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Overture focuses on the intersection of innovation and our culture of change.

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“Advances in mobile technology and digital connectivity provide unparalleled opportunities to deliver social impact and economic returns to millions of people in developing countries”

— Ann Mei Chang, Executive Director of the U.S. Global Development Lab at USAID
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OVERTURE GLOBAL is a media platform and thought leadership community built to inspire those working across boundaries, industries, disciplines, and generations. We curate conversations for a young, digital, connected audience in a variety of media. We cross borders to deliver stories on culture, technology, politics, science, entrepreneurship, and more, illustrating how these categories blend into one another.

Overture is also a movement--a community of members including the World Bank, International Rescue Committee, US State Department, British State Department, Johnson & Johnson, Spotify, S’well, and many others. And we’re always onboarding more.

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Digital

Overture publishes premium, exclusive feature articles, news, videos, and other content online through its website and other digital channels. We also syndicate contributions from Overture Global members and partners.

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Print

Overture magazine, launched in summer 2018, is a prestige-format publication available via online subscription as well as newsstands at Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million in the United States. All print content is available via digital subscription, which also includes online exclusives. Our editorial focus covers subjects like refugee issues, water and food supply, infrastructure, machine intelligence, sustainability, medicine, climate change, social entertainment, and much more.

Events

Overture presents live events in New York, London, and Berlin, covering topics like STEM+HD, water supply, food and nutrition, and more. Past events featured speakers such as Valerie Jarrett (former Special Advisor to President Obama) and Jen Crozier (President, IBM Foundation and Vice President, IBM Corporate Citizenship).

With a strong focus on technology and innovation in the humanitarian space, this community of influencers is able to tackle issues such as global health, sustainability, transportation, data management, food security, violence, displacement, and beyond. Improving the world is possible if technology and business collaborate with humanitarian organizations these events provide a spark for invaluable connections.

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Our Team

The people behind Overture

Donnovan Andrews

CEO & Founder

With a wealth of experience in international tech, media, and advertising –and an expansive background of entre- and intrapreneurship– Donnovan decided to act on his passion to accelerate the traditional approaches to global humanitarianism: through innovation and collaboration. In 2015, he founded Overture to leverage his connections, and to foster dialogue and partnerships, with the ultimate goal of encouraging development of technology solutions that will improve the lives of humankind. Before forming Overture, Donnovan was the 4A´s first-ever external appointee. As Chief Advisor of Digital Media and Innovation, he guided the 96-year-old organization and its 800 member agencies in all digital media matters. In 2010, as VP of Strategic Development for Tribal Fusion, he expanded the firm´s digital marketing industry revenue, reach, and leadership, and built an internal startup: Firefly Video, a calculated video-ad network leveraging site relationships to bring personalized service to brand advertisers worldwide. As Firefly´s President, he steered the site’s global launch in nine countries, establishing offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Earlier in his career, Donnovan built his own agency, Performance Bridge (with clients such as American Express, ESPN, Coca-Cola, Financial Times, AOL, and Sony/BMG), while he managed brands (e.g., Tanqueray, Fast Company, Bank of America, Reuters, and McDonald´s) at Deutsch Advertising and DDB Worldwide. As an industry expert, Donnovan has been featured in VentureBeat and MediaPost, and as a CNBC contributor. He has lectured about media and technology at Columbia Business School and in Paris at Sciences Po University and Université Paris Dauphine. He has a Bachelor’s in Political Science and Journalism from St. Bonaventure University, and an Executive Education Certificate from Wharton Business School. Donnovan splits his time between NY and London. He is thrilled at the partnerships and support Overture has already inspired. Find him on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Christina D’asaro

DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC OPERATIONS

Christina spent well over a decade in the advertising/marketing industry helping Fortune 500 companies like IBM, Pepsi, and FedEx develop effective advertising, marketing communication, and branding campaigns. Her expertise is centered around helping corporations, organizations, and start-ups translate their vision, mission, and goals into strategic and executional, actionable plans that deliver results. Christina could not be happier to be a part of the Overture team, and helping to facilitate conversations that lead to positive change. Find her on LinkedIn.

