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With experience in Talent Management, Sales, Marketing and Coaching experience, Farah Bernier leads Human Resources for Google’s Global Affairs Legal Organization. In this role, she is responsible for leading talent initiatives to further attract, retain, develop and advance historically underrepresented professionals in the technology industry.

Ms. Bernier consults with senior leaders in the organization to assess both business and individual progression along the diversity and inclusion engagement continuum and partners across leadership teams to define and execute on agreed upon team strategies to increase diversity and foster more inclusive working environments.

Additionally, as a certified professional coach, Ms. Bernier frequently delivers workshops on cultural dexterity, personal branding, and other various professional development focus areas.

Her motto around operating with confidence and authenticity is “living fabulously fierce through intentional self-discovery, self-definition and self-distinction”.

In her spare time, Farah enjoys traveling, reading, writing, photography, reflecting and releasing stress through running.

Ms. Bernier is a graduate of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, earned her MBA in Global Studies and Entrepreneurship from Babson College, and her CPC and ELI-MP through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching.

Yaron Ben-Zvi loves building things that make a difference. That’s how he came to be the co-founder and CEO of Haven Life, a digital life insurance agency that's backed and wholly owned by MassMutual. Yaron worked with several other startups before launching Haven Life in industries as varied as asset management and media, yet the complexity and opportunity in life insurance kept calling him to the cause. Part entrepreneur, part executive, and part family man, Yaron sometimes struggles to make all these parts work together. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the Wharton School of Business, he believes strongly in the value of a liberal arts education.

Lee Zukor is Senior Vice President of Product and Engineering at SportsEngine and is responsible for creating products customers love. Before joining SportsEngine, Lee held executive positions at both large companies and startups, including VP of Product and UX at Bluestem Brands, Founder/CEO at Simplegoodandtasty.com, and Chief Experience Officer at Wize.com. Lee earned his undergraduate degree from Boston University. When he’s not working, Lee spends his time writing music, traveling, and exploring the Twin Cities with his wife and two teenagers.

As the Chief People Officer, Mary leads Squarespace’s People team, overseeing human resources, people operations, talent acquisition & development, facilities & workplace services, employee experience, and diversity & inclusion. Prior to joining Squarespace, Mary focused on HR roles with early stage pre-IPO software companies. Mary has 20+ years of experience leading People functions at high-growth SaaS companies, and was most recently Chief People Officer of Fuze, a global, cloud-based unified communications platform that empowers productivity. Prior to that, she held leadership roles at tech companies including hCentive, Blackboard, CACI, SRA International, and AMS, Inc. Mary earned her Master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources Management from Syracuse University and received her undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family Studies from The Pennsylvania State University.

Squarespace is the leading all-in-one platform for websites, domains, online stores, and marketing tools that empowers anyone with a creative idea to succeed. With millions of customers on the platform including Chance the Rapper, Gloria Steinem, John Malkovich, Leon Bridges and Keanu Reeves (Arch Motorcycle), Squarespace makes aspirational branding attainable by democratizing access to world-class design.

Founded in 2003, Squarespace’s team of more than 1,000 is headquartered in downtown New York, with offices in Dublin, Ireland and Portland, Oregon. For more information, visit www.squarespace.com.

Kate Gulliver oversees the Talent team at Wayfair where she is responsible for global human capital management including recruiting, organizational design, talent management, talent analytics, compensation and learning and development. Prior to her role in Talent at Wayfair, Kate managed the company's Investor Relations function where she drove all communication and relationship development with outside investors, and led the company in their efforts to become publicly traded. Previously, Kate worked as an investor for nearly five years at Bain Capital, the Boston based private equity firm. She started her career in consulting at McKinsey & Company. Kate holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and a B.A. from Yale University. Kate lives in Boston's South End with her husband and two daughters.

For over a decade, Ben Greenberg served as the Vice President of Mobile Products & User Experience for WebMD, where he built software to promote patient wellness and provide decision support to physicians at the point of care. Some of Ben’s most popular products include Medscape Mobile, Medscape Consult, and WebMD for Google Home and Amazon Alexa. 

Today Ben serves as Dr. Eric Topol’s Chief Product Officer at the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, California. At Scripps, Ben leads Product efforts for The Participant Center of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, a historic  initiative aimed at accelerating health research breakthroughs and enabling new modes of individualized health care.