Sandra Lope-Bello
Chief of Staff and External Relations Manager
Sandra is the official Project coordinator / Chief of Staff For Going Global Ventures and Executive Assistant to Mark Minevich. Her work experience consists of doing work in the field of administration, business development, marketing and customer care.
Global travels and interest in empowering women in technology have been a major part of Sandra’s professional career, which drove her to joining the Going Global Ventures team and has been working with them ever since.
Besides working in business development , she is part of an NGO called WorldMerit who with collaboration with the UN developed an annual program (Merit360), a community of young change-makers striving to positively change the world and tackling complex global issues and how to solve the Sustainable Development Goals goals set in 2015 by the UN.
She graduated In the Singidunum University in Belgrade with a double-bachelor in Marketing and management, and Finance and Banking.
Kathryn Wifvat
Applied AI advisor, Data Science Expert and Researcher
Dr. Kathryn Wifvat is a data science professor, entrepreneur, and AI strategist dedicated to transforming education through technology. As the Founder and CEO of Nuubi, an AI-driven learning platform, she is developing scalable, gamified peer learning and workforce upskilling solutions designed for the age of automation.
Kathryn earned a BA in Applied Mathematics and a BS in Statistics from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, followed by a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Arizona State University. She has taught thousands of students online across various institutions, including Merrimack College and the University of the Cumberlands, bringing expertise in AI, data analytics, and full-stack development to diverse learning environments.
She is currently working with universities and educators to integrate AI-driven learning into classrooms, with a focus on improving student engagement, retention, and career readiness. Her research explores the intersection of AI, adaptive learning, and workforce development, ensuring that students and professionals are equipped for an evolving job market.
A strong advocate for women in technology and mathematics, Kathryn previously served in leadership for the ASU chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics. She is passionate about increasing diversity in AI and supporting initiatives that bridge the gap between academia and industry.
With expertise spanning AI, higher education, and data science, Kathryn is committed to advancing the intersection of technology and learning, ensuring accessible and impactful education for all.
Jascha Stein
AI Fellow
Will Saulsbery
Sr. Associate Advisor / Content Strategy Analyst
Will is a Sr. Advisor / Content Strategy Analyst, and Media relations for Going Global ventures. He is also the CEO and founder of Ashtonbery Consulting, a marketing and management consulting firm based in the United States. Will is renowned for its work in the fields of process consultation and implementation and full stack content creation and marketing. He is a trusted advisor in the B2B marketing space for multi-billion dollar tech and communications companies.
Boris Batchvarov
Associate, Technology Investment Consultant
Boris Batchvarov is an experienced investor, entrepreneur, and technology executive with expertise in operations, business development, capital raising, and relationship management across venture funds, private equity, and early-growth stage companies.
Boris was a Managing Director for 8 years at Boston Harbor Angels, where he invested in more than 50 early-stage companies, and later served as Managing Partner for European and North American Funds and as an Investment Committee Member at leading venture funds. He oversaw funds and portfolio companies across Europe.
Previously, Boris was Vice President of Finance and Operations and an Advisor at Pliant, now an IBM company. He co-founded the company in the network infrastructure space alongside winners of the 2016 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Boris holds a BS in Economics and Industrial Management from the University of Economics-Varna and an MBA in IT Systems and Finance from the University of Massachusetts.
Reema Alotaibi
Associate, Technology
At the intersection of systems programming and intuitive design, Reema Alotaibi exemplifies the emerging generation of female tech leaders in Saudi Arabia. A pioneering Computer Science senior at Prince Mohammed bin Fahd University, she transforms complex challenges into elegant solutions while breaking barriers in a rapidly evolving technical landscape. Her expertise spans from backend systems to seamless interfaces – all crafted with precision and vision.
Her academic journey began in the United States, where she earned an associate degree from Valencia College and pursued further studies at the University of Central Florida. She later returned to Saudi Arabia to continue her academic and professional development, bringing with her a globally informed perspective and a drive to contribute to the Kingdom’s growing digital economy.
As part of Saudi Arabia’s growing community of women in STEM, her work reflects both personal achievement and broader societal advancement. At PMU, she led the creation of a mentorship platform designed to connect students with advisors across departments – offering a structured, accessible experience built on clean system architecture and intuitive design principles.
In collaborative environments, she demonstrates how female leadership enhances technical excellence. Her methodical documentation, strategic planning, and inclusive communication elevate entire projects. Her approach reflects the invaluable perspective women bring to technology development—balancing technical precision with contextual understanding. As part of her role at Going Global Ventures, she will support research efforts through leadership, marketing, and analysis. Her work will involve collaborating with complex global clients and contributing to strategic direction in emerging fields such as robotics, advanced technology, and artificial intelligence. This opportunity reflects her ongoing commitment to contributing at the intersection of innovation and global impact.
As she completes her final year, Reema represents the bright future of women in Saudi Arabia’s tech sector. Her work bridges technical excellence with human-centered design – delivering solutions that not only function brilliantly but also contribute to the Kingdom’s vision of inclusive technological advancement.
