shaping the future—something bigger than its parts. Sometimes people ask her if she’s crazy. And she might well be.