Vanessa Valenti

Vanessa Valenti is an entrepreneur and award-winning blogger who creates ventures for social impact. She cut her teeth co-founding the online feminist publication, Feministing.com, in 2004, and went on to co-found Valenti Martin Media, a movement-building and communications consultancy that collaborates with social change institutions worldwide. She is also the co-founder of FRESH Speakers, a next generation speakers bureau focused on diversifying the public speaking field. A 2016 TED Resident, Vanessa and her team are collaborating with Stanford's d.school to create solutions that will inspire minds to redesign thought leadership—specifically, who gets on the world’s most influential stages, and what their experiences are once they get there.

Digital strategy, Entrepreneurship, Feminism, Inclusivity, Public speaking, Speaker coaching