Lev Mass
Lev is the Licensee and Organizer of TEDxPaloAlto and a Partner at Crux Capital.
Prior to joining Crux, Lev ran operations and business development for the Cloud Group at Yahoo!. While at Yahoo!, Lev helped start what is now Hortonworks, a leading big data company.
He also serves on the board of many social impact organizations including UNICEF. Lev is a member of TED and is thrilled to co-host for TEDxPaloAlto.
Ronit Widmann-Levy
Ronit is the Executive Producer, Co-Organizer and Curator of TEDxPaloAlto as well as the Director of Arts and Culture at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center (OFJCC).
At the OFJCC, she curates high quality arts programming for the Silicon Valley community. As a professional opera singer, Ronit has traveled the globe performing with San Francisco Symphony in Carnegie Hall,
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood Festival and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Esther Young
Esther is the Speakers Coordinator of TEDxPaloAlto. She is proud to be on the Arts and Culture Team at the OFJCC, where amazing artists, musicians, scientists and writers gather and share.
In her spare time, she enjoys interviewing and writing about creatives and innovators in the Bay Area.