Meet the Latest 2025 Speakers
From transportation leaders, to delivery innovators, to inventive restaurateurs and retailers - the whole world of the curb comes together at Curbivore! Stay tuned for more speakers.
Stanley Tang
Co-Founder & Head of DoorDash Labs, DoorDash
Laura Kavanagh
Commissioner Emeritus, FDNY
Tim Noonan
SVP of Operations Innovation & Services, Sweetgreen
MJ Chun
Co-Founder & VP of Product and Design, Serve Robotics
Ron Thaniel
Senior Director, Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Zoox
Zach Rash
CEO, Coco
Natalie Lung
Tech Reporter, Bloomberg
Justin Holmes
VP, Public Policy & Marketing, Zipcar
Will Graylin
CEO & Chairman, indiGO Tech
Tiya Gordon
Co-Founder, it’s electric
Garrett Wood
CEO & Founder, GetScale
Stu Vaeth
SVP, Strategic Business Development, Trua
Adam Woodworth
CEO, Wing
Richard Willder
Global Head of Autonomous Policy, Uber
Alex Heath
Deputy Editor, The Verge
Jarvis Murray
Commercial Rideshare & Mobility Administrator, LADOT
Nicholas Johnson
Director of Public Policy, Lyft
Jon Miller
VP of Enterprise Growth, Nexar
Colleen Shalby
Reporter, Los Angeles Times
Brendan Bellefeuille
Senior Sales Director, Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Gene Oh
CEO, Tranzito
Ryan Green
Founder & CEO, Gridwise
Jonah Bliss
Founder & Chief Curb Whisperer, Curbivore
Brandon Schuh
Head of Specialty Insurance, Christensen Group
Sergei Kirillov
Chief Commercial Officer, Avride
Van Tucker
VP Technology Partnerships, Harbor Lockers
Anand Gopalan
CEO & Co-Founder, Vayu Robotics
Claudia Preciado
Director of Growth, Hayden AI
Keerthi Vedantam
Technology Reporter, LA Business Journal
Al Martinez
Deputy Executive Officer, LA Metro
Brad Templeton
Publisher, Robocars.com & Chairman Emeritus, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Venkat Srinivasan
Director of Product Management, Last Mile Delivery, Walmart
Harry Campbell
Founder, The Rideshare Guy & The Driverless Digest
Taylor Bennett
Global Head of Public Affairs, DoorDash
2024 Speakers
Randall Winston
Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure, City of Los Angeles
Shin-pei Tsay
Global Head of Policy, Cities & Sustainability, Uber
Sam Polk
CEO & Founder, Everytable
Laura Friedman
Representative, California State Assembly
Matthew Daus
President, International Association of Transportation Regulators
Lauren Sweeney
Co-Founder & CEO, DeliverZero
Jordan Justus
Co-Founder & CEO, Automotus
Jessica Bursztynsky
Staff Writer, Fast Company
Tiya Gordon
Co-Founder, Itselectric
Richard Rea
Corporate Executive Chef, Butcher’s Daughter
Laura Bliss
Editor, Bloomberg News
Gene Oh
CEO, Tranzito
Ed Walker
Vice President Shared Economy & Mobility, Hub
Ricky Michel
Co-Founder & CEO, Ualett
Garrett Wood
CEO & Founder, GetScale
Matt Newberg
Founder, HNGRY
Arielle Fleisher
Policy Development & Research Manager, Waymo
Chad Dennis
Manager, Global Safety Product Strategy & Operations, DoorDash
Ellen Kennedy
Principal, RMI
Alfonso “Poncho” Martinez
James Beard-Nominated Chef, Poncho’s Tlayudas
Marcel Porras
Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, Metro
Suhauna Hussain
Reporter, Los Angeles Times
Chris Neider
