Stefanie Lingle Beasley is Co-Founder and Partner at Beasley + McCusker Communications + Events (BMC) — a boutique PR + Events firm that amplifies the voices of Founders, Venture Capitalists, and C-Suite executives. In addition to working with an array of outstanding leaders in Tech and Venture, BMC has strategically curated award-winning tech, venture, and impact conferences (virtual and in-person) including HITLAB Women’s Health Tech Challenge, SPKN, SHATTER SUMMITs—Investing in Women on a Global Scale, Women in Leadership & Philanthropy Symposiums for the University of San Francisco, Shatter Summit at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C. in partnership with the U.S. India Alliance, Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good, the Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice at USF, the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health at Stanford.Stefanie also serves on the Advisory Board of Silicon Valley magazine — a Modern Luxury publication.Prior to co-founding BMC, Stefanie served as President + Editorial Director of 18 Media (later the Golden State co.) and its family of luxury lifestyle publications for the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley, including Gentry, Gentry Home, California Home & Design (sold in 2005) Gentry Destinations, Gentry Health, and SV, managing the publications through two successful sales and founding the annual Gentry Women in Tech Conference in 2018. An-award winning writer, Stefanie brings more than 20 years of experience and expertise in publishing, management, and operations, editorial and event production globally as well as deep-seated connections in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area. In 2015, Stefanie was named a “Woman of Influence” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. From 2015 -2018, she also served as Chief Content Officer for BrandU Events interviewing and working closely with Fortune 500 C-Suite executives for exclusive marketing events targeted at high-potential talent across the United States.