Chris is a software engineer with over a decade of experience in and outside of the financial services industry. Chris has been a leader in the alternative currency movement since 2011. His efforts were pivotal in building a political coalition for the passage of the Utah Legal Tender Act. He is an avid, self-taught student of Austrian Economics and was recently one of 15 selected for the Money20/20 Amplify program honoring the top minority leaders in Finance. His latest venture is Soon. Soon puts more of your Money to work, increasing your ability to generate wealth while keeping it spendable. Learn more at soon.app.
Anika is a mother, community volunteer, philanthropist, marketing and communications strategist and podcast host. As a marcom executive, she has done it all including experiential marketing/ event production, launch marketing, public relations, digital, and influencer throughout her multiple decade career.
She is a member of the Quickbooks Small Business Council, as well as on the Advisory Board for the Women in Leadership program for UCSB’s PaCE; advisor for Junior League of Los Angeles’ 2022 – 2023 President; Co-founder and board member of Learn Grow Lead; and Ballona Wetlands Philanthropy Chair for National Charity League’s Pier Chapter.
In Anika’s newest role, she is an adjunct professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, teaching graduate students in both the Masters of Public Relations and Advertising as well as the Masters of Digital Media Management programs.
