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Leah Solivan

Founder of Breaking Precedent the Podcast

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founder, Creator, and Host

    2024 - Current

  • Board Member

    2024

    Founded in 1996, PetMeds delivers pet medications, food, health services and other products direct to the consumer at PetMeds.com and PetCareRx.com and through its toll-free number (1-800-PetMeds). PetMeds aims to provide incredible care and services that are affordable to the broadest group of pet parents--because every pet deserves to live a long, happy, healthy life. Ms. Solivan has served on the Board since June 2024 and is a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Compensation and Human Capital Committee.

  • Member

    2024

    LCDA is a community of US Latinos at the highest levels of corporate leadership that are committed to paying it forward. Our mission is to develop, support, and increase the number of US Latinos on corporate boards. LCDA's strategy to accelerate Latino placements on corporate boards is focused on three areas: Grow Demand, Grow Supply, Raise Awareness

  • Regional Chair, Pacific US

    2023

    As Regional Chair for Pacific US, Leah leads a regional board and executive committee spanning 9 US states, representing 39 YPO Chapters and over 4,000 members.

  • Alexander L. Cappello Award Winner

    2020

    The Alexander L. Cappello Award is the highest honor in Membership Development. This award recognizes and celebrates a YPO champion who has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment and exceptional engagement to the recruitment of new and diverse YPO members and the development of new YPO chapter/s with impactful results in their chapter and region and beyond.

  • YPO Member, Leader

    2014

    Leah has been a member of the Young President’s Organization (YPO) since 2014. She served on the Board of Directors for the Golden Gate Chapter of YPO in San Francisco from 2016 to 2022, including a role as Chapter Chair, and the YPO Pacific US Regional Executive Committee since 2022. She is a founding member of the Pacific Star Chapter. Leah has also served YPO internationally as a Leadership Workshop Champion and has been recognized internationally for her contribution in recruiting and engaging more underrepresented members in YPO.

  • Pacific US, Regional Membership Officer

    2022 - 2023

  • Venture Advisor

    2021

    Screendoor supports underrepresented General Partners of emerging venture capital funds by providing capital, access and mentorship.

  • Managing Director

    2017

    FUEL is an early-stage fund dedicated to becoming one the most trusted firms in venture. We want to be more than a source of capital - we want to be true confidantes to every founder in the FUEL family. We stand in our founder’s corner, not their kitchen. We leverage our resources, connections, experience, and expertise to carve a shortcut for them - so their energy is spent on building the future, instead of knocking on doors. FUEL was founded in 2013 by Chris Howard and Brad Silverberg. Leah Busque, founder of TaskRabbit, joined as General Partner in 2017. Fuel primarily invests in consumer, marketplace, and infrastructure businesses.

  • Advisor

    2016

    Monica+Andy aspires to be the most thoughtful children's apparel brand on the market. Thoughtful in the materials we select, the content we produce, and the lives we touch. All of our products and services are designed and approved by moms, for moms in order to ensure that they're up to the best standards for kids.

  • Member

    2014

    The Forum of Young Global Leaders (YGL) is a community of innovators from diverse backgrounds and experiences. The World Economic Forum recognizes a small group of YGLs each year who are accelerating the impact across borders and sectors to shape a more inclusive and sustainable future.

  • Board Trustee

    2015 - 2018

    Sweet Briar College is a women's liberal arts college in Sweet Briar, Virginia, United States, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Lynchburg, Virginia. The college is on 3,250 acres in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the former estate of the college's founder, Indiana Fletcher Williams. Sweet Briar was established in 1901 as the Sweet Briar Institute and opened its doors in 1906. Known as Sweet Briar College, the school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Education.

  • Executive Chairwoman & Founder

    2016 - 2017

    TaskRabbit is revolutionizing every day work. We help people become their most productive selves every day. TaskRabbit.com or download the mobile app.

  • Founder and CEO

    2008 - 2016

    TaskRabbit is revolutionizing every day work. We help people become their most productive selves every day. TaskRabbit.com or download the mobile app.

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