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Micah Fisher-Kirshner
President & Chairman
Micah is the VP of SEO & Content at Turn/River Capital for a set of portfolio companies. He’s been in the SEO field for 10 years having previously worked at Zendesk, Zazzle, and Become, as well as with smaller companies such as Balsam Brands and Red Bricks Media.
Andrew Shotland
Vice President
Andrew is the CEO of LocalSEOGuide.com, a 13-year-old SEO consultancy. Previously he was GM of NBC.com back when it was weird to see URLs on TV.
Dani Owens
Secretary
Dani Owens is the owner of Pigzilla and currently works as a local SEO consultant for SMBs and white label SEO provider for digital agencies. Previously, she worked on the SEO team at a digital agency that primarily served enterprise brands that had a dealer / multi-location base.
Ulli Muenker
Sponsorships
Ulli is the SEO Lead at McKesson, responsible for all enterprise SEO planning & strategy for McKesson’s sites. For the past 10+ years, Ulli has worked as In-House SEO for large international sites, such as The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Businessweek.
Stephen Gibson
Communications
Stephen is a startup enthusiast and founder of PAIR Public Relations. Because backlinks are better with a story. He’s a creative copywriter and believes AI powered PR is the way of the future.
A.J. Kohn
Member at Large
AJ is Owner of Blind Five Year Old, a digital marketing firm specializing in search. He works with top web properties including Pinterest and Genius while also serving as an advisor to a number of VC-backed start-ups.
Holly Miller
Member at Large
Holly is currently a Product Manager, SEO at Under Armour. She has 12+ years of experience spanning digital marketing, SEO and event management. In previous roles Holly led the strategy and implementation of various online marketing and SEO initiatives for a variety of enterprise level brands. She’s also a consultant and loves helping businesses grow witnessing the value of what investing in SEO and content can do.
JL Faverio
Member at Large
JL Faverio is a seasoned web developer and server manager with over 20 years of experience. He has a strong background in the technical aspects of web development and has successfully managed servers throughout his career. Currently, JL works as a WordPress Website Developer & SEO Consultant for small and mid-sized businesses to improve their online visibility and search engine rankings. He resides in Northern California and enjoys spending time playing disc golf with his wife and sharing marketing ideas on Twitter.
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Shawn Tyler
Member at Large
Shawn is originally from New York and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a tech-savvy Marketing Strategist with a track record of helping top brands grow their businesses like the Match Group, Fandango, Domino’s Pizza, Citibank, Ooma, and more recently, multiple large brands in the career space. His current role is Vice President of Marketing at Jobscan.
David Victor
Member at Large
A long-time SEO and musician, David’s agency is Boomcycle Digital Marketing in San Ramon, CA. David toured with the band BOSTON, founded a hospital live music charity Harmony & Healing, and enjoys applying the lessons of search to all his TLDs.
Parthi Loganathan
Member at Large
Parthi is the Founder and CEO at Letterdrop, a platform for B2B companies to streamline their content marketing and SEO. He was previously a Product Manager on the Search team at Google where he worked on personalized mobile search results and helped launch Google Go.
Jeff Chen
Member at Large
Jeff Chen is the founding partner of JSCG. He previously ran SEO at MasterClass and UpCounsel and worked on the search engine algorithm at Eventbrite. Currently through JSCG, he works as an SEO and Adwords consultant for a variety of companies including VC-backed startups and Fortune 500 companies.
Jamar Ramos
Member at Large
Jamar Ramos is the Chief Marketing Officer of InsuranceAUM.com. With over a decade in digital marketing, Jamar has worked with FinTech, MedTech, hospitality, CBD, and lending companies to build robust marketing strategies.
In his downtime, Jamar enjoys Dungeons and Dragons, playing pickleball, and fighting back against anyone who claims that Shakespeare isn’t the greatest writer ever to put pen to paper.
Arpana Tiwari
Member at Large
Arpana is an SEO growth marketer with experience in search, content development, business operations and user acquisition. Her industry experience spans eCommerce, Marketplaces and B2B.
Arpana is a USC alum and serves on the board at Green Foothills. She enjoys the outdoors and spends most weekends on hikes with family and friends. Arpana has volunteered with Junior Achievement, Humane Society of Silicon Valley, Pets In Need, Habitat for Humanity and Asha for Education.