Disney Taps Former Apple Gaming Exec, Aspiration Hires New Sustainability Chief

Decerry Donato

Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

Disney Taps Former Apple Gaming Exec, Aspiration Hires New Sustainability Chief
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NINJIO, a cybersecurity awareness training company, tapped Teresa Alicer as chief financial officer. Alicer previously served as vice president of finance at Semihandmade.

Former Salesforce senior vice president Jon Fee joined VettaFi, a data and analytics platform for the asset management industry, as chief marketing officer.

Fintech firm Aspiration welcomed Olivia Albrecht as chief sustainability officer. Albrecht most recently served as global head of ESG for The TCW Group.

The Walt Disney Company tapped former Apple Arcade games creative director Mark Bozon as its vice president of Next Generation Storytelling creative experiences.

Allen Media Group promoted Michael Senzonto president of digital. He was previously the company’s senior vice president of digital and general manager of Local Now.

The Honest Company, a clean lifestyle brand, hired Steve Winchell as executive vice president of operations and R&D. Winchell previously served as executive vice president of product at The Parent Company.

Event management platform Swoogo added Sam Harkness as senior vice president of partnerships. He was previously head of partnerships for Looker.

UP.Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm, promoted former principal Ally Warson to partner. The company also welcomed Joshua Schachter, the co-founder of del.icio.us (acquired by Yahoo) and Tasty Labs (acquired by Walmart) as venture partner, as Whipsaw co-founder Bob Riccomini as design partner.

ATM solutions provider FCTI hired John Grosheim as director of security. Grosheim previously served as an associate director at Cognizant.

Athos Therapeutics, an artificial intelligence-focused preclinical biotech company, added Yiannis Monovoukas and Monte Stettin to be advisors and observers to the board of directors. Monovoukas is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Helios Cardio, while Stettin is the CEO and founder of Mahler Development Company.

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Three Wishes Cereal Co-Founder Margaret Wishingrad on ‘The Power of No’

Decerry Donato

Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

Three Wishes Cereal Co-Founder Margaret Wishingrad on ‘The Power of No’
Provided by BHE

On this episode of Behind Her Empire, Three Wishes founder and CEO Margaret Wishingrad talks about creating brand awareness and shares the key component to running a successful business.

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‘Commerce at The Curb’: LA’s Rideshare Debate Heats Up

Maylin Tu
Maylin Tu is a freelance writer who lives in L.A. She writes about scooters, bikes and micro-mobility. Find her hovering by the cheese at your next local tech mixer.
Connie Llanos, Jordan Justus and Gene Oh
Justin Janes, Vizeos Media

Three years ago, Los Angeles went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, cities like L.A. are struggling to hold on to pandemic-era transportation and infrastructure changes, like sidewalk dining and slow streets, while managing escalating demand for curb space from rideshare and delivery.

At Curbivore, a conference dedicated to “commerce at the curb” held earlier this month in downtown Los Angeles, the topic was “Grading on a Curb: The State of our Streets & Cities in 2023,” a panel moderated by Drew Grant, editorial director for dot.LA.

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Plug In South LA Accelerator Launches 4th Cohort to Double Down On Black and Latinx Communities

Decerry Donato

Decerry Donato is a reporter at dot.LA. Prior to that, she was an editorial fellow at the company. Decerry received her bachelor's degree in literary journalism from the University of California, Irvine. She continues to write stories to inform the community about issues or events that take place in the L.A. area. On the weekends, she can be found hiking in the Angeles National forest or sifting through racks at your local thrift store.

Plug In South LA Accelerator Launches 4th Cohort to Double Down On Black and Latinx Communities
Provided by Plug In

Last week, Plug In, a South LA accelerator program, announced the launch of its fourth cohort. The deadline to apply is March 24 and the program will begin in April and end mid-July.

While Plug In got its start by helping South LA’s tech ecosystem, the company is not limiting the talent pool to local companies. Instead, Plug In is widening its reach by allowing startups from across the nation to participate. The 12-week program is focused on finding founders in the health care, digital media, edtech, climate and sustainability sectors.

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