VANGUARD TEAM
KEN BANTA
Founder & CEO
Ken founded Vanguard in 2014 and leads all of Vanguard's activities in the Network, and with advisory clients.
TONY POWE
COO
Tony leads the day-to-day operations of Vanguard, and runs the finance department.
ANGELIQUE SPANIER
Forums, New Leaders
Angelique is responsible for ensuring successful execution and profitability of the New Leaders program and all Forums.
JAE HENDERSON
New Leaders
Jae manages our current New Leaders program and its expansion to a wider audience.
NICO KENARY
Operations
Nico is an Amherst graduate. He works directly with Tony Powe, our COO, on the day-to-day operations at Vanguard.
GARRICK ISERT
Roundtables, Advisory
Garrick is a senior consultant for leadership development and coaching.
JIM WILLIAMSON
Membership
Jim leads Vanguard's member services, developing and operationalizing various membership offerings.
PRESTON ROWLEY
Automation, Operations
Preston is an English major at the University of Washington and he helps Vanguard with its operations and automations.
GARY LEE
Roundtables, Advisory
Gary is a veteran journalist and Senior Vanguard Advisor. He moderates and manages our Sustainability & CFO
roundtable dialogues.
KEN STONE
Content
Ken produces and edits Vanguard's digital content, and serves as lead moderator for programming.
SETH KAUFMAN
Content, Advisory
Seth manages all aspects of content creation: blogs, interviews, Q&A, etc.
IRENE SILBER
Content, Media
Irene leads the creation of Vanguard content across Networks.
LORI MAY
Marketing, Administration
Lori oversees several aspects of Vanguard: email marketing, content distribution, event marketing and registration.
SOPHIA RANDAZZO
Social Media
Sophia is a Marketing Consultant and specializes in building the Vanguard brand on various social media channels.