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Tom Tom Founders Festival 2018

The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is a week-long celebration of innovators, visionaries, and artists who are shaping small cities. The Festival occurs at dozens of venues throughout downtown Charlottesville.

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Tom Ferrell

FAA Consulting
Principal
Charlottesville

faaconsulting.com

I work in aviation safety. Day job is focused on FAA compliance, process assurance, and detailed review of engineering data.

When not working on aircraft systems, my other passions are the local performing arts scene and woodworking (and books and movies).

5:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: Under the Veil: Inside the Wedding IndustryFull Community Investment Collaborative OfficesWaverly Davis • Mark Hahn • Angelica Laws • Community Investment Collaborative

3:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: Gutenberg: The Future of WordPressFull Studio IXTodd Wickersty • Page Wood • StoryWare

6:00pm EDT

The Presidency at a CrossroadsNow Open The Paramount TheaterWilliam Antholis • Douglas Blackmon • Nicole Hemmer • Bill Kristol • John Negroponte • Neera Tanden • Miller Center at UVA

9:00am EDT

OPENING KEYNOTE: Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey Into the Heart of AmericaNow Open The Jefferson TheaterDeborah Fallows • James Fallows • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

10:30am EDT

Master Class: Discover Your Positioning DNA and Dominate Your CompetitionNow Open Old Metropolitan HallHenry Hwong • StoryWare • Willowtree

12:00pm EDT

Just Eat: The Future of FoodNow Open The Paramount TheaterJane Black • Greg Asbed • Melody Barnes • Seth Goldman • Beyond Meat

2:05pm EDT

KEYNOTE: How to Fail Spectacularly at AnalyticsFull Violet Crown - Theater 5Antonia de Medinaceli • S&P Global • Capital One

3:30pm EDT

Tour: The Evolution of Industry at Woolen MillsAlmost Full Woolen MillsLee Catlin • Brian Roy • Albemarle County

8:00pm EDT

What Unites Us: Reflections on PatriotismNow Open The Paramount TheaterDahlia Lithwick • Dan Rather • University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences • C-Ville Weekly

9:00am EDT

Founding Stories - GRIT: Overcoming AdversityNow Open The Paramount TheaterNatalie Brzezinski • Mark Brzezinski • Bradford Manning • Leland Melvin • Bryan Smith • Mark Warner • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

10:30am EDT

Founding Stories - CREATIVITY: Building Outside the BoxNow Open The Paramount TheaterMark Brzezinski • Vincent Kadlubek • Willowtree • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

11:00am EDT

Founding Stories: Success to ScaleNow Open The Paramount TheaterMark Brzezinski • Eric Martin • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Shan-Lyn Ma • Nancy Twine

2:00pm EDT

Founding Stories - VISION: From success to scaleNow Open The Paramount TheaterNatalie Brzezinski • Steve Huffman • Jigar Shah • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

3:00pm EDT

Founding Stories - PURPOSE: Founding for ImpactNow Open The Paramount TheaterMark Brzezinski • Zac Bookman • Renee Diresta • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

5:00pm EDT

Block Party Emancipation ParkNew Belgium • C-Ville Weekly