ABOUT
The Heart Series is a 2-day conference launched in 2014, historically held between Valentine’s Day and President’s Day weekend, centered around the intersection of business x bettering the world. The occasion provides a platform for companies to share and learn best practices for purpose-driven business, with both days comprised of talks, panels, workshops, and experiences. The event has featured thought leaders from Jessica Alba’s Honest Company, Kristen Bell’s This Saves Lives, Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake, Upworthy, Etsy, TOMS, Virgin Galactic, Lululemon, Seventh Generation, Chipotle, ABC Disney, Ryot (aol), Causecast, Global Citizen, xPrize, Kiva, DoSomething.org, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, and many more, and has been attended by 400+ companies and organizations striving to do-good through their business, and putting purpose alongside profits. The event has been highlighted in Forbes, Inc., Huffington Post, GOOD, The Good Trade, Make Change, Triple Pundit, Conscious Magazine, and many more.
MEET THE TEAM
MEG // Co-Founder & Executive Producer
Megan Sette is the founder of M Collaborative, a boutique strategy + marketing agency that works with companies to build community and make a greater social impact, both online + offline. She created her first organization at the age of 10, built her first website in 1997, and by the age of 16 found herself working for Hyperion Solutions, an enterprise software company that was later acquired by Oracle. Post college she spent 10 years in the nonprofit sector, before launching an entity that combined her passions for storytelling, innovation and helping people. Throughout her career she has worked with a range of businesses, from fortune 500 companies, to NGOs, and has lent her consulting expertise to everything from apps, to political campaigns.
Meg is also a co-founder and chair of the board of directors for GRID110, a 501c3 economic and community development organization in partnership with the office of the Mayor, designed to activate the startup ecosystem in downtown LA by providing entrepreneurs with programs, office space, mentorship and resources.
SAM // Operations
Sam Avery previously worked as a Operations Specialist at YouTube (via ASG) and is the Operations Manager for The Heart Series.
She gravitates towards community-focused projects (events, communications, social impact, and strategic partnerships), creating effective operational processes, and telling stories through data.
She is passionate about social impact, inclusion, and making the world a better place through business. In her downtime, Sam is a dedicated plant mom, artist, and pun enthusiast.
She’s currently working on her newest venture, SAVERY, a line of hand-drawn patterns that come to life on clothing and accessories.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
GAIL // Co-Founder
Gail Cayetano Classick is a Partner in Cayetano Legacy Collection, a statement jewelry line that works with communities of women artisans to source and handcraft each product in the beautiful yet still third world country of the Philippines. The company also runs training programs teaching women how to do business on an international level. As a first generation Filipino-American, Gail, along with her sisters, and business partners, Karen and Christine, strive to give ‘hand ups, and not just hand outs’ back to the country that has given them their heritage, encouraging job creation and economic growth in a part of the world where it is still most needed. The line is sold in third party retailers such as Bloomingdale’s, Zappos, Bluefly, in over one hundred boutiques across the country, and on the company’s own e-commerce site.
Gail is a recipient of the Stevie Award’s ‘Best Young Entrepreneur’ honor and was named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s ‘Twenty In Their Twenties’ list in 2010. She serves as Chairwoman of the Children’s Miracle Network’s Extra Life fundraiser, as well as on the Board of Directors for the Toast Our Vets Foundation.