Zoe is a visual storyteller who loves bringing ideas to life through illustration and brand design. After earning degrees in Visual Communication Design and Spanish, she co-founded Duo Design + Media in 2021.

Her work spans branding, campaigns, and illustration series for local businesses and organizations. Recently, she’s been curating live illustration experiences—like stylized portraits and interactive doodle fortunes—that connect people through creativity and play. She believes great design tells a story, builds connection, and helps communities grow.

With 20 years in corporate apparel design, Olivia Neal Howell built her reputation mastering project management, human development, and innovative brand strategy.

In 2019, she channeled that expertise into entrepreneurship, founding The Olivia Neal Experience, Inc. (T.O.N.E.) which champions interdisciplinary creatives. Part design studio, part production house, part talent agency, T.O.N.E. creates boundary-pushing cultural experiences at the intersection of arts, technology, live events, athletics, and community.

Melody Biringer is a self-proclaimed “connection engineer,” a serial entrepreneur who has built a career around building communities for women to thrive. She is the founder of the acclaimed Crave Company, where she's spent more than 20 years encouraging women to have fun while connecting with others, and Women in Tech Regatta, an annual series of conferences in Seattle, Vancouver, and Amsterdam, first held in 2017.

Mel coined the hashtag #RelationshipsAreTheTrueCurrency, and lives it fully. In addition to empowering women and building relationships, she juggles her responsibility as an author, event planner, social maven, and strawberry shortcake heiress

Xiaolin is a web designer and software engineer whose work spans IoT, robotics, and full-stack web applications. She creates beautiful, user-centered websites that blend thoughtful design with technical precision and care deeply about how users experience a product.

She loves bringing people together to collaborate on new ideas and build community through creativity and technology. Photography is her creative outlet, where she captures people in the moment, focusing on genuine connections and the biggest laughs.

Senior executive with 20+ years of expertise driving B2B, B2C, and DTC marketing excellence for organizations in a diverse range of industries—drawing upon early-career leadership experience gained with Sony/BMG