Miki Reynolds is an investor and Head of Programs at Slauson & Co, where she develops and leads programs that advance the firm’s mission of economic inclusion. She brings a fierce passion for supporting a diverse community of entrepreneurs, having directly advised 300+ early stage companies from idea to seed stage.Prior to Slauson & Co, Miki was the CEO & Co-Founder of Grid110, an award winning non-profit providing free entrepreneurship programs to underrepresented founders in partnership with the City of Los Angeles.Prior to co-founding Grid110, Miki built digital products for clients like MGM Studios, 20th Century Fox, Dreamworks, Angry Birds, SpaceX and LiveNation before transitioning to workforce development in tech by launching the Downtown LA campus for edtech company General Assembly.Miki has spent the last decade as an active ecosystem leader within the greater Los Angeles region and has accepted commendations from Mayor Eric Garcetti on behalf of General Assembly and Grid110. She has been recognized by LA Biz Journal as a Woman of Influence, was named to Techweek’s #Techweek100, and sits on advisory councils for two of the Mayor's diversity inclusion initiatives: PledgeLA and WiSTEM LA.• Strategic operations leader with 15 years experience managing digital projects, cross-functional teams and marketing initiatives.• Certified Product Owner with 4 years of product development and management experience.• Extensive background in marketing (brand, digital, experiential), web development, e-commerce, project management, product management and personnel development.• Passionate about the convergence of technology and media, digital innovation and community development/management.• Skilled people manager with experience in recruiting, mentoring, developing and optimizing direct, indirect and remote teams.• Evangelist for the LA startup community and an advocate for women in tech, diversity and inclusion initiatives and community development.