Meet the trailblazing leaders shaping the future of technology, finance, and innovation
Women in Web3 Speakers(In order of appearance)
Jing Zhao Cesarone
Title: Founder & CEO
Company: Global CSR Foundation
About: The Global CSR Foundation is an NGO dedicated to cross-border collaboration in corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and cultural exchange. It partners with international organizations and institutions to advance education, business, and community initiatives.
Bio: Jing Zhao Cesarone is an accomplished civic and business leader with more than 30 years of experience in NGO management, business strategy, and cross-cultural communications. She began her career as a journalist at China Daily before moving into corporate strategy with Siemens China. In 2001, she founded ChinaWise in Chicago, building bridges between U.S. and Chinese businesses. Today, as Founder and CEO of the Global CSR Foundation, she leads global forums and initiatives on education, sustainability, and climate change, including organizing COP28 Blue Zone events. She has received multiple honors such as the Women’s Corporate Achievement Award from NAWBO and the Global Achievement Award from the Chinese Culture Foundation.
Sara Kazimi
Title: Founder&CEO
Company: World Orphanage Foundation
About: LeoBella Inc. is a luxury fashion and lifestyle company specializing in handcrafted handbags, jewelry, and accessories made with Swarovski crystals. The World Orphanage Foundation, also founded by Sara, is dedicated to global empowerment and support for orphans and underserved communities.
Bio: Sara Kazimi is a globally recognized humanitarian, philanthropist, and visionary founder whose life’s work bridges compassion, innovation, and global development. As the Founder and President of the World Orphanage Foundation, United Nations Peace Foundation, Global Agriculture Development, and LeoBella, Sara has dedicated over fifteen years to advancing humanitarian aid, sustainability, and empowerment initiatives across the world.
Her journey began with a deep commitment to protecting the world’s most vulnerable children and women in crisis. Through the World Orphanage Foundation, she has built programs that provide education, housing, and hope to orphans and displaced youth across Afghanistan, Africa, and beyond. Her humanitarian vision later expanded to global systems change, leading to the creation of the United Nations Peace Foundation, an initiative focused on diplomacy, youth leadership, and peacebuilding efforts worldwide
As the founder of Global Agriculture Development, Sara works alongside governments, NGOs, and private sectors to promote sustainable agriculture, improve food security, and create livelihood opportunities for rural communities.
Meredith Storey
Title: Senior Manager
Organization: UN Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
About: The Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME), an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact, works to transform management education through equipping today’s business students with the understanding and ability to deliver change today and tomorrow.
Bio: Dr. Meredith Storey is Senior Manager of Programmes and Engagement at the UN Global Compact’s Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). She leads PRME’s global work on pedagogy, curriculum, research, and professional development to strengthen responsible management education aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals among academic leaders, educators, students, and all global changemakers. Meredith supports collaboration across educators, researchers, and administrators through PRME’s community of 900 business schools, including its Chapters, Champions, Working Groups, and Students. She holds a PhD in Business Education for Sustainable Development from the University of Limerick in Ireland and previously worked for the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Tamara Book
Title: CE0 & Founder
Company: Dynasty Business Development Holdings, Co-founder of Ll17 Waves of Love
About: Waves of Love is a purpose-driven initiative co-founded by Tamara Book to promote mental health awareness, wellness, and empowerment through community connection and dialogue. The project brings together people across backgrounds to share experiences and build resilience. Alongside this, Tamara works as a real estate professional, helping clients achieve financial freedom through property investment, mentoring others on wealth strategies and long-term growth.
Bio: Tamara Book is a visionary leader, real estate investor, and Co-Founder of LI 17 Waves of Love, an organization devoted to expanding consciousness and supporting the mental health of youth. Blending her expertise in real estate investment with her passion for leadership and innovation, Tamara empowers others to build wealth with purpose and impact.
A forward-thinking entrepreneur, Tamara is also an advocate for women in finance and Web3, helping bridge the gap between traditional industries and emerging digital economies. Her work champions inclusion, education, and empowerment within the next generation of technology-driven leaders.
Driven by both heart and strategy, Tamara continues to create opportunities that unite business, leadership, and love—proving that success is most powerful when it uplifts others.
Geneva Wasserman
Title: EVP, Global Head of Film & TV Development
Company: Dentsu Entertainment
About: Geneva Wasserman leads global film and television development at Dentsu Entertainment, steering strategy across IP sourcing, creative development, packaging, production, and distribution. With over 25 years of experience spanning entertainment law, IP licensing, marketing, and studio operations, she bridges business and creative to build premium franchises. She previously oversaw a robust slate at Condé Nast Entertainment, guiding features and series from concept through delivery with top-tier partners and streamers. Geneva is known for aligning editorial brands with talent and financing to accelerate projects to market and scale globally.
