Shadi moved back to SF after spending 2 years in Milan, Italy working in Marketing and PR (and learning how to make some mean homemade pasta!). Shadi is a marketing nut and obsessed with all that is social. She started out in the accounting and finance world and quickly realized she couldn’t sit out and watch this marketing revolution take place without her.

Her passions also lie in travel, food, and blogging about both. She is a self proclaimed tour guide of Florence, Milan, Santa Barbara and SF - so feel free to ask for best places to eat, drink, dance, and sightsee! Shadi is an active philanthropist and started her own non-profit in 2009 helping promote and support human rights in the middle east. Her next goal is to one day spend some time in West Africa and bring the power of growth in technology and education to that part of the world, while learning her 4th language.

Where did you go to school? University of California, Santa Barbara - Business Economics

What is your favorite food? Mac n' Cheese - and a very exotic Persian dish called Baghali Polo (with Lamb Shank!)

What would you do with a million dollars? invest - make a lot more money - start a music production company - buy a yacht - park it in Portofino and spend everyday eating spaghetti alle vongole, and swimming in the mediterranean.

If you were an animal what would you be? Spider Monkey - imagine living your whole life ‘zip-lining’ across a rainforest canopy!