Senior Advisors

Meet Our Senior Advisors

Launched in 2024, our iF Senior Advisors Network provides valued partnerships with industry leaders in our network as a way for talented, experienced, purpose-driven people to collaborate with iF and each other.

These connections empower us to cultivate and promote new ideas, nurture relationships, and apply seasoned insights.

Dave Wascha

Senior Advisor

Dave has been an operator in product and tech for nearly 25 years. I’m currently advising several early stage businesses and mature businesses looking to reboot themselves.

Dave Wascha

Harald Becker

Senior Advisor

At Microsoft’s Tech for Social Impact team, Harald Becker is the global AI for Nonprofit Lead. He works on making AI solutions accessible, practical, and responsible for nonprofits across the globe. Before, Harald was the Director of Customer Engagements & Insights on the Modern Work Customer Co-Innovation team, which is part of Microsoft’s Experiences + Devices Group. He managed customer engagement strategy and programs for the team and oversaw customer outreach, partnerships, user research & insights for co-innovation pilot programs with high impact. Harald often speaks on conference stages around the world about innovation and the future of work. He advises Fortune 500 customers and social impact leaders on Digital & AI Transformation, Customer Experience & Co-Innovation, and hybrid work scenarios. Harald holds an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a BA in Marketing from HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration in Germany.

Harald Becker

Jessica Groopman

Senior Advisor

Jessica Groopman is an advisor to innovation leaders around the world, helping organizations design innovations that align economic, societal, and environmental benefits. A technology researcher, author, and speaker, she has explored emerging technologies’ impacts across people, business, and planet for two decades at various research firms, brands, think tanks, and innovation accelerators. Trained in anthropology, Jessica loves helping leaders think differently about the future.

Jessica Groopman

Director of DSI

Jessica Groopman

Alison dedicates her career working to create free and equitable public schools for students across the country. Including nearly 10 years teaching high school in the South Bronx followed by equity work at Equal Opportunity Schools.

Margo Downs

Senior Advisor

I found my way into human resources and enjoyed being an executive leader at Starbucks, Lululemon and Stitchfix. The highlight of my career was working closely with four brilliant entrepreneurs who created beloved brands while building enduring people-first cultures.

Margo Downs

Neal Myrick

Senior Advisor

Neal is a former IT leader who transitioned into a 20-year career in social impact technology and philanthropy. He served as the founding executive director of the Tableau Foundation, investing more than $100M globally. He is a senior advisor for Intentional Futures and Untraditional Philanthropy, a certified Equine Experiential Education facilitator, and an advisor for CEPEI, a United Nations-focused think tank in Colombia. When he's not advising, Neal enjoys gardening and horsemanship.

Neal Myrick

Paul Suzman

Senior Advisor

Founded the first commercial tenant representative firm on the West Coast in 1981. When not advising on real estate transactions I’m active as founding board member of VillageReach. I also served on the board of Torrefazione Italia Coffee Company (before it was sold to Starbucks) and am business advisor to Perimatics (healthcare technology).

Paul Suzman

Rahim Rajan

Senior Advisor

I've spent two-plus decades in the education innovation space as an impact investor (Gates Foundation) and as a leader in mission-driven edu startups with a focus on higher education.

Rahim Rajan