Chris Palmisano is Founding Chief Operating Officer and Chief Revenue Officer at Rocket Dollar, a fintech startup helping Americans with their retirement. Prior, he held leadership roles in sales, marketing, business development, and operations at several companies in Austin including SolarWinds and Google. Along the way, he has founded or co-founded several small and family
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Chris Ragland is a partner and investor of several firms. Having most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer for Noble Capital for nearly a decade, he is now the Chief Financial Officer for YGC, a corporate start-up studio. He has spent twenty years building firms that specialize in all aspects of finance, real estate,
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At an early age, Rina had a passion for finance and fashion. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. for a semester while interning at Gucci. She returned back home to attend Arizona State University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Business and Communication. While
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As a Wealth Management Partner, Vanessa assists clients in developing long-term investment plans and portfolios to achieve their financial goals and objectives. Vanessa sees her role as her clients’ chief financial officer – someone who can view their financial situation with the perspective needed to help them make smart decisions about the management of their
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Malini Rajput is Central Texas Market President of Capital One Bank. With more than 19 years’ experience in the financial services industry, Rajput leads the bank’s overall commercial banking strategy and community engagement in the Central Texas market. Rajput, a native Australian, is passionate about giving back to the Austin community she, her husband and
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With more than 15 years of media relations, government coordination and journalism experience, Marissa Monroy currently serves as the Director of Communications for Austin Energy, the 7th largest public utility in the country. Austin Energy serves more than 500,000 customers and more than one million residents. In this role, Marissa leads the utility’s talented and
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Leslie Pollack is a transportation engineer at HDR. She moved to Austin in 2004 and has been privileged to be involved in planning for the City’s growth over the past fifteen years. Leslie has technical expertise in traffic design and engineering, transportation planning, and pedestrian design and safety. Leslie is a certified Dale Carnegie Trainer
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Concisely communicating complex policy-related issues is at the heart of the communications efforts Mandy McClendon has led. She is currently employed as the Communications & Media Manager with the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Previously, Mandy served as the spokesperson for the City of Austin’s 2016 Mobility Bond; was a PR and governmental affairs consultant for clients
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Sam Sargent serves as Deputy Chief of Staff for the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Prior to joining the authority’s senior management team, Sam served as project manager in the agency’s Community Engagement office. In his current role, Sam focuses on Project Connect, the region’s long-range high capacity transit plan, community mobility pilots, and coordinating the
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Dana Harmon serves as Chair of the City of Austin Resource Management Commission. She is working to ensure the radically evolving energy sector provides opportunities to build healthy, thriving communities, leading collaborative efforts between industry, academia, and the social sector. Previously, Dana held leadership positions in multiple successful energy technology start-ups. She is an American
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