NIRU Group

Project Head

TheTokenSpace

Founder & CEO

-Organized networking and educational events (ex. startup accelerator weekend with Techstars)
-Collaborated with YPO, YPO+, and YPO Gold
-Created a board of directors

Chair of YNG Boston

Piaget

-Developed a calendar of activations, client experience menus, and bespoke gifting for the new Rodeo Drive boutique 
-Created a mock landing page and website for the new Rodeo Drive boutique 
-Engaged in wholesale & boutique site visits as well as sales training

CRM Intern

Niru Group

-Updated website for nirugroup.com
-Generated marketing content for social media platforms and customer outreach  
-Worked closely with sales team to curate personalized experiences for clients

Intern

JobGet

-Worked closely with the sales and marketing team to conceptualize marketing campaigns and strategies 
-Created social media content in order to drive brand awareness and attract new customers
-Prepared a presentation for a Boston University classroom from a department head at JobGet

Student Brand Ambassador

Global Partnerships Forum

-Drafted and prepared presentations relating to Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) 
-Ushered at the Women Leaders VIP Lunch at the United Nations
-Updated the website for partnerships.org
-Represented the Global Partnerships Forums at the UN Women Global Innovation event, Technology and Entrepreneurship Forum, Harvard in Tech: Blockchain Panel and others

Recently moved to Geneva! 
3rd generation at Niru Group
Passionate about all things entrepreneurship

Anaya Barmecha

Aligned Workplace

Boutique consulting practice in mission-driven alignment, growth, and scaling issues within complex organizations, multi-faceted finances, and a short public runway.  

www.Alignedworkplace.com

CEO/Founder

Techstars

Facilitating Start-up Weekends.  In just 54 hours, you will experience the highs, lows, fun, and pressure that make up life at a startup. As you learn how to create a real company, you'll meet the very best mentors, investors, cofounders, and sponsors who are ready to help you get started. Your community is here to help you — find an event today!

“All Star” Global Facilitator

Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires

Board Member

Fund for the Advancement of Social Services

The mission of the Fund for the Advance of Social Services is to identify and disseminate information about the impact of social services; facilitate research on innovative approaches to social services; advocate for the delivery of quality social services; and educate policy makers, the pubic and the private sector regarding the importance and role of social services and the costs to society of not providing these services.

Berkshire United Way

Director Of Development

Silberman School of Social Work

Adjunct

Vistage

CEOs focus on building their bottom line while supporting community growth.    Members in this Vistage Group are uniquely tied to the community where they have built their business and want to find meaningful ways to impact the community.

If you're a top performing CEO or business owner leading a growth company and looking to compete on a whole new level you may be a potential member.  As chair, I facilitate monthly meetings (same 14 CEOs by invitation only and two hour one-to-one coaching monthly).

Group Chair

Met Council

One of New York's largest human services agencies, providing critical services to more than 100,000 New Yorkers in need annually.

http://womenforhire.com/video/ilene-marcus-chief-of-staff-metropolitan-council-on-jewish-poverty/

Chief Strategy Officer / Chief of Staff

Columbia University in the City of New York

Taught Financial Management to Master's level students at the School of Social Work.

Adjunct Faculty

City of New York

Policy, strategy and operations of  mayoral agencies providing safety net services to over 2 million New Yorkers.

Special Assistant to the Mayor

I speak to help people show up for themselves. 

For over 32 years, I spearheaded new ventures and have been a change agent for large, complex organizations.  My role primarily involved working with the leadership and senior team to accelerate priorities, launch new divisions, products, and services to take the business to the next level. 

I am a data geek, driven by financial modeling, balanced by my operational savvy and intuition.  The companies I worked with accomplish double-digit growth and I have been directly responsible for $5B+ and 10,000 employees. 

Now, I run Aligned Workplace showing C-suiters how to change perspective, align their daily activities to their mission, and manage their own reactions. I speak to leaders and their teams about accelerating their purpose.  This results in high staff engagement, more satisfaction at work, hitting reach KPIs, growing the bottom line, and attracting and keeping great talent.  

I am a frequent podcast guest and I create "bite-size" videos (sometimes small bites and sometimes larger).  They may make you laugh.  Sometimes they will make you cringe.  Ultimately, my hope is for you to see something differently than you did before.  

As a Techstars All-Star Global Facilitator (leading seed accelerator), I travel the country running start-up weekends, meeting amazing people, and building entrepreneurial ecosystems and financial freedom for individuals who want to start and scale businesses.   

Author of Managing Annoying People, and blogger for Sixty and Me.  I am working on my second book, aptly titled:  Managing Annoying Me: True Stories - a collection of vignettes about lost love found self-esteem, and relief from daily BS (blind spots). 
  
I earned two Masters directly out of college from Columbia Univeresity (don't fret, I am a reformed overachiever).  My first Master's is in Social Work, my heart, my soul, and my knowledge to manage people through systems.   My second in Public Administration (MPA), to manage systems and strategic actions to better lead people who work in these systems.   I taught 24 semesters of financial management  (budgeting, grant management, accounting, and audit) at Columbia.

After 63 years on this planet, I know my purpose is to help others.  I am a natural motivator and cheerleader.  I use hard-won lessons to pass on Words of Wisdom (WoWs) to tap into truths about team purpose and workplace dynamics.  To fuel your success.

I show you a mirror to see your actions as others do. It’s powerful.

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