THE AMPERSAND SUMMIT 2025

​THE AMPERSAND SUMMIT 2025
Hosted by The Ampersand Manifesto podcast

​A one-of-a-kind gathering for multi-hyphenate humans who make their mark in multiple worlds.

• ​Do you refuse to follow just one path?

• ​Do you manage 2, maybe 3 different careers or passions?

• ​Are you always connecting different disciplines?

​👉🏼 If so...this event is for you!

​Come together to meet other people like you, forge connections with those who "get it", and share your creative work in a supportive and enthusiastic space.

​What’s happening:

🤝 Community circles – share what it's like to juggle many roles, and feel connected in the struggles & the joys

🎤 Works-in-progress showcase – share what you've been working on, at "performance level", "practice level", or anywhere in-between

🎉 Unexpected sparks & soulful collisions – find collaborators, mutual support, and inspiration

🧀 Light bites and refreshments

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​AGENDA

• ​3 - 3:25: Gather, mingle, enjoy refreshments

• ​3:25 - 3:30: Host welcome & kickoff activity

• ​3:30 - 4:45: Community circles

• ​4:45 - 6:30: Works-in-progress show

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​About us:

​Jessica

​Jessica Wan is an ICF-certified executive coach, venture partner, and former marketing executive with 20 years of leadership experience at Apple, Smule, Magoosh, and the SF Opera. A classically trained soprano, Jessica has led a dual career for the past two decades, performing opera, art song, and musical theatre with orgs like Pocket Opera, LIEDER ALIVE!, Goat Hall Productions, the Berkeley Fringe Festival, and Opera on Tap.

​She is the creator and host of The Ampersand Manifesto podcast, where she interviews leaders who straddle corporate and creative worlds. The podcast recently made the Top 25 list of GoodPods podcasts in the Careers category.

​Jessica holds an MBA from Berkeley-Haas and earned dual degrees in Music & Product Design from Stanford. Her 3rd Ampersand is mom to a 9-year-old.

​Steph

​Stephanie Wu is a triple M: musician, mom, and marketer who worked at tech companies like Google and Coursera. She recently left her corporate marketing job to dive fully into music. As the Assistant Principal Cellist of the Berkeley Symphony since 2009, she also teaches in Bay Area public schools and runs a private cello studio. Stephanie is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University with a B.A. in Social Studies and Music. She also holds a Master’s in Cello Performance from the Royal Northern College of Music and an MBA from Berkeley-Haas.     

​Reichi

​Reichi has more roles than most people have tabs open. She’s a mom to two screenagers, a lawyer, tech policy leader, digital wellness educator, and certified fitness and yoga instructor. Inspired by the intersection of advocacy and health, she founded Healthfully—a consulting practice that helps families, schools, and kids build healthy tech habits in a fast-changing world. Reichi holds degrees in Economics and Political Science from UCLA and a JD from UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings—a name she proudly helped change once she found out what that name stood for). When she’s not working, you’ll find her raising good trouble in local politics.