Noreen is a seasoned entrepreneur, a former Senior Advisor for a successful international real estate firm and mother of two children. As a mother with children involved in extracurricular activities, she was faced with the challenges of balancing schedules, events, after-school activities, and her career. Noreen resides in Washington, D.C. with her children and enjoys giving back to her community.

Yaron has more than 30 years of international experience overseeing operations, technology and full-scale product and system development, including implementation with a focus on continual technology enhancement, multifaceted project management, technical management, pre-sales management, and client support. Before rubi, Yaron was the CPO at BACCH, COO and CPO at Sensics, vice president of Products at Software and Systems Engineering, customer success at Hi-G-Tek, manager of Products and Systems Development at L-3 Communications, and Vice President of Professional Services, System Engineering, Customer Success and QA at Vsoft.

Yaron is a member of The IEEE Computer Society and has two B.S. degrees in Management Information Systems and Business Administration, and two Associate degrees in Computer Engineering Technology and Computer-Aided Design and Drafting.

Melissa grew up in Tucson, Arizona. As a young person, she learned the value of volunteering. In the 6th grade, her teacher asked her to help with a new class devoted to teaching children with special needs. She loved it so much she spent the rest of the year assisting them. This experience sparked what will be a lifetime dedicated to service and volunteering. At 17 she spent part of her summer in Nicaragua with Amigos De Las Americas teaching people how to brush their teeth, building latrines and giving immunizations for measles, polio, tetanