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Founder and Director, The Hybrid Vigor Institute

Sara Frankel, Board Treasurer
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Robert Greenwald
Film Producer and Director, Brave New Films

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Former Director of Communications, The White House Project

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Entrepreneur; Former CEO, Air America

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Editor and Journalist, SMITH Magazine

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