What is Near Future?

​​Near Future is a community of brilliant and values-driven entrepreneurs, investors, and philanthropists catalyzing world positive business across trillion-dollar industries like food, transportation, energy, built environment, healthcare, and beyond.

We curate for kindness; identifying, sharing, and accelerating solutions to improve societal, individual, and planetary health.

OUR TEAM

  • zem joaquin

    Founder & CEO

  • AMANDA POIMIROO

    Producer

  • VERONICA LOPEZ

    Chief of Staff

  • SAM STROMBERG

    Partnerships

  • ERIC ESPINOSA

    Content Producer

OUR ADVISORY BOARD

  • JENNIFER AAKER

    Author & Professor
    Stanford GSB

  • LAWRENCE BENDER

    Film Producer
    Lawrence Bender Productions

  • KERRI BORSUK

    Producer
    Made With Love Productions

  • JOANNE BRADFORD

    CEO
    J Brad Advisors

  • SARAH DONAHUE

    Founder
    One House

  • LIZ HELLER

    Partner
    memBrain

  • Ken Hertz

    Partner
    memBrain

  • LYNN HIRSHFIELD

    Executive Producer

  • MARC HODOSH

    Founder & Co-Host
    Life Itself

  • SAM JONES

    Managing Director
    EngineCo Partners

  • DEAN KAMEN

    Founder
    DEKA, ARMI, & FIRST

  • KHALIYA

    Mental Health Advocate

  • RAINA KUMRA

    Founder
    SpiceWell

  • LYN LEAR

    Producer
    Lyn Lear Productions

  • ANNA LEWIS

    Managing Director
    BDT & MSD Partners

  • BILL MCDONOUGH

    CEO
    McDonough Innovation

  • CHRISTIANA MUSK

    Chairwoman & BOD
    Unreasonable Group

  • RICHELLE PARHAM

    President, Global eCommerce
    Universal Music Group

  • GINA PELL

    Content Chief
    The What

  • TINA SHARKEY

    Investor, Entrepreneur
    & Faculty, USC

  • LEE STEIN

    Founder
    Prize Capital

  • WILL WEISMAN

    Founder & Managing Director
    KittyHawk Ventures