Speakers

Trish Costello is founder and CEO of Portfolia, the leading venture investing platform designed for women. Her goal is over 100,000 women (and their colleagues and friends) investing in Portfolia Funds in five years.

Trish is internationally recognized for her pioneering work in educating and preparing venture capital investment partners, through the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program. As the founding CEO and CEO Emeritus of the Center for Venture Education she led the Kauffman Fellows Program for its first ten years. Trish was Founding President of CVE Capital Corp, the holding company of a $1.7 billion Fund of Funds. Costello was on the start-up team of the Kauffman Foundation’s entrepreneurship center, where for eight years she directed its efforts in venture capital, angel investing, and programming to accelerate high potential women entrepreneurs. She played a leading role nationally in increasing equity investments in women’s businesses and in funding initiatives supporting high-growth women entrepreneurs.

Jennifer Sorensen is the founder and principal consultant of Jirah Partners, a learning and organizational development consulting firm. She helps leaders navigate organizational change and growth using human-centric solutions to build healthy, aligned organizations. Her career spans diverse industries and companies of all sizes, giving her a deep perspective on the challenges and opportunities organizations face. She holds a Master’s degree in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University, along with credentials in project and change management (MCMP, CCMP, PMP) and assessments (SDI, Predictive Index). Outside of work, Jennifer enjoys equipping emerging leaders as an adjunct professor at Vanguard University and draws inspiration from the people in her life and her travels around the world.