The

Collective

The Collective is intended to be a connective tissue of sorts, facilitating collaborations between pioneers in the space and providing mentorship to the next wave of Creator economy entrepreneurs. As with the rest of Creator Rising, this is very much a work in progress with new members and functionality added regularly.

Creator Economy Operations

Name	Currently	Additional Experience
Lennie Zhu	Founder & CEO at Lennie	WeWork, Product Lead \| American Express, Sr. Product
Melody Chu	Product, Creator Marketplace at TikTok	Roblox, Product Monetization \| Facebook, Product Ads
Paul Condolora	COO ProGuides	Head of Franchise Dev - Harry Potter
Peter Leeb	President at Invisible Narratives	Studio 71, Head of Sales \| 21st Century Fox, VP Global Brand Marketing
Peter Yang	Snr PM, Creators at Reddit	Twitch, Snr PM \| Twitter, PM
Rachael King	Founder & CEO at PodPeople	RomComPods, Co-Creator \| Ellephant PR, Co-Founder
Stu Smith	Co-Founder & COO at Racket \| GP at Coughdrop Capital	Fullscreen - SVP of Talent \| Omaze, SVP of BD & Partnerships
Tom Impallomeni	Co-founder & CEO at Tribe XR	Superawesome, Co-Founder and COO

Operations

Creators and Creator Relations

Name	Currently	Additional Experience
Kevin Herrera	Founder at TheMachine	Digital Agent at Gersh
Lydia Keating	Funny stuff @lydialoo121 on TT	Standup \| WME
Michael Bosstick	Co-Founder & CEO at Dear Media \| Co-host @tscpodcast	Founding Partner at WOO More Play \| On Instagram @MichaelBosstick
Nate Ruff	Founder and Manager at Odd Projects	WME, Digital Talent/Business Development
Rohan Kumar	Content Strategist for top Creators	MSCHF, Influencer Marketing \| TTYL, Growth

Creators

Creator Economy Investors

Name	Currently	Previously:
Ollie Forsyth	Antler	Host at The Makers Podcast
Sam Frankel	Cobalt Capital	Board observer at Mobcrush
Tali Vogelstein	Avid Ventures	Bessemer Venture Partners, Investor
Yuanling Yuan	SignalFire	Blackstone Group

Investors