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CNBC CEO Council
CNBC CEO Council is an invitation-only community of chief executives assembled and run by CNBC. It connects CEOs across industries, geographies and stages of growth with each other, with CNBC's editorial team, and with policymakers and global newsmakers through off-the-record dinners, digital briefings and the flagship CNBC CEO Council Summit. Part of the broader CNBC Councils portfolio, it is designed as a peer forum for candid, actionable conversation on the forces reshaping business - from tariffs and supply chains to AI, healthcare and capital markets.
FORA
FORA is a New York-based AI communication intelligence platform built for enterprise leadership. It captures and analyzes conversations from meetings, email, chat, and CRM systems, then turns that qualitative data into secure, actionable insights - flagging risks, eliminating shadow data, auto-updating OKRs, and surfacing what the C-suite actually needs to know. Founded in 2024 by serial HR-tech entrepreneur Joe Essenfeld, the company launched with $3.8 million in pre-seed funding led by Converge.
KRW International
KRW International is a global leadership consulting firm that treats character as a measurable business input, not a soft one. Built around the seven-year Return on Character research led by co-founder Fred Kiel, the firm uses proprietary assessments and predictive analytics to help CEOs, senior teams, and boards close the gap between who they intend to be and how they are actually experienced. Its pitch - coaching based on data, not opinion - reframes integrity, responsibility, forgiveness, and compassion as habits that correlate with returns, engagement, and reduced risk.
Chief
Chief is a private membership network built for senior women executives - VPs, C-suite leaders, and the rungs just below. It pairs members into facilitated peer 'Core' groups led by executive coaches, layers on workshops, curated events, and physical clubhouses in major U.S. cities, and aims to close the gap at the top of the corporate ladder by giving women the kind of back-channel network that has long been reserved for men. Founded in 2019, Chief became one of the fastest female-founded U.S. companies to reach a $1 billion valuation.
Holly Rose Faith
Holly Rose Faith is the Executive Talent Partner at Greylock Partners, one of Silicon Valley's most storied venture capital firms. Specializing in C-suite, VP-level, and board placements for Greylock's portfolio companies, she has placed top executives at Roblox, Nextdoor, Databricks, Abnormal AI, Gem, PayJoy, Snorkel, Casper, and Transfix. With roughly eight years in VC talent roles spanning Khosla Ventures, NEA, and now Greylock, Faith brings a founder-first philosophy that goes beyond transactional recruiting — coaching founders on hiring strategy, building interview frameworks, and staying involved through references, compensation, and the close.