Alan Newman
Owner of Arts Riot. Co-owner of Higher Ground. Newman is the founder of the Magic Hat brewing company and Seventh Generation. He also is part-owner of the Camp Meade property in Middlesex, a mix of commercial buildings including an art gallery and outdoor space for live performances.
Myra Flynn
Singer and songwriter, Myra spent her Vermont childhood clad in leopard print and platform shoes. Now she spends her career embracing dichotomy. Half Irish and half African American, her original indie/soul songs blend soulful vocals with a lyrical delivery that doesn't let one get too comfortable.
Ryan McDevitt
Ryan McDevitt is the CEO of Benchmark Space Systems, a small satellite chemical propulsion company based in Burlington, VT. Prior to co-founding Benchmark Space, he was a Ph.D. student at the University of Vermont, where he co-invented technologies that would be incorporated in Benchmark’s first propulsion products.
Kyle Clark
Founder of BETA, Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Vermont Kyle says “Sometimes everything you’ve ever done suddenly intersects with everything you’ve ever wanted to do.” Fun fact, after Harvard Kyle spent his NHL signing bonus on flight lessons.
Christine Dodson
Christine joined Solidarity of Unbridled Labour in 1997 as an Account Director and left as Managing Director in 2018 to join Mamava full-time as COO. With over 25 years in design, and advertising, Christine’s experience includes management positions at Grey Advertising in New York City, and State Street Corporation in Boston. She has a B.S. in business administration from the University of New Hampshire.
Eva Sollberger
Creator of Stuck in Vermont an award winning Seven Days' show that has been watched by millions. "Since I was little, all I ever wanted to do was tell stories. I have been working in media production for 20+ years fulfilling that dream."
Nick Cheney
Nick Cheney is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Vermont, where he directs the UVM Neurobotics Lab and is a core faculty in the Vermont Center for Complex Systems and Data Science. Nick's research interests span many subfields of machine learning, but he is particularly fascinated by systems that learn how to learn.
Joshua Sherman
Joshua Sherman is the President of Old Mill Road Media and founder of Old Mill Road Recording (Publisher of Vermont Magazine). Trained in both the arts and sciences, Joshua is also a practicing M.D., currently working on a national public health campaign to make a difference in the opioid epidemic - through music and media.
Stuart Paton
Stuart Paton, Founder and Artistic Director of Burlington Taiko spent most of his childhood in Japan, from age nine months through eighteen years. His earliest exposure to taiko included a first-grade fascination with the drums at an Obon celebration in Tokyo, and learning "Matsuri Daiko" from the composer.
Andrew Lyman-Clarke
Andrew has created a number of feature and short films including the thriller Night Sweats with his production company Witness Films. He currently works at the in-house video production agency for JPMorgan Chase. He brings a bit of Vermont, where he grew up, into everything he makes.
Marc Bolh
Marc is the Founder of Supercollider and lead sherpa at Synaptic Supercollider. The inspiration for the event comes from his desire to make the best conference and festival you've ever been to, and contribute to the emergence of Burlington, Vermont as a leading hub for innovation. See other projects Marc is in involved in at marcbolh.com