Abby Seneor
Applied AI Advisor, Data Science Sustainability and Ethics Expert
Abby Seneor is a visionary entrepreneur, technology leader, and advocate for ethical artificial ntelligence, specializing in sustainable and socially impactful AI solutions. With deep technical expertise and a passion for responsible innovation, she has built a career at the intersection of deep tech, environmental intelligence, and social impact – consistently pushing boundaries to create meaningful change.
Abby is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Treelyon, a data-driven climate tech company on a mission to digitize the world’s urban forests. By combining advanced geospatial analytics, AI, and XR, Treelyon provides real-time intelligence for tree care, urban planning, and climate resilience. The platform supports cities, arborists, and infrastructure managers with actionable insights to reduce risks, optimize maintenance, and enhance the health of critical green infrastructure. Treelyon’s vision is bold: to create a unified, global ecological dataset that helps protect and regenerate our urban environments at scale.
Before founding Treelyon, Abby served as Chief Data Officer and Head of Technology at greehill, a deep-tech company focused on smart tree inventories and digital urban forestry. There, she led large-scale data initiatives to empower cities across the globe with high-resolution environmental intelligence.
Her career spans leadership roles in AI ethics, health tech, and social innovation. She previously held the position of Chief Technology Officer at Citibeats, an award-winning platform that transforms social data into actionable policy insights, and at Optimi Health, where she spearheaded AI-powered tools for accessible sports medicine and physiotherapy. She also founded and led several tech ventures, including By The Way and BookEscapeRoom, highlighting her entrepreneurial breadth.
Abby’s industry experience includes impactful roles at major technology companies such as Microsoft, Intel Corporation, Dane-Elec, and Polycom, where she held leading positions on emerging technologies, computer vision, and product innovation.
In addition to her commercial work, Abby is the co-founder of Earthtifical Intelligence, a nonprofit initiative dedicated to using artificial intelligence for planetary intelligence. Earthtifical aims to bridge the gap between the tech ecosystem and the environmental movement – supporting mission-driven founders, advising policy makers, and fostering collaborations that harness AI for the good of the planet.
Her contributions have earned wide recognition: in 2024, she was named one of the Top 100 Women in AI Ethics; in 2021, she won the Globant Women That Build Award in the Tech Entrepreneur category from a pool of 70,000 nominations across 27 countries; and in 2020, she was honored as one of the Top 10 Women in AI by Women in AI. She has also been featured by Sifted as one of Europe’s most influential female CTOs.
She has served as a fellow with the Startup Leadership Program (SLP), a highly selective world-class program focusing on entrepreneurial education in Tel Aviv Area, Israel. She was also an ambassador for Startup Grind London, a 600-city community that mentors entrepreneurs, and a branch manager at "She-Codes," a nonprofit organization empowering women in STEM.
Abby holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Laws from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Open University, which she completed at the age of 17. She is fluent in English, French, and Hebrew.
Outside of her professional life, Abby is a dedicated Ironman athlete and endurance competitor, having completed multiple Ironman races and placing second in an Olympic-distance triathlon – a testament to her resilience, discipline, and drive both in and out of the tech world.
Dominic Dyer
International Policy Advisor
Dominic Dyer is one Britain’s leading wildlife protection and animal welfare campaigners, writers, broadcasters, and social media influencers.
Unlike may conservationists, he became a wildlife protection and animal welfare campaigner after a career in government and industry using the skills he acquired in Whitehall, Brussels, and the corporate board room to fight for the protection of animals and nature.
Dominic started working in the Ministry of Agriculture at 17 and during his career in Whitehall worked in a wide range of policy areas in the UK and Brussels ranging from marine environment protection to EU farming and trade policy.
After leaving the Civil Service he went onto work in the food and drink industry (Head of Public Affairs Food and Drink Federation) specialising in natural and health products and the development of vegetarian and vegan foods before moving into the plant science industry (CEO Crop Life UK) to focus on global food security and new innovations in agriculture and food production.
After a 20-year career working in Whitehall and Industry Dominic turned his formidable communication skills and knowledge of how government works to become a voice for wildlife protection and animal welfare at home and abroad.
Dominic was CEO of the Badger Trust from 2013 to 2020 and is currently Policy Advisor and Wildlife Advocate at the Born Free Foundation and a Board member of Wildlife and Countryside Link.
In April 2023 Dominic was also appointed as Chair of Nature 2030, an increasingly influential forum for bringing industry, NGO’s and environmental campaigners together to focus on tacking climate change, biodiversity and species loss at home and abroad
In November 2021, Dominic worked with the UK Cabinet Office to chair a “State of the Earth” Question Time event in front of a live audience of over a 1000 people at the COP26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow.
Dominic is a Director and Fellow of the British American Project and an Alumni of the Council for the United Stated and Italy and a regular media commentator on the transatlantic relationship.
Dominic is a regular speaker at wildlife protection, animal welfare and environment conferences and debates and a contributor to the print and broadcast media on a wide range of issues relating to the protection of animals, wildlife and the natural world and the future of farming and food production.