Co-founder of VCs for Repro

Janna is a strategist focused on systems change, leadership development, and communication in all its forms, in every direction. For the past 15 years she ran Style House, her public relations and brand strategy firm, advising global brands from Estee Lauder to the WNBA. She now works even more directly with executives and entrepreneurs, doctors, politicians, and other high impact leaders via her Personal Brand Alignment advisory. She also invests in and actively advises early stage companies across a variety of sectors.

Co-founder of VCs for Repro

Christie is an experienced early stage investor, most recently as a General Partner at Backstage Capital, where she evaluates new companies for investment and supports the portfolio. Backstage Capital catalyzed the conversation in the VC ecosystem about the importance and financial opportunity of investing in companies led by underrepresented founders. In her role at Backstage, Christie built and led the Backstage Accelerator program, with a global cohort in London, Detroit, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Prior to Backstage, Christie led a multi-faceted career at Verizon, where she was a manager on the Verizon Ventures team, patented a connected IoT device, and led marketing and sales operations for a $4B P+L. Christie is a mom of two and lives with her family in the SF Bay Area.

Equity Advisor

Mandy Bynum is a multifaceted investor, advisor, and author at the intersection of social justice, philanthropy, private equity, and public policy. A sales operations leader by trade at Silicon Valley unicorns like Yelp, Momentive, and New Relic, Mandy brings a systems-build approach to her portfolio of work as an advisor to organizations seeking sustainable, and equitable scale. Whether through GTM advisory for DEI consulting firms (Center for Equity and Inclusion, Collective DEI), inclusion and profitability advisory for venture-backed startups (Litmus, VirBiotech), fundraising strategy for emerging venture capital fund managers, or executive leadership for non-profits (Camp Equity and BLCK VC).

With the diversity of her portfolio, Mandy has used her unique positioning to connect values-aligned stakeholders across sectors and facilitate knowledge and resource sharing for actionable social justice at scale.

2022 Core Team Member

Hannah is a communications and marketing leader who served on the hill and in the Obama administration, including as Press Secretary to First Lady Michelle Obama. At National Geographic, Hannah headed up marketing for kids' products and experiences and as the Director of Communications at Women Deliver she advocated alongside governments, corporations and foundations for a more gender equal world. Currently, Hannah is an independent consultant supporting companies with communications strategy, thought leadership approach, and messaging around purpose and impact. She also serves on the Board of Advisors of Hey Jane, a telemedicine medication abortion startup.

2022 Core Team Member

Lindsay is a writer, producer, public speaker, and impact strategist. With over 20 years of experience working in political operations, advocacy campaigns, and entertainment production, Lindsay is an expert on the nexus of entertainment and advocacy. She is the founder and CEO of AUDEAMUS where she couples creativity and actionable organizing with political savvy to shift the social needle; Lindsay continues to advise entertainment entities on their social impact causes and works with political campaigns and nonprofits to authentically engage with artists and influencers. After experiencing symptoms for decades, Lindsay was diagnosed with narcolepsy at 35. She is passionate about expanding conversations around patient advocacy and sleep disorders, speaking at conferences and with organizations and companies about the importance of sleep and when everyone is tired, why is my exhaustion different? More at lindsayscola.com

2022 Core Team Member

Sophie is a commercial strategist with over a decade of experience launching, building and scaling global brands across sectors. As an independent consultant and thought partner, she works with founders and entrepreneurs to map growth strategies for companies rapidly expanding their businesses, creating sustainable operations ecosystems that align with evolving market and consumer needs. Passionate about food and wine, Sophie specializes in supporting companies that celebrate their own foodways by sharing cultural traditions with new audiences. Prior to her experience in the CPG industry, Sophie led fundraising initiatives for major non-profits and worked in political organizing, which sparked an enduring interest in exploring how businesses can, and do, use their influence to impact social causes and cultural movements.

Special thanks to Amy Deneson, Cameron Rogers, Carli Sapir, Cleo Stiller, Dahlia Lithwick, Erika Lucas, Hannah Bronfman, Jessica Karr, Katia Beauchamp, Shelley Alpern, Susan McPherson and many more folks in our ecosystems for helping bring this to life. We hope you know how much we appreciate you.