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Possibly one of the best Advisory teams in Blockchain!
JOSEPHINE BELLINI Blockchain Industry Expert and Crypto Artist Josephine Bellini is a blockchain industry expert who seems to know just about everyone. She has been a crypto enthusiast for years with an education in finance and accounting. In addition, she is an accomplished artist. Her art is strong, deep, thoughtful and absolutely stunning. Josie served as the Chicago Blockchain Project’s Chief Creative Officer and was responsible for the brand experience behind the Voice of Blockchain 2018 conference. She owns josie.io where she sells her crypto related art and merchandize. She also develops graphics and marketing materials for various blockchain and crypto companies. https://josie.io/ 
Kennette Benedict Social Good Industry Expert Nuclear Nonproliferation Expert Dr. Kennette Benedict is a distinguished scholar and philanthropist. From 2005-2015, she was Executive Director and Publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an award winning magazine established in 1945 by scientists, engineers and other experts who had created the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project. Previously, Benedict was Director of International Peace and Security at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, where she also served as Senior Advisor to the President, and managed grantmaking on issues of international peace and security as well as programs in Russia. Dr. Benedict also taught organizational decision making and women’s leadership in politics at Rutgers University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Benedict has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Oberlin College and the Compton Foundation, and currently serves on the Advisory Council of the Stanley Foundation. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the International Institute of Strategic Studies. She received her A.B. from Oberlin College and her Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University. 
Sharon Burns Blockchain 4 Good Founder and CEO Sharon is an emerging technology executive experienced across the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors. Sharon is Founder and CEO of Block Data 4 Good, a blockchain project that will provide a community platform and data marketplace that supports ‘data philanthropy’,a new method of collecting important data about investments in the social sector. Sharon worked in artificial intelligence early in her career at Digital Equipment Corporation and more recently developed the Social Good track for the 2018 Voice of Blockchain Conference. In between those two experiences, Sharon was CIO at the MacArthur Foundation, led the City of Chicago’s Year 2000 planning initiative, and possibly sold the first book on the internet while at World Book in the early 90’s. Sharon is Founder and CEO of Block Data 4 Good and CEO of Critical Blink, a technology consulting firm based in Chicago. http://www.criticalblink.com http://www.blockdata4good.com/ |
Marquis Davis Blockchain Industry Expert, Community Organizer and Social Entrepreneur, Founder & CEO Urban Array Marquis@UrbanArray.org Marquis is a Social Entrepreneur, Polymath, Developer, Digital Marketing Expert, Blockchain Evangelist and Founder of Urban Array. Marquis is driven to support and rebuild under-resourced communities and create sustainable triple bottom line social enterprises. Urban Array is a Chicago-based Decentralized Autonomous Social Enterprise that uses blockchain and decentralized technologies to give regular people the ability to organize, collaborate and rebuild communities by allowing crowd-sourcing of work, resources, capital, and rewards that allow people to have ownership within their communities. https://urbanarray.org/ 
Joe Hernandez Blockchain Industry Expert joe@disruptionjoe.com Joe Hernandez aka “Disruption Joe” is the Founder of Chicago Blockchain Project. His vision is a world that is moving from the paradign of competition to collaboration and where individuals create their own . The mission of Chicago Blockchain Project is to accelerate that change because it means a more sustainable, peaceful future where individuals are best enabled to pursue happiness. https://chicagoblockchainproject.com/ 
Danny Johnson Blockchain Industry Expert, Founder Pinkcoin cryptocayce@gmail.com Danny is one of the most knowledgeable people in the blockchain sector in Chicago. As a professional poker player, he found bitcoin in 2012. Tired of seeing the bad press around bitcoin and other issues facing the crypto community, he created Pinkcoin 2014. Pinkcoin is a blockchain based donation platform for social impact. As Founder & CEO he has witnessed the innovation, difficulties, and attacks a blockchain network faces while their team developed one of the worlds earliest proof-of-work/proof-of-stake hybrid governance systems. http://getstarted.with.pink Danny is an advisor to multiple crypto funds, and coach to reputable blockchain projects. He is an experienced CEO & CTO with a demonstrated history of excelling in the technology industry & blockchain sector. He received his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services from Hawaii Pacific University where he was also a collegiate athlete. https://getstarted.with.pink/ 
Neill Osika
Blockchain and AI Industry Expert Myndshft Technologies Neill Osika is Vice President Business Development at Myndshft, a blockchain and AI enabled platform designed for disrupting healthcare administration. Myndshft offers AI capabilities and an enterprise blockchain integrated into a single architecture. Neill understands that data interoperability in healthcare is a big deal and no one entity owns the full story about a patient’s health record. He and Myndshft support a ‘market place approach’ that allows for the secure exchange of data between parties who want to collaborate, parties who may be competitors and to incentivize patients to share their data through gamification (tokens awarded for playing). https://www.myndshft.com/ |
LINDSAY LADD Blockchain Industry Expert Cybersecurity Lindsay began her career in STEM in the US military 15 years ago and has since worked in the US Intelligence Community with government agencies including NCIS, the FBI, and HHS; Fortune 500 companies, one of the hottest Cybersecurity start-ups in the industry. She advises startups and speaks on security, data privacy, and regulatory issues affecting the Blockchain community. Her work involving Social Impact, Social Justice, and Diversity and Inclusion initiatives has been covered in Al Jazeera, CNBC, and quoted in Buzzfeed. She is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Risk Officer for Stranger Labs (an MIT Media Lab spin-out) and the Founder of Women of Color in Blockchain. WOC in Blockchain along with it’s partners work to enhance the perspectives represented at conferences and companies across the blockchain ecosystem and the tech industry 
Sean T. O'Kelly Chief Information Officer, State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Blockchain Specialist Sean is an accomplished business and technology leader with over twenty years of experience driving innovation and transformation. For the State of Illinois, Sean is responsible for driving technology strategy and investment within the department that regulates banks, financial institutions, real estate, medical marijuana, and professional licensing. A state department that generates $100M in annual revenue through both B2B and B2C channels! Sean’s responsibility for delivering new and improved service offerings while advancing the security profile security has resulted in exploration of AI and blockchain technologies. Sean speaks regularly at blockchain conferences about the intersection of financial services, government and technology. 
Elaine Wyder-Harshman Blockchain Industry Expert Partner, Convex Legal Elaine is an experienced securities and corporate attorney that helps entrepreneurs and artists execute business plans while protecting their rights. Elaine’s clients hail from a variety of industries, from trading and blockchain, to tech companies and film. Elaine received her J.D from Chicago-Kent College of Law. After law school, she served for seven years as an assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois in the Civil Appeals Division. Before embarking upon her legal career, Elaine did photography and coding. Elaine has been invited to speak or moderate panels on a variety of law-related topics, including consumer fraud, crowdfunding, blockchain, and the intersection of film and finance. https://convexlegal.com/ |