Caitlin Kawaguchi

PROGRAM MANAGER

Caitlin has over six years of international experience catalyzing impact in the human rights, sustainable development, and humanitarian sector. Her work spans three continents and includes projects with grassroots organizations, intergovernmental institutions, NGOs, and corporations. She is passionate about helping nonprofits, companies, and social enterprises maximize their impact and create business value through partnership development, strategic planning, organizational development, and program management. Caitlin is thrilled to be a part of Overture and helping connect the tech, media, and humanitarian sectors to address global challenges. Find her on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Chris Mohney

EDITORIAL LEAD

Chris has worked in media, publishing, tech, video, and editorial for 20 years, at companies ranging from Gawker Media to Tumblr to Serious Eats among others. He writes and edits about books, magazines, news, social media, video shorts and series, entertainment, culture, politics, and pretty much anything else involving words, pictures, and people.

Julie McGinnis

Executive Assistant

Julie has over 20 years of executive management and administrative experience, working with CEOs, Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and human resources. Over the course of her career, Julie's responsibilities have included administrative management and coordination, travel, staff management, project management, the implementation of software, CRM and database solutions, and team coordination and training. Julie supports Donnovan, in addition to the rest of the team, in several different capacities, and is an integral part of the Overture team. Find her on LinkedIn.

Kareem Lawrence

Digital Project Manager

Kareem has worked for Internet related businesses from the earliest days of what we now call the Internet. Throughout his career, through the good (or bad) fortune of being there at the start Kareem worked for companies that produced some of the earliest instances of streaming video and audio of live concerts, downloadable music (to CD), as well as early online business to business ventures. Eventually he arrived at Sony where he worked on internal and external projects like the launch of Pottermore which brought the Harry Potter experience online for the first time.

Executive Advisory Board

  • Seema Kumar

    Vice President Innovation, Global Health and Science Policy Communication

    Johnson & Johnson

  • Nouriel Roubini

    Cofounder and Chairman

    Roubini Global Economics

  • Denelle Dixon

    Executive Director and CEO

    Stellar

  • Andy Chen

    Investor

    VWO

  • Richard Wolffe

    CEO

    ThinkShift Digital

  • Marc Mathieu

    former Chief Marketing Officer

    Samsung Electronics America

Our Advisory Board

  • Danielle Lee

    Chief Fan Officer

    National Basketball Association

  • Christian Borges

    Senior VP, Marketing

    true[X]

  • Sehra Eusufzai

    VP, Brand Strategy & Communications

    Dataminr

  • Sarah Cliffe

    Director

    Center on International Cooperation

  • Andrew Chapman

    CEO & Founder

    Chapman Concepts

  • Filiep Decorte

    Deputy Director

    UN-Habitat

  • Sarah Fay

    Managing Director

    Glasswing Venture

  • Michael Lebowitz

    CEO & Founder

    Big Spaceship

  • Micky Padway

    Economic Development & Finance Consultant

  • Marcus Samuelsson

    Chef & Restauranteur

    Red Rooster

  • Rick Song

    Senior Vice Preisdent & Group Head, Digital

    Nielsen

  • Dune Ives

    Executive Director

    Lonely Whale

  • Leila Pirhaji

    Chief Executive Officer

    ReviveMed

  • Maryum Saifee

    Kellen Term Member

    Council on Foreign Relations

  • Jody Reiss

    Vice President Sales

    TIME

  • April Reign

    Activist, Attorney and founder of #oscarssowhite

    Principal at Reignstorm Ventures, Inc.


We're hiring !

Marketing Team

  • Senior Events Manager

    New York, NY

    As the Senior Events Manager you will help tell the OVERTURE story through engaging corporate events. This role will collaborate across all internal stakeholders as well as external partners and customers. Utilizing creativity balanced with high levels of organization this role will help deliver the OVERTURE brand experience.

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Partnerships Team

  • Account Executive

    New York, NY

    OVERTURE's Partnerships Team works with leading organizations and agencies to celebrate brands, share compelling stories, and highlight efforts and thought leadership. If you enjoy cultivating and owning partner relationships, have at least three years of experience in business development/sales, and are inspired by OVERTURE's mission, then this role is ideal for you. This position reports directly to the CEO.

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