Dale Nirvani Pfeifer is changing the way we connect online by making social giving simple. An award-winning researcher and native Kiwi, Pfeifer applied the theory of Allophilia (like or love of others) to Maori leadership, demonstrating how the power of love and effective leadership can bring together big, diverse groups of people. She ran the Victoria University of Wellington’s Center for the Study of Leadership and collaborated with institutions like Harvard University. She later began working with organizations across the United States and New Zealand – from security thinktanks to the Rockefeller Foundation – to help them understand their purpose; develop and implement programs and communications strategies; and design, lead and program a number of initiatives. Pfeifer’s work in the nonprofit and foundation sector led her to recognize the power of business to drive large-scale impact, and she founded Goodworld. She was recently named one of Washington Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 business leaders in Washington and one of Trending 40’s New Power Women of DC Tech.

Prior to Goodworld, John was an original partner at RideScout, the transportation tech startup acquired by Daimler-Mercedes in 2014. John served over 22 years in the U.S. Army and Government, work that took him to various locations across Africa, Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq and Europe. Most recently, he served as a deputy director of special operations and counterterrorism policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. John graduated from Boston College in 1992 and earned a Masters in Public Policy and Fiscal Management from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, where he continues to teach policy and economics as an adjunct professor. John’s indie rock band StoneDriver released their debut album “Descent” in April of last year. Between work, teaching, and gigs, he lives a quiet life in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia with his wife, Lisa, and their four sons.