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Jenny Xu
Jenny Xu is the founder and CEO of Talofa Games, the San Francisco studio behind Run Legends, a heads-up fitness RPG where your running speed powers turn-based battles heard through spatial audio. A competitive MIT cross-country runner who shipped her first game at 12, she has released 10+ mobile titles with 10 million-plus downloads, earned a spot on Forbes 30 Under 30, and raised $6.3M in seed funding to build games that make players mentally and physically healthier.
Nicole Pekerman
Nicole Pekerman is a brand marketer turned founder who spent 17+ years steering billion-dollar names like Tim Hortons, Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Wonder Bread before launching Paid Workout, a fitness-motivation app that pays people to move. Today she runs Health Collective LLC as CEO and Chief Wellness Officer, hosts The Healthy Pod, and builds wellness products aimed squarely at women. Her work fuses big-brand marketing instincts with a community-first take on motivation and gamified habit-building.