Bio: Geneva is an entertainment attorney–turned studio exec with 25+ years across development, production, IP licensing, and marketing. As SVP at Condé Nast Entertainment, she oversaw 22 films and 9 scripted series, including Netflix’s Spiderhead (dir. Joe Kosinski) and The Great Chinese Art Heist at Warner Bros. (dir. Jon M. Chu). Before CNE, she led Optimad’s expansion into entertainment, served as President of Whitener Entertainment Group (film financing), and headed WVE with Wilmer Valderrama, executive producing Netflix animated features such as Trouble, Charming, and Gnome Alone. She began her career as an entertainment attorney at Gray Cary (now DLA Piper). Geneva holds a J.D. from University of California Law, San Francisco, and a B.A. from UC San Diego.
Greer Griffith
Title: Partner
Company: McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
About: McDermott’s FinTech & Blockchain Practice represents companies and individuals in all aspects of crypto and blockchain-related legal, regulatory, and compliance matters
Bio: Greer is a leader of McDermott’s FinTech & Blockchain Practice. She holds both a law degree and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. Greer is regularly invited to appear at and speak at industry events and conferences about blockchain and cryptocurrency.
Greer is at the center of multiple complex and high-profile crypto litigations and investigations worth hundreds of millions of dollars in fiat and crypto involving some of the biggest players and entities in the industry. Her team has led more significant crypto litigations, both generally and bankruptcy-focused than any other law firm, and is one of the few groups in the world that is ranked by Chambers in Crypto-Asset Disputes.
McDermott’s crypto team represents companies and individuals in all aspects of crypto and blockchain-related legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. They regularly defend clients in enforcement actions brought by nearly every major federal criminal and regulatory body as well as state banking and securities regulators across the country. The team also advises on all types of crypto transactions, including fund formation, token launches, token sales, capital markets offerings, and venture and private equity investments.
Olive Chiacchia
Title: Partner at Fundworthy
Company: Fundworthy Venture Studio
About: Fundworthy Venture Studio partners with founders to design funding strategies across both traditional and democratized models. Olive advises startups with exits exceeding $30M and guides emerging companies through community-driven capital pathways, including Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF). Her work spans sectors from film and nonprofits to Web3 and blockchain ventures, aligning financing with go-to-market and growth goals.
Bio: Olive Chiacchia is a partner at Fundworthy Venture Studio, where she counsels founders on capital strategy and investor readiness. She focuses on community-led financing and Web3-native businesses, and collaborates closely with Vatom to advance digital ownership, token-based loyalty, and next-generation engagement technologies. Her cross-industry background—film, nonprofit, and blockchain startups—equips her to help teams navigate fundraising and scale with mission-aligned capital.
Esra Ozturk
Title: Head of Product, Luffa
Company: Luffa (Decentralized Messaging Platform)
About: Luffa is a decentralized messaging platform redefining how fans and creators connect.
Bio: Esra Ozturk is the Head of Product at Luffa, where she leads product strategy and execution as the company evolves its secure messaging platform into the next generation of fan-loyalty technology. With a career spanning Meta, Uber, Zillow, and Instacart, Ozturk brings a proven record of building products that combine user insight, trust, and scale across some of the world’s most recognized consumer platforms.
At Meta, she helped take Instagram Reels from early experiments to global launch, shaping one of the company’s fastest-growing products. During her tenure at Uber, she led safety and quality initiatives that strengthened marketplace integrity, improved driver earnings, and reduced cancellations. She later built tools at Zillow that empowered agents and loan officers to convert more buyers into funded loans and led machine learning initiatives at Instacart to detect fraud and minimize unnecessary refunds. Her product journey began in college, where she contributed to Snapchat’s story search feature — the foundation for what became Snap Maps.
At Luffa, Ozturk applies this depth of experience to create a decentralized messaging and loyalty ecosystem that empowers creators, brands, and fans alike. She is focused on transforming Luffa’s encrypted messaging layer into a connected rewards network that turns engagement into tangible value and builds long-term trust between communities. Guided by her belief that the next generation of loyalty will transcend any single platform, Ozturk is helping to define a future where digital identity and rewards travel seamlessly across the experiences people love.
Adley Kinsman
Title: CEO and Founder
Company: Story House and VIRALISH
About: VIRALISH is a creator collective based in Nashville, TN that helps brands and creators integrate authentically into viral communities at scale
Bio: Adley Kinsman is a viral content strategist and one of the most-viewed female producers in Facebook history, consistently generating over 1 billion monthly views across her network. As CEO and Founder of Story House and VIRALISH, a creator collective based in Nashville, TN, she specializes in helping brands and creators integrate authentically into viral communities at scale. With over 62 billion content views generated since 2020 and a combined network reach of 35+ million followers, Adley has established herself as the go-to expert for branded content distribution. Her strategic campaigns have driven massive engagement for world-leading corporations including Land Rover, TikTok, Charmin, Airheads, David’s Bridal, Frito-Lay, Raising Cane’s, and 1st Phorm. Adley’s expertise extends beyond content creation to speaking and education. She has taken the stage at premier industry events including AdWorld, ManyChat, Social Media Marketing World, Russell Brunson’s events, Pace Morby, and Aspire Tour, where she shares her proven strategies for viral content creation and audience engagement. What sets Adley apart is her ability to build genuine connections with her community through humorous, personal, and relatable content.
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