Jeffery is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, a serial entrepreneur, and a social scientist who researches personal transformation and the states of greatest human well-being.

In 2007, Jeffery conceived of and created the Transformative Technology space. Since that time he has worked to catalyze the space by bringing together makers, scientists and other researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, companies, educational institutions, non-profits and NGO’s, public policy experts, investors and other stakeholders. He is a co-founder of the first academic lab dedicated to TransTech, its first conference, taught the first university-level course and established the first graduate program in TransTech, and many other firsts in the space. He serves as a formal and informal advisor to a wide range of companies and other organizations in the space, and is an active early-stage investor. He is a frequent and talented public speaker on TransTech related topics.

A bestselling author and award-winning educator, Jeffery has authored, co-authored, or co-edited over 20 books and numerous other publications. His work has regularly been featured at leading academic conferences worldwide, as well as major public forums such as Deepak Chopra’s Sages and Scientists Symposium, Wisdom 2.0, H+, the Science and Nonduality Conference, the Asia Consciousness Festival, and TEDx. He has been covered in media as diverse as the South China Morning Post and PBS’s Closer to Truth, and been an invited speaker at many top universities including: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, University of London, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the National University of Singapore.

In addition to his TransTech interests, Jeffery is a successful serial and parallel entrepreneur with a 25+ year background at various intersections of wellbeing, media, advertising, and technology. Fun facts about him include that he worked on broadcast crews for most major sports championships, ran the division at the heart of the world’s largest advertising conglomerate that led the industry’s earliest conversion to digital, was one of the earliest successful online marketers, pioneered digital asset management for most of the Fortune 100, spent time as a notorious hacker, and much more… You can learn more about him here.

Digital Strategist
PowerLabs
Oakland, CA
Education
AB, University of Chicago, Political Science
Cristina most recently worked as a digital strategist at PowerLabs, a consulting firm helping social-justice nonprofits launch digital programs for advocacy and fundraising. As an early hire at Change.org, she was part of the team that built the world’s largest activist e-mail list. She played a lead role in developing the company’s hyperlocal campaigning strategy, which was key to reaching 100 million users in June 2015 and achieving thousands of campaign victories. She also led diversity efforts for Change.org’s North America Campaigns Team, shaping or influencing team objectives and key results, as well as hiring and training. She is an experienced coach, trainer, and strategist, having helped build social movements for issues ranging from pushing for democracy in Burma to eliminating nuclear weapons worldwide.