Human connection drives Lingo Live

Natasha is an accomplished leader with global human resources and talent acquisition experience in both entrepreneurial and established companies. She is passionate about leveraging people strategies to drive business growth and energized by opportunities to lead organization change, drive innovative solutions, coach leaders to success and develop strong HR teams.

Chris held executive positions at Zinch and Chegg before becoming COO of Degreed in 2013. He has extensive experience in business operations and leading organizations. A true east-coaster at heart, Chris graduated from Northeastern University in 2002 and continued on to Harvard Business School where he graduated in 2009 with his MBA. Outside of Degreed, he is passionate about Boston sports and disrupting the future of higher education.

Owl Ventures is a San Francisco Bay Area based venture capital fund that invests in the world’s leading learning companies and backs entrepreneurs with solutions that seek to meaningfully maximize lifelong learning.

Robin is an experienced HR leader, certified executive coach and vibrant keynote speaker. She is best known and respected for her unique way of bringing out the best in others through honesty, good humor, creativity, and collaboration. She offers 20+ years of experience building and executing global programs “from the ground up” in the areas of Transformative Leadership Development, Executive Coaching, Organizational Agility, Employee Relations and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Kat is a dynamic, positive HR leader with extensive experience in leadership development and talent management, business partner consulting, executive coaching, hiring and developing rockstar teams, and building community and connection. She is a highly trusted advisor to executive management teams with proven business strategy execution and high impact results.

A believer in the power of distributed work, Merritt is a workplace and culture leader who is passionate about putting the employee experience at the center of the programs she builds. She leverages her background in employment law and human resources to optimize organizational performance, increase employee engagement and implement equity and inclusion strategies.

Pat is an experienced builder of teams and platforms. Leading the engineering function at Eventbrite for the past 8 years, Pat helped build the global team and the platform that facilitated 10x revenue growth and a successful IPO. He is an expert in performance and scalability, and has been an active user of the Lingo Live platform for several years.

Passionate about possibilities, Erin is a talent and culture leader who thrives on helping people and organizations reach their highest potential. She facilitates growth, development, and positive change at individual and organizational scale. She is a trusted partner who brings cross-industry experience in learning, leadership development, coaching, and culture work.

Ricki is an Executive Coach specializing in transitions, leadership and executive development for over 20 years. At Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, she oversees the Arbuckle Leadership Fellows program, and teaches both leadership and coaching. Her coaching style combines well-honed professional coaching skills with sharp insight, organizational experience, intuition, compassion and laughter. She is passionate about helping her clients make “work work” for themselves and the people who work for them.