Miriam Warren

Miriam Warren is the Chief Diversity Officer at Yelp and Board Chair of the Yelp Foundation, which counts nonprofits like La Cocina in San Francisco and Hot Bread Kitchen in New York among its grantees. Miriam joined Yelp in 2007, serving in a variety of marketing and operational roles, including leading the company’s expansion efforts internationally as Vice President of New Markets. Presently, she heads a team working at the intersection of culture, engagement, social impact and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Miriam has been quoted in The New York Times, Fortune, Mic, and Good Morning America online, among others, and authors Yelp’s Annual Diversity Report. She’s previously been published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and Fast Company.

Vivek Patel

Vivek joined Yelp in 2009 and is responsible for product and design. He oversees both consumer-facing and revenue-generating products. Prior to Yelp, Vivek was Director of Product Management at SugarSync, a cloud storage and synchronization service. Vivek started his career as an entrepreneur and co-founded a company that developed Blazer, one of the first mobile web browsers that shipped on Treo smartphones. Vivek holds a B.S. in computer science and an M.A. in learning, design, and technology from Stanford University.