VP, Business Development, Starship
Ain McKendrick
CEO, Faction
Lars Erik Fagernæs
CEO, Aviant / Kyte
Debs Schrimmer
Senior Advisor, Joint Office of Energy & Transportation
Haley Rubinson
Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Revel
James Pascoe-Price
Senior Account Executive, Samdesk
Emma Liem Beckett
Lead Editor, Restaurant Dive
Julia Thayne
Senior Principal, RMI
Brendan Bellefeuille
Senior Sales Director, Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Alex Mitchell
Senior Fellow, MIT
Sam Baker
Managing Partner, MobilityFund
Maylin Tu
Journalist
Matthew Potter
Director, Interaction Design, BMW Designworks
Sergio Avedian
Senior Contributor, The Rideshare Guy
Harry Campbell
Founder, The Rideshare Guy
Jonah Bliss
Founder & Chief Curb Whisperer, Curbivore
Keerthi Vedantam
Tech Reporter
Kelly Rula
Director, Urban Freight Lab
2023 Speakers
David Meers
Head of Grocery + Retail Fulfillment Products, Uber
Connie Llanos
Interim General Manager, Los Angeles Dept. of Transportation
Benson Tsai
CEO & Co-Founder, Stellar Pizza
Jackie Davalos
Technology Reporter, Bloomberg
Jordan Justus
Co-Founder & CEO, Automotus
Nav Chadha
VP, Spark Driver Platform, Walmart
Hilary Norton
Chairwoman Emeritus & Commissioner, California Transportation Commission
Michael Montagano
CEO, Kitchen United
Gene Oh
CEO, Tranzito
Candace Nelson
Co-Founder, Sprinkles & Pizzana
Hantz Fevry
Founder & CEO, Stoovo
Chad Lore
Co-Founder & Head of Business Development, Wonder
Akash Agarwal
Founder & Chief Business Officer, Beans.ai
Piers Mainwaring
Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Everee
Nancy Luna
Correspondent, Insider
Barnaby Montgomery
Co-Founder & CEO, Yummy.com
David Pickerell
CEO, Para
Tiya Gordon
Co-Founder, Itselectric
Emre Ucer
Co-Founder & CEO, Pico
Prescott Watson
General Partner, RedBlue Capital
Ed Walker
Vice President Shared Economy & Mobility, Hub
Keerthi Vedantam
Reporter, Crunchbase
Paul Vitrano
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal & Policy Officer, Waev
Justin Robinson
VP of Strategy & Partnerships, Pipedream Labs
Mike Jacobs
Founder & CEO, KitchData
Eddie Navarrette
Vice President, Independent Hospitality Coalition
Drew Grant
Editorial Director, dot.LA
Tom Maguire
Streets Director, SFMTA
Ryan McMahon
SVP, Strategy and Corporate Development, Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Suhauna Hussain
Reporter, Los Angeles Times
Seth Cohen
Co-Founder & President, Sweetfin
Abhi Butchibabu
Senior Director of Product Management, Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Kameale C. Terry
CEO, ChargerHelp!
Ben Schrom
Director of Product Management, Lyft
Jon Sarlin
Journalist, CNN
Maria Shapiro
Partnerships Lead, Nash
Kabir Jain
Chief Growth Officer, Erewhon Market
Harry Campbell
Founder, The Rideshare Guy
Jonah Bliss
Founder & Chief Curb Whisperer, Curbivore
2022 Speakers
From big names like the Co-Founder of ultra-fast delivery unicorn JOKR, the ``rock star of parking`` Donald Shoup, and Michelin-starred restaurateur Josh Kopel, to rising stars from the worlds of delivery, cities, restaurants, and transportation - come learn from the best at Curbivore!
