Ulises Aguila
I am passionate about Networks, as a way to help others to become leaders, as the option to create fastest initiatives in social systems, as an alternative to do things that really matter to us and are deep aligned to our purpose, as an organic adaptive way of 'descaling' and as the solution to build ecosystems of innovation to solve the greatest human challenges.
We need to become more aware of our power of collaboration and experiment together with better self awareness as collaborative teams, as a common consciousness, as organizations, as networks and as leadership that helps others to become better versions of themselves by helping others to work on things that really matter to them.
My objective is to be part of this new technological and management wave to really focus on our deepest social problems and create break-through value solutions through Networks and ecosystems.
Denisha Craig
Denisha Craig is a child sex abuse prevention advocate and an Independent Consultant for Resonance Network and Leadership Learning Community (LLC’s) WEB network. Based in Maryland, Denisha supports networks organizing around similar causes move through key processes to achieve their goals. Her work includes weaving together individuals, strategic planning, facilitation design, with high levels of interaction and participation, network thinking, and leadership skills.
Denisha has a healthy goal to use hashtag activism (ex. #metoo #blacklivesmatter) to normalize the discussion around preventing child sex abuse in every home. As founder of Paranoia to Prevention (#paranoiatoprevention) Denisha raises awareness on adverse childhood experiences (ACE’s).
Purvi Shah
Purvi Shah inspires changes as a consultant on gender, racial, and economic equity. As an anti-violence advocate, trainer, grassroots researcher, and facilitator committed to opening space for transformation, she delights in movement-making, strategic action for change, and furthering equity in community.
While serving as Executive Director of Sakhi for South Asian Women, a community-based anti-violence agency, she witnessed the profound impact of systems on immigrant survivors of violence. The disparity in access to justice for survivors led her to spearhead coalition-building towards local and national systems change on language access in the courts. This effort led to a new court rule on access to interpreters and a State workplan for language access. In 2008, she won the inaugural SONY South Asian Excellence Award for Social Service for her leadership fighting gender violence.
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Deborah Elizabeth Finn works with mission-based organizations as a network weaver, capacity builder, technical assistance provider, and nonprofit technology strategist. She holds degrees from Bennington College and Harvard University.
Deborah is a dedicated student of best practices in equity, inclusion, and positive social change, as well as a passionate proponent of collaboration, peer learning, communities of practice, knowledge sharing, leadership development, and mentoring. She founded the Mission-Based Massachusetts community in 2005, and the TNB Roundtable in 2013.
Deborah Fishman
Deborah Fishman is an entrepreneur, network-weaver, and founder of FED (www.fedsocial.co), an inclusive Jewish community and platform for ideas and art. Deborah works at the intersection of people, food and ideas, weaving together relationships that spark unexpected dialogue, synergy, and connection. Deborah views her mission in life as making sure everyone is fed — physically, intellectually, spiritually and on a basic human level. FED has hosted over 150 creative gatherings, in NYC, Paris, Jerusalem, Be'er Sheva, Mallorca, Budapest, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, and Boston. FED belongs to Hakhel: The Jewish Intentional Communities Incubator, for which Deborah serves as Advisor and Network Manager, and leads Hakhel's Arts & Culture Subnetwork. Deborah has 15 years' experience working in the Jewish community, including at The AVI CHAI Foundation and PresenTense, where she was the Editor & Publisher of PresenTense Magazine.
Karen Tronsgard-Scott
My life practice is supporting aspirations and dream-making. I believe together, we can build a world where all thrive over generations. I am seeking ways to integrate spirit, community, physical presence and this thing we call work. Love is my gift and knowing is my core strength. I will always be learning and experimenting. I am invested in knowing the ancestors and hearing their wisdom in service of the descendants. I am a story-teller and a listener. My personal challenge that gets in my way is doubt. Still, I love without reservation.
Saida Agostini
Saida Agostini is a movement builder, activist and poet. The Chief Operating Officer for FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, she supports FORCE in sustaining and expanding its organizational capacity to foster survivor led organizing.
In her work, Saida has organized statewide advocacy initiatives promoting the rights of LGBTQ youth in foster care, education and juvenile justice, and directed art actions uplifting the visibility of Black girls, women and queer folks.
A skilled facilitator, Saida has guided capacity building and needs assessment processes for local and state initiatives to address the needs of LGBTQ populations, people of color and youth.
Danielle M. Varda, PhD
Danielle M. Varda, PhD is the CEO of Visible Network Labs and an Associate Professor at the University of CO Denver in the School of Public Affairs. Dr. Varda directs VNL’s data science company that hosts the Aspen platform, including apps and web based tools to track the progress of network interventions and the largest database of cross-sector inter-organizational networks.
These include the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded PARTNER tool, a social network analysis survey and analysis tool and the Person-Centered Network (PCN App), a tool to assess the strengths and gaps in a person’s personal support networks. She is also the director of theNetwork Leadership Training Academy, a three day workshop for network leaders to increase skills to build, manage, and evaluate effective networks. She has consulted with over 100 organizations on network leadership, and has evaluated dozens of cross-sector community networks.
Lisa Watson
Lisa Watson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Openly, an impact strategy and research company committed to social good. Lisa is a social impact strategist with 20 years of experience designing, weaving and evaluating networks in the nonprofit, philanthropic and government sectors. For 15 years, she held senior positions in the Ontario provincial government and United Way Toronto & York Region.
As a consultant and coach, her core areas of contribution include strategy, learning, leadership and organizational development. Lisa shares her passion for the power of networks as a faculty member with the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and through her work with organizations and networks across the country.