May 28: Randi Zuckerberg, Steve Grove, Chris Sacca on Government 2.0

Our Startup2Startup speakers for May 28 are: Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook, Steve Grove of YouTube, and Chris Sacca, ex-Googler and a Twitter investor. 

They will speak about how the Internet, social networks, and social media are being used in government and democracy, and what it means for both entrepreneurs and citizens.

Here is a brief interview Brian Phillips conducted with our speakers before their talk (more video footage below):

Randi Zuckerberg manages marketing initiatives at Facebook, where she has led the Facebook US election and international politics strategy, and managed several large media partnerships. Included in The Hollywood Reporter’s 2008 Digital Power List, Randi has led projects ranging from the ABC News/Facebook Presidential Debates to the CNN/Facebook Inauguration Day Partnership and Comcast’s Facebook Diaries. She is a television spokeswoman for Facebook and has made appearances on Good Morning America, The Today Show, France 2, and World News to discuss Facebook’s marketing and political initiatives. Most recently, Randi represented Facebook as a correspondent for CNN.com’s Inauguration Day live broadcast. Randi is a graduate of Harvard University and has a passion for Italian opera and Broadway showtunes.

Steve Grove is the news and political director at YouTube, where he directs all news and political programming for the company, including the YouTube CitizenTube blog & video channel.  Steve’s work at YouTube has included the development of You Choose ‘08, YouTube’s 2008 Elections platform that hosted presidential campaign YouTube channels, election news coverage and commentary from voters and media organizations, and spawned two presidential debates in partnership with CNN. He develops and manages media programs with national and local news and political partners, in order to increase citizen engagement and in politics, government, and news reporting. Originally from Northfield, Minnesota, Steve worked at the Boston Globe and ABC News prior to joining the YouTube. He received a Master’s in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 2006.

Christopher Sacca is an investor, advisor, and entrepreneur in a number of consumer web, mobile, and wireless companies, including Twitter.  Previously at Google, Chris served as Head of Special Initiatives and was responsible for telecom projects including Google’s 700MHz and TV white spaces spectrum initiatives, and  Google’s free citywide WiFi network. Chris also led many Google business development and M&A transactions.  Most recently, Chris worked on President Barack Obama’s campaign as a Telecommunications, Media, and Technology advisor, and as Co-Chair of Finance and a Trustee of the Presidential Inaugural Committee.  Prior to Google, Chris held executive roles at Speedera Networks (acquired by Akamai), and was also an attorney with Fenwick & West where he handled venture capital, M&A, and licensing transactions.  Chris graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, and graduated cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Chris also attended university at each of Universidad Católica del Ecuador, University College Cork, and the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.  Chris lives in San Francisco and is an avid surfer, kitesurfer, skier, and triathlete.

[Part I of III of the Government 2.0 talk]

[Part II of III of the Government 2.0 talk]

[Part III of III of the Government 2.0 talk]