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Meet the Team
Since 2010 Real Leaders has been a Certified B-Corporation leadership platform creating an unstoppable movement of impact leaders. Our culture was founded on the principles of keeping it real and our employees are encouraged to bring their full-selves to work everyday. Interested in joining the team? See our available career postings here.
FOUNDER
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Mark is an active impact investor, advocate for gender-balanced leadership, and has founded several leadership networks promoting business as a force for good. He also founded SVN, a global commercial real estate firm, and served as CEO for 22 years. He is based in the USVI.
CEO
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Julie is a seasoned leader in the global impact movement and passionate about inspiring leaders (of any age) to be a force for positive change. With 25 years of media experience, from ad agencies, nonprofits and fortune 500 companies, she has helped global companies define their purpose and design purpose-driven strategies.
GENERAL MANAGER
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Kevin Edwards is the General Manager and Host of the Real Leaders Podcast a Top 100 Podcast for both US and Canada Business News. Since 2015 he’s recorded more interviews (500+) with impact CEOs than anyone else in the world in efforts to educate the mainstream about the growing impact movement and future of leadership.
PUBLISHING DIRECTOR
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Carla helps guide and support the Real Leaders publishing activities in content strategy as well as marketing and advertising opportunities. Carla has over 25 years of experience in nonprofit and B2B publishing and is an award-winning writer and editor.
DIRECTOR OF MEMBER IMPACT
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Tiffany is an empathetic, impact-driven leader whose personal mission is to help grow the impact space by ensuring every CEO has access to a support network of other purpose-aligned CEOs. Tiffany has worked closely with hundreds of CEOs over the years with one goal in mind, helping to ensure their success. Tiffany leads our membership team to help identify and recruit far-sighted CEOs to the Real Leaders Impact Collaborative.
HEAD OF GROWTH
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Chris DallaVilla is our Head Of Growth and is renowned for his innovative,
data-driven approach to validate and scale successful programs that drive
results. His background includes roles for Microsoft, Miro, and McKesson.
He’s worked as a Growth Coach, Growth Transformation Architect, Chief
Marketing Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Product Officer, and Chief
Growth Officer.
Chris is a recognized authority in these areas evidenced by his authorship and
instructorship. He’s the Host of the Growth Learning Series with over 500,000
subscribers. In this capacity, Chris is a go-to resource for SMBs and Fortune
500 companies seeking expert insights. His educational content spans a wide
range of topics, including Agile Marketing, Machine Learning for Marketing,
Data Science for Marketing, and Customer Insights and Consumer Analytics.
SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER
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Madelyn is accelerating the impact movement through community building and management. She oversees Real Leaders’ special projects with a focus on the Impact Awards and has experience directing dozens of events and campaigns. She works alongside each department to train and ensure members achieve their goals. Likewise, she provides design and social media support.
COLLABORATION SPECIALIST
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Zach is a LinkedIn specialist with a passion for building communities and creating spaces where candid and meaningful discourse has a place to flourish. A recent Whitman college graduate, Zach is passionate about the impact space and is embarking on a lifelong journey of helping to create change through business.
MAGAZINE MANAGING EDITOR
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Kathryn is an award-winning professional journalist of over 12 years. She has managed several magazines and freelanced for numerous publications across North America, in addition to holding a variety of leadership roles.
MAGAZINE DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION
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Heather is a strategic creative leader and Certified Brand Specialist. She’s helped mission-driven brands and organizations make a lasting impact with eye-catching brand and editorial design for 15-plus years.
MAGAZINE DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION
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Ananda is an award-winning illustrator and print designer with a focus in editorial. Her background of over 15 years is in art direction on staff at magazines, newspapers, and marketing teams.
VIDEO PRODUCER
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Ramona is a recent graduate from the University of San Francisco with experience in media creation and filmmaking. She provides support for the team by editing video content for multiple social media platforms as well as assisting on the post-production of the Real Leaders Podcast.
VIDEO PRODUCER
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Currently serving as producer and video editor for Real Leaders, Tucker prides himself on telling meaningful stories through works of cinematic visual production. Working as a freelance videographer and photographer since 2012, Tucker is majoring in Arts, Media, and Entertainment communications at the University of Arizona.
