Executive director - bella irons

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Bella has helped entrepreneurs, boards, organizations, institutions, and founders build out all three Web 1, 2, and 3 industries.  Developing key areas of each—from email to mobile, social  sharing platforms, multimedia integrations, and virtual EdTech  platforms— Bella now works within AI, Metaverse, crypto, blockchain, smart contracts, digital assets, consensus mechanisms, and virtual education systems for clients around the world.

Bella's belief in technology to aid evolution is at the heart of their work bridging both the academic and the Web3 communities through the aWeb3c non-profit. A personal commitment to expand opportunity, equality, and compassion through our technological mechanisms of change.

Bella holds Masters degrees in Digital Fine Arts (Poetics) and Business Management and sits on working groups at Harvard Divinity School's Arts in Spirituality, the World Metaverse Council and was voted onto a King County Board position (Seattle) for three years in June of 2024. 

They are currently finishing their Ph.D. on Compassionate Technology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.

• Lesbians Who Tech PRIDE 23' Summit Session Metaverse Modality : Exploring the Intersection of Arts, Technology, and Ethical Design
• Top 100  - 2023 LGBTQ PROFESSIONALS
• Creative Commons Summit 2023 Developing Compassionate Technology using Arts-Based Research
• London Intercultural Center - EMPOWERHER 2024 - presented on Compassionate Technology for  ALL: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in Tech
• Hack HERZ Podcast - Human Circuits: The Emotional Code of Tech
• The Second Renaissance. Mirror (NFT). (2022).
• The Case for Creating a DeSoc Lexicon — evolving earn to secure. Medium. (2022).