<p data-block-key="l9y1c">Michael Tennant is the Founder and CEO of Curiosity Lab, a firm that helps organizations build community around their brands, by clearly articulating their purpose and bringing it to life through content, partnership and experiences. In his role, Michael helps values-aligned organizations grow by providing short-term and long-term growth consulting and strategy. </p><p data-block-key="jt9s9">Michael most recently served as the Head of Branded Content in the US for PHD Media, where he helped the agency win Ad Age’s 2017 Media Agency of the Year, leading content strategy and execution for brands like Google, Delta Airlines, and the Volkswagen portfolio. Prior to that, he led branded content for the CocaCola company and various brands in the P&amp;G portfolio. Michael began his career in youth entertainment where he held various content, marketing and brand partnership roles for MTV and VICE.</p><p data-block-key="7fwl7">In January of 2021, Michael accepted a position as &quot;Entrepreneur in Residence&quot; at Arnold + Havas where he will conduct cultural workshops with all A+HMB leaders and employees with a focus on empathy, collaboration and communication. By applying Curiosity Lab’s proprietary processes and workshops, Tennant will leverage his expertise in empathy to help enable the people of Arnold + Havas Media to create even more effective and inclusive work for clients.</p>

<p data-block-key="uan1o">Katy Flannery is Co-Founder of Beckon, the first and only premium, lactose-free dairy ice cream on the market. Originally from North Attleboro, MA, Katy is a graduate of Villanova University, where she studied Nursing.  Katy was previously an RN in the Pediatric ICU at Boston Children’s Hospital.  It was her food journey and lactose intolerance that inspired Beckon and she is also a graduate of the famous Penn State Ice Cream Course.</p>

<p>Danny Taing is the Founder &amp; CEO of Bokksu, a New York and Tokyo-based D2C snack subscription and e-grocer that delivers authentic Japanese food and lifestyle products to over 100 countries. Providing Japan’s traditional makers with a platform to share their goods with a global audience, Bokksu is helping to support, preserve, and promote their craft, while making it easier for the rest of the world to discover, buy, and love authentic Japanese goods.</p><p>The son of Cambodian-Chinese refugees, Danny was born in NYC and raised in NJ. He received a dual Bachelor&#x27;s in Psychology and Communication, and a Master’s in Sociology, all from Stanford University. He then worked as a marketing strategist at Google HQ. After that, he relocated to Japan for a position at Rakuten. It was there, during the four years he spent living and working in Tokyo, that he developed his deep love of Japanese food and culture (as well as met his wonderful husband). </p><p>Following Rakuten, Taing returned to New York to study Computer Science at Columbia University. Inspired by his passion for Japanese culture, Asian-American representation, and entrepreneurship, Taing founded Bokksu in 2015 with $5,000 of his own savings. Utilizing every skill and contact he had, Taing was able to go from concept to launch in just three months, without an additional penny of outside funding. And he sold through his first run of boxes in less than a week. Today, the company is valued at $100M and employs a staff of 50, 80% of whom are BIPOC, female, and/or LGBTQ+; a metric Taing is particularly proud of.</p><p>In his spare time, Danny is an avid rock climber, fierce board game competitor, and anime binge-watcher.</p>