This is a great story! We start the conversation talking about Michael’s Astronaut Scholarship. Wait, have you not heard of an Astronaut Scholarship? Don’t worry, neither had I. A light bulb went off in Michael’s head as a young Miamian while climbing a mountain – how do we make better insulated jackets that are not ridiculously bulky? So he and his fellow Miami buddy and co-founder Rithvik Venna went to work. They created and demoed product as students uptown in their apartments and created OROS Apparel. OROS is an ancient greek work for Mountain and to Michael, this is all about the climb, the journey, and giving 110% effort every day. They are crushing it year-over-year and the sky is the limit for them. Especially for two guys who raised 3x the ask on a kickstarter campaign. Nobody does that….well, except for OROS.
Jillian Griffiths, Chief Financial Officer at Clayton Dubilier & Rice
Mary van Praag, Global Chief Executive Officer at Milani Cosmetics
Mike Smerklo, Co Founder & Managing Director, Next Coast Ventures
Kia Nalls, Work-based Learning Solutions Creator at Sinclair Community College
Roger Howe, U.S. Precision Lens (retired)
Amy Armstrong, Co-Parent Coach, Coach Trainer, Mediator at The Center for Family Resolution
John Altman, serial entrepreneur and business leader
George Heath, Board of Directors of Sea-Land Chemical Company, former group president at Sherwin-Williams
Francie Henry, Regional President at Fifth Third Bank
Steve Katzfey, Chief Procurement Officer at Stanley Black & Decker
Michael Moses, Executive Managing Director, GBX Group
Shawn Manns-Collins, SVP Consumer Bank CFO, Fifth Third Bank
Will Grant, Associate Wealth Planner at Kovitz
Suraj Maraboyina, Executive Producer/EVP of Investor Relations, Creative Wealth Media
Katie Binns, Director of Fixed Income and Multi-Asset Indexes, Morningstar
Michelle Herrick, Head of Real Estate Banking, JP Morgan Chase
Neal Restivo, Chief Executive Officer at Oatey Company
Vijay Talwar, CEO of Wish
Charlie Dauch, Service Manager at Cintas
Michelle Girard, Head of US, NatWest Markets & CEO of NatWest Markets Securities Inc.
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