Suzy Bureau

Founder, GiveBackHack

The ebullient Suzy Bureau (as she was referred to in TechCrunch) is dedicated to building impactful communities & products. Suzy is the Founder of GiveBackHack, an organization that helps bridge the gap between tech & social impact communities through the integration of Lean Startup/Design Thinking. GiveBackHack comes to life via a volunteer-based team of 50+ and has helped vet over 100 social ... Read More » impact concepts into prototyped products and provided over $150,000 in initial funding to take them to next steps. She honed her technology & startup chops via Product Ownership as an early employee at CoverMyMeds, a US-based HIT startup that grew from 40 people to $ 1.3 billion "Unicorn" acquisition over her time there. In addition to GiveBackHack, Suzy is a Group Product Manager for Thirty Madison, a fast-growing unicorn health tech startup. Suzy has been honored as the first “Create Columbus Visionary” award recipient via resolution by Columbus City Council and the Create Columbus Commission, and was recently honored with the VentureOhio Catalyst of the Year award and the YWCA “Woman on the Rise” distinction.

Louisa Lee

Founding Organizer

Louisa Lee is a Venture for America fellow and a recovering Art History major from Williams College. She has a background in startups and the non-profit space, which naturally evolved into a passion for social enterprise. She jumped onto the GiveBackHack organizing team in early 2015 and is excited to help it expand its impact across the country. She currently works on the New Products team at CoverMyMeds, ... Read More » a health tech startup in Columbus, OH.

Edward Liu

Founding Organizer - Designer

Edward is a designer who loves print as much as the digital world. He geeks out on maps, old posters & ephemera, typography, and behavior psychology. His curiosity and love for travel has taken him around the world, but somehow, he could not resist returning to his roots in Columbus. He's an active IxDA member and currently works at Fuse by Cardinal Health as a UX Designer.

Heidi Hoffecker

Founding Organizer

Heidi loves building relationships with people and looks forward to the amazing things that can be accomplished by taking what’s "Good" and making it "Great!" She currently works as a senior SEO specialist for DSW, but also owns her own business managing digital marketing strategies for small businesses. She has worked in the digital marketing field for 7+ years.

Jim Muir

Organizer

Jim is a full-stack web and mobile software developer. Jim currently works at one of the fastest growing healthcare IT companies – CoverMyMeds. Prior to that, Jim worked at Ohio State to help bring the official mobile app for Ohio State students into reality. He is passionate about changing the world for better and always loves to learn from those around him.

Brian Lees

Organizer

Brian is a developer and tester that has moved over to managing a full-blown testing team for CoverMyMeds, one of the fastest growing healthcare IT companies. Brian brings his attention to detail to everything he does – whether organizing events or testing software. Beyond GiveBackHack, Brian is Captain for the CoverMyMeds Peloton (where he biked over 100 miles! - pfew!) – leading a team that raised ... Read More » $80,000 for Cancer Research in Columbus. Brian also uses his passion for the community and ability to hustle through logistics via involvement as an organizer for Startup Weekend, while also mentoring at PairColumbus.

Alfred Yates

Organizer

Alfred triumphantly frolics through life as a sophisticated charmer, performing two primary tasks: entertaining people and helping them find their passion and make their difference. Outside of his job in Fraud Strategy Analytics for Chase, Alfred fears and avoids technology and is using GiveBackHack as a method of exposure therapy. Alfred enjoys food, sports, and all things Columbus – particularly ... Read More » the non-profit and philanthropy scene as a board member for Columbus Gives Back and 1girl.

Eileen Guan

UI Designer, Ambercrombie

 

In the venn diagram of web design, social enterprise, and donuts - Eileen sits smack dab in the middle. She first stumbled across GiveBackHack in 2015. She went on co-found Billion- a tournament-style crowdfunding platform for global movements, and took home first place and $4,000. After building her startup for 2 years, which resulted in raising $15,000+ through Billion to give back to local social ... Read More » enterprises and non profits, she graduated and became a Venture for America Fellow. Then after working in product and marketing in a handful of high-growth startups, she decided to give corporate a try. During the day you'll find her doing UI design at Abercrombie and and at night, organizing and volunteering for rad events like GiveBackHack and Columbus Product Club.

Mike Ong

 

A junior at the Ohio State University, Mike is studying Accounting at the Fisher College of Business. Passionate about social enterprise, he has spent most of college investigating the social needs of Columbus communities, from volunteering at nonprofits to working on the frontiers of startups. With the student organization Alleviating Poverty through Entrepreneurship, Mike acts as internal director, ... Read More » coordinating logistics and fundraising to fuel its flagship summit of social enterprise speakers. Professionally, he does accounting for DOmedia – a technology company recently named the fastest growing company in Central Ohio.

Claire Coder

Organizer

This spunky teen dropped out of college to launch the social enterprise, Aunt Flow. A buy-one, give-one subscription box for 100% cotton tampons and pads, the company is committed to ensuring that all humans have access to menstrual products. When not talking about menstruation, Claire is jamming out to Macklemore, teaching aerobics classes, and doodling boobs.

Mike Letscher

Founding Organizer - Web and Design

Mike is a software developer currently working as a UX/Front-end Engineer at Finite State, a stealth-mode IoT security company based out of Columbus, Ohio.   Outside of work, Mike spends much of his time helping to organize and grow GiveBackHack. He is passionate about the organization as he believes social enterprise provides the most solid, sustainable foundation for social change.

Lauren D'Souza

Organizer

At different points in her life, Lauren has tried her hand at being an elementary school teacher, a graphic designer, a screenwriter, and an entrepreneur. These days, she runs her own startup-focused marketing agency while pursuing her MBA at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business. In her downtime, Lauren is the Marketing Lead for CMU's Hyperloop Team, a Columbus Startup Weekend organizer, ... Read More » and an evangelist for all things entrepreneurial. She once was voted "Most Likely to Eat Bacon for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner," and this remains her crowning achievement to date.

Clayton Fuller

Organizer

 

Clayton is an artist who went to business school at The Ohio State University. After living in England and California, Clayton co-founded a design and stationery brand called Little City Love, which has sent cards to more than 40 countries around the world. He's passionate about working on meaningful and important problems -- where solutions can be found at the intersection of design, strategy, and ... Read More » creativity -- and looking forward to helping make GiveBackHack a launchpad for social innovation.