Regina Clewlow
CEO & Co-Founder, Populus
Aspa Lekka
Founder & COO, JOKR
Turner Novak
Founder & Partner, Banana Capital
Eric Garcetti
Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Gene Oh
CEO, Tranzito
Alex Canter
CEO, Ordermark & Nextbite
Kelly Grogan
VP of Sales, Virtual Dining Concepts
Sachin Kansal
VP of Product Management, Uber
Mark Suster
Partner, Upfront Ventures
Laura Bliss
West Coast Bureau Chief, Bloomberg CityLab
Herb Coakley
Founder & CEO, Courial
Donald Shoup
Distinguished Research Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA
Matty Schaefer
CEO & Co-Founder, VADE
Heather Kuklin
Chef & CEO, Madame Shugah
Jordan Justus
CEO, Automotus
Alex Mitchell
SVP Unlocking Innovation, LA Cleantech Incubator
Dan Mitchell
City & Community Engagement, Nuro
Joey Grassia
Founder & Co-CEO, Shef
Louise Matsakis
Investigative Reporter, NBC News
Bobby Brannigan
CEO, Mercato
Dmitry Shevelenko
Co-Founder & President, Tortoise
Janette Villafana
Journalist, L.A. Taco
Joshua Brustein
Technology Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek
Tom Schreiber
CEO, Perch
Seleta Reynolds
General Manager, LADOT
Vaughn Blake
Partner, Blue Bear Capital
Oskar Hjertonsson
Founder & CEO, Cornershop
Sheena Shiravi
VP Marketing, Eaze
Lee Hnetinka
Founder & CEO, FastAF
Kevin Tan
Founder & CEO, Snackpass
Sam Roxas
VP of Public Affairs, REEF
Berber Jin
Reporter, The Information
Kristen Hawley
Founder & Editor, Expedite
David Lin
CEO, Duffl
Carl Hansen
VP Head of Government Relations, Coco
Harry Campbell
Founder, The Rideshare Guy
Josh Kopel
Restaurateur & President, California Restaurant Assoc. – LA
MJ Chun
Co-Founder & VP of Product, Serve Robotics
Matt Newberg
Founder, HNGRY
Denny Post
Former CEO, Red Robin
Keerthi Vedantam
Reporter, dot.LA
Daniel Repka
Head of Sales, Sally
Catherine Geanuracos
Co-Founder & CEO, CityGrows
Jonah Bliss
Curbivore
Nancy Luna
Correspondent, Insider
Matt Geller
Co-Founder & CEO, Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association
Alex Fisch
Councilmember & Former Mayor, Culver City
2020 Speakers
Carl Segal
COO, Reef Technologies
Chris Webb
CEO, ChowNow
Daniel Danker
Head of Product, Uber Eats
Dawn Miller
Head of Policy, Coord
Vignesh Ganapathy
Government Relations, Postmates
Esther Tseng
Food Journalist
Ryan Pershad
Global Operations Manager, Getswift
Tara & Celene Carrara
Chefs & Founders, Bungkus Bagus
Bobby Brannigan
CEO, Mercato
Kristen Barnett
Director of Strategy, Zuul Kitchens
Judy Ni
Chef & Founder, Baology
Peter Szalontay
CEO, Full Kitchen
Steve Simoni
CEO, Bbot
Amir Efrati
Executive Editor, The Information
Harry Campbell
Founder, The Rideshare Guy
Jill Sandin
Founder, JS2PR
Jonah Bliss
Curbivore | VP New Media & Marketing, CoMotion
Luke Hopping
Micromobility / Curbivore
David Zipper
Visiting Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Mina Nada
CEO, Zoomo
Alex Canter
CEO, Ordermark
Marlee Blodgett
Co-Founder, La Morra Pizza
Michael Manion
CEO, Kitchen Podular
Kelly Grogan
VP Sales, Virtual Dining Concepts
Sean Maloney
Manager, Osteria Mozza
Meghan Sahli-Wells
Councilmember (and former Mayor), Culver City
Michele Kyrouz
Host, Smarter Cars Podcast
Matthew Johnson-Roberson
Co-Founder, Refraction AI
David Mack
SVP Policy & Public Affairs, Eaze
Kelly Rula
New Mobility Lead, Seattle DOT
Michal Nakashimada
Movements
Ben Morris
CEO, Coaster Cycles
Julia Thayne DeMordaunt
Mobility Innovation at Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Tafarai Bayne
Chief Strategist, CicLAvia
Sandy Heyaime
LA Nightlife Alliance
Matt Newberg
Founder, HNGRY
Laura Bliss
West Coast Bureau Chief, Bloomberg CityLab
Farley Elliott
Senior Editor, Eater LA
John Rossant
Chairman,
NewCities Foundation
Founder and CEO, CoMotion
Valerie Libutti
Chef & Founder, VeganTravelEats
Harrison Azizi
Director of Operations, Bond
Mark Ferguson
Senior Delivery Contributor, The Rideshare Guy
Michaela Balderston
Head of Communications, Tusk Ventures
Chris Vaughn
CEO & Founder, Saucey
Jackie Gonzalez
Founder, Cinemauto
Emma Liem Beckett
Editor, Restaurant Dive
Jameson Detweiler
Co-Founder, Fantasmo
Lava Sunder
General Manager, Culdesac
Andrew Rigie
Executive Director, New York City Hospitality Alliance
Christelle Rohaut
CEO, Codi
Dmitry Shevelenko
Co-Founder, Tortoise
Scott Fitsimones
Co-Founder, AirGarage
