Named one of “the women who are leading the way in LA’s tech boom,” Dori Howard's career has consistently straddled entertainment, technology, politics and innovation. With a passion for activism and politics and a decades long history within the entertainment industry, she is able to merge the two in a powerful and meaningful way. Dori is currently a partner at the consultancy firm, Howlitt. Howlitt connects causes, political candidates and nonprofits with the natural resources of Los Angeles – cultural storytellers and capital. Through Howlitt, she is working on issues ranging from gun violence and nuclear nonproliferation to issues in the middle east. She is also an active fundraiser for democratic candidates. Most recently, she was a founding team member of The Jane Club holding a variety of positions from CEO to Head of Political and Cultural Partnerships and Programming. She lead the fundraising efforts and raised a seed round from both angel and institutional investors and continues to lead investor relations. As head of partnerships she was responsible for securing ~50% of total annual revenue and did so through relationships with Amazon, Peacock, Sony, Hulu, Chandon and more. Previously, Dori was the CEO and co-founder of Milk & Honey – an ecommerce platform in the customization space. Milk & Honey was part of LaunchPad LA’s fall '12 accelerator and raised funding from VCs including Tim Draper, 500 Startups, and Great Oaks. The company was featured in The New York Times, The Today Show, Good Morning America, InStyle and most fashion magazines. In July 2014, Milk & Honey was acquired by British brand, Upper Street.Prior to that, Dori was Vice President, Production at Paramount Pictures as well at Mandeville Films - film projects ranged in budget from $40M - $170M and included helping to reboot the GI JOE title that grossed over $300M WW. She also worked to adapt The Last Airbender, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, grossing $319M WW, The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale (WW box office of $129M), The Proposal starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds (WW box office $168M). Prior to Paramount, she held positions at New Line, Miramax, and MTV. She currently serves on the advisory council of The Brady Foundation with a focus on culture marketing and on the advisory council of Homeboy Industries where she is helping to launch their media division. She is also on the leadership council for Vote Mama and a mentor at DemocraShe.