Together, the Elevate Impact team brings industry experience, including in Higher Education, News & Entertainment, and Nonprofit Management. We have a passion for supporting and leading meaningful projects through innovative solutions that scale impact.
Ricardhy Grandoit has championed several programs in various industries related to social programming, community engagement, and corpor ...View More
Ricardhy Grandoit has championed several programs in various industries related to social programming, community engagement, and corporate citizenship. Ricardhy has worked in higher education, professional sports, and as a consultant for organizations in healthcare and biotechnology. For over a decade, Ricardhy has worked closely with senior leadership, Human Resource professionals, and key stakeholders at all levels in their respective organizations. Ricardhy's entrepreneurial spirit, passion for collaboration, and interpersonal aptitude has allowed him to pioneer successful programs. These traits also serve as the foundation and motivation for the creation of Art+.
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Sean specializes in Technical Program and Project Management. With a background in Electrical & Aeronautical Engineering Design, he has ...View More
Sean specializes in Technical Program and Project Management. With a background in Electrical & Aeronautical Engineering Design, he has expertise in fast-paced domestic and international cross-functional team development. Sean acquired many technical skills brought about by years of practical hands-on exposure to solving complex problems in projects that included; Process Flow and Task Prioritization, Construction and Real Estate Development, Resource Coordination, Risk Management, UX Design, Aviation and Automobile Manufacturing.
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Our board of advisors are industry experts and pioneers that are committed to ensuring the success of Elevate Impact in the marketplace, while remaining true to our vision of leading the way for purposeful collaboration.
Maheesh Jain was the co-founder of CafePress.com, an ecommerce company focused on digital printing. Between the company's founding in ...View More
Maheesh Jain was the co-founder of CafePress.com, an ecommerce company focused on digital printing. Between the company's founding in 1999 through 2016, Maheesh was responsible for a variety of functions including Marketing and Business Development. During that time, the company grew to over $200M in revenue and was listed on NASDAQ. Currently, Maheesh advises startups and works with nonprofits focused on youth services and the arts.
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Heidi Boisvert (PhD) is an interdisciplinary artist, experience designer, creative technologist, and researcher who interrogates the ne ...View More
Heidi Boisvert (PhD) is an interdisciplinary artist, experience designer, creative technologist, and researcher who interrogates the neurobiological and socio-cultural effects of media and technology. Simply put, she studies the role of the body, the senses, and emotion in human perception and social change. Boisvert is currently mapping the world's first media genome, while taking great care with its ethical implications. She also architects expanded reality and transmedia storytelling experiences, and devises networked dance and theatre using biocreative technology. She founded futurePerfect lab, a creative agency and think-tank that harnesses the power of pop culture, emerging technology, and neuroscience to ignite culture change with social justice organizations. She created the first 3D social change game, ICED, to shift the frame around immigration and America 2049, an alternative reality game on Facebook about pluralism. She also co-founded XTH, a startup creating novel modes of bodily expression through open-source biotechnology. Boisvert has been a TED speaker, Rockefeller Creativity + Technology = Enterprise Fellow, and a cultural ambassador in Turkey. Presently, she is working with David Byrne on Theater of the Mind, an immersive theater piece and co-curating EdgeCut, a live performance series exploring human-digital relationships. Boisvert is Assistant Professor of AI and the Arts at the University of Florida, a Senior Research Fellow at the Norman Lear Center, a research affiliate in the Open Documentary Lab at MIT, and a member of NEW INC’s Creative Science track.
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Jarrod Chin is the Director for Education and Consulting, for Mass General Brigham’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. In this ...View More
Jarrod Chin is the Director for Education and Consulting, for Mass General Brigham’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. In this capacity, Jarrod oversees all the educational curriculum development for the Office, ensuring the delivery of high-quality and meaningful trainings in a variety of settings and audiences, across the system.
Before Mass General Brigham, Chin served as the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Partners In Health (PIH), a global health organization with 13 sites internationally. While at PIH, he oversaw all their anti-racism and social justice programming with a focus on recruitment, hiring and employee retention. With two decades of experience in the diversity, equity, and inclusion field, Chin has written curriculum, facilitated trainings and consulted for numerous sports organizations and non-profits, including the United States Army, the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, Major League Lacrosse, NASCAR, Futures Without Violence, Athletes for Hope, Playworks, Innercity Weightlifting, YMCA (Greater Boston), and Men for Equality (Sweden).
Chin has provided expertise and social commentary for the New York Times, CNN, Sacramento Bee, Boston Globe, Indianapolis Star and other news media publications.
Chin holds a B.S. in History from Connecticut College and an MAT from Northeastern University.
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