Adventurer, Polar Explorer and Mountain Climber Alison Levine to Keynote

FinFoundHer, the Ultimate Women's Business Adventure, May 19-20, Chicago

Chicago, IL, April 10, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Adventurer, mountain climber and polar explorer Alison
Levine will kick off FinFoundHer, the ultimate women's business adventure on May 19-20 at evolveHer
in Chicago.

Author of the New York Times' best-selling book “On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Everest and
Other Extreme Environments,” Levine has scaled the Seven Summits and skied to the North and South
Poles, becoming one of only 30 people in the world to complete the Adventure Grand Slam. She was
team captain of the American Women's Everest Expedition. She formed the Climb High Foundation in
2005 to improve the lives of jobless women in Africa by teaching them to be trekking guides and porters,
which enables them to earn a living wage. She also is the Executive Producer of the movie, “The Glass
Ceiling.”

“No one teaches leadership or embodies adventure in the way that Alison does,” said FinFoundHer
co-founder Kristin Fox. “She's been there when things 'get real' on the mountain and in business and her
insights for getting to the summit are invaluable. It's an extraordinary beginning to our adventure.”

FinFoundHer is two days of dual-track adventure-themed immersive workshops designed to bring women
founders (pre-start-ups, start-ups and growth-focused business owners), investors and industry experts
together to learn how to scale the toughest peaks and summit your dream business successfully.

Start-up entrepreneurs will trek through ideation, from concept to construct; design a path to profitability;
and learn to successfully navigate the tough fundraising trails.

Veteran entrepreneurs will learn to scale faster and smarter, while keeping their eyes firmly on the
summit. Scalers will focus on growth strategies, including buy, build or partner; acquiring the
competition; and evaluating capital-raising needs, options and planning.

Start-ups and scalers also will explore the many facets of capital-raising, from angels to venture debt and
crowdfunding to SBA loans. Workshops will teach attendees how to build the proper business ecosystem
to avoid working without a net; finding your perfect pitch; and the time-honored arts of selling and
negotiating.

FinFoundHer is the creation of Kristin Fox, Holly Glowaty and Kristen Thiry, three adventurous
entrepreneurs and advocates for women-owned businesses.

About Us:
Kristin Fox is a serial entrepreneur, brand builder, networker and award-winning journalist. She has spent
more than two decades bringing alternative investment managers and investors together to engage and
educate one another, creating better informed investors on both sides of the table. Her career highlights
include: President of Hedge Fund Research, Inc., where she created the firm's signature conferences and

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ran the HFR Journal; Director of News & Research/Executive Editor, HedgeWorld, where Kristin ran the
news, education and conference division of the industry-standard information business that was sold to
Reuters in 2005. Following her tenure at Thomson Reuters, she formed FoxInspires LLC, which provides
private-label educational materials and events, as well as investor and media relations for alternative
investment managers and investors. Kristin also is a founding board member of 100 Women in Hedge
Funds, now 100 Women in Finance.

Holly Glowaty is Co-Founder of the Chicago-based payment technology consulting firm: K+H
Connection and is founding Co-Producer of Flourish: The Growth of Branded Currency Conference.
Through Flourish, Holly works to gather world-class speakers and industry experts from both within the
branded currency industry and the broader FinTech community, to come together to discuss the future
and growth of our industry. In producing the conference, she is able to bring her knowledge of
new/alternative solutions and non-traditional channels to her consulting practice at K+H Connection.
K+H Connection audits merchant gift card, loyalty, promotional, stored-value and prepaid programs, in
order to find new growth opportunities and technology partners for our merchant clients. Holly has spent
over 12 years working with merchants to create profitable partnerships in FinTech, loyalty/rewards and
Sports Marketing. She has represented major gift card portfolios for JCPenney and Staples; created
numerous loyalty program partnerships and helped to develop relationships with merchants for the
Chicago Fire Soccer Club and Raise.com. Holly is a founding member of the YMCA of Metro Chicago
Associate Board, a founding Chair of FinTEx: FinTech Women, a mentor at 1871, a Member of The Gift
Card Network, The Incentive Marketing Association, and The Incentive Gift Card Council.

Kristen Thiry has over a decade of payments experience working for some of the Nation's largest
financial institutions. In her 8-year tenure at Discover Financial Services, Kristen held many roles on both
the card issuing side of the business as well as the Network. She managed the gift card redemption
program for Discover's $1 Billion Cashback Bonus rewards program. This included working with nearly
200 of the Nation's largest retailers. She also managed a large portfolio of Discover Network branded
prepaid programs spanning various open-loop, RAN and emerging payment technologies. While with
Capital One, Kristen managed the Neiman Marcus private label credit card program. Kristen is
co-founder and co-producer for the premier conference focused specifically on the Branded Currency
industry, Flourish: The Growth of Branded Currency. She leverages her background and knowledge to
curate the content presented at the conference. Kristen served on the Board of Directors for the Incentive
Gift Card Council. As a founding member of FinTEx: FinTech Women, Kristen is dedicated to creating
awareness, connections & opportunities, while amplifying the success of women changemakers in the
Chicago FinTech ecosystem. She is a member of the Gift Card Network, the Incentive Marketing
Association, and the Incentive Gift Card Council. Her peers in the industry look to her as a thought leader
and frequent presenter at industry events. In 2017 Kristen was named one of the Top 25 Most Influential
People in the Incentive Industry by Incentive Magazine.

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Contact Information:
FoxInspires LLC
Kristin Fox
708-267-2584
Contact via Email
www.finfoundher.com

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