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Sustaining Nashville’s Allure: Activism and Advocacy in Our Back Yard

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Katie Marchetti

Co-Founder, Executive Board Member
Voices for a Safer Tennessee

Katie Marchetti is a financial and legal (JD, LLM) executive with over 20 years of experience in international finance and law, having worked in financial centers across the US and Europe. Most recently, she has contracted with various venture capital firms focused on driving capital to founders who are women or from underrepresented communities. Katie sits on the Board of Trustees for Fisk University and ThinkTennessee, and she is partnering with Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, in her new entity Moms First, focused on lobbying locally and nationally for paid parental leave and gender pay parity in the workplace.

Rachel Carroll

President and Managing Partner
Edison Group

A senior advisor and entrepreneur, I have successfully established private and public companies in New York and London with a proven ability to connect ideas, people and capital. I am recognized as an expert on the capital markets and corporate communications having featured in numerous publications and events, and in my capacity as an advisory board member for a leading European business school.

As president, managing partner and global head of investor relations, I successfully created a multi-million business advising C-suite executives and boards on capital market strategies to successfully penetrate new markets. As vice president of a technology company, I navigated the firm through a successful listing on a US exchange and numerous financings as head of investor, government and public relations.

I enjoy collaborating with people who have a strong sense of purpose. Working at the intersection of technology and finance for over twenty years has given me unique insights in raising capital across borders and supporting companies through diverse stages of growth. With access to a deep and diverse network, I bring creative and informed approaches to a diverse community of clients and stakeholders within industry, finance, academia and government.