I am building and funding the things I wish existed when I was younger.
I am the CEO & founder of Diversability, an award-winning social enterprise to elevate disability pride (think of us like a Disability Employee Resource Group ERG that exists outside of a company) and the founder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter, which awards monthly micro-grants to disability projects ($59.5k to 60 projects in 10 countries). I also serve on the San Francisco Mayor’s Disability Council, appointed by San Francisco Mayor London Breed in 2019, and was a Co-Chair of the 2020 World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit. I am a 3x TEDx speaker and have spoken at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Singularity, Harvard, Stanford, and more. In 2017, I was featured on a Dutch national television series in conversation with Harvard Professor Michael Sandel.
Previously, I worked at a venture-backed co-living startup, Sean Diddy Combs’s music network REVOLT TV, and Bloomberg. I started my career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, where I worked on over $14 billion of announced transactions.
Featured in: Marie Claire, Forbes, the Guardian, The Wall Street Journal
Writing featured in: World Economic Forum, Fortune Magazine, Business Insider, Thrive Global
Background: content creation, content strategy, influencer partnerships, community management, social media, web development, corporate development, corporate finance, investment banking, recruiting, journalism
Named:
- 2022 Career Mastered Diversity IMPACT 50
- World’s 10 Visionary Leaders to Follow in 2022
- BuzzFeed 2021 Women to Watch
- Asian Hustle Network Top 50 Unsung Heroes 2021 list
- 2020 Straubel Impact Leader
- 2020 Facebook Community Accelerator, Demo Day winner
- OBO 100 Most Innovative Leaders
- Summit Impact Fellow
- 14 women of color to follow on Instagram
- 2018 Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame
- "Davos 50" Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018
- 14 timeless TEDx talks (Thrive Global)
- 100 most influential Asian Americans of 2017
Speaking inquiries: sean@collectivespeakers.com
Paid partnership inquiries: camila@ctalent.org
For people outside my network that want to get in touch or work with me, I can be reached at http://tiffanyyu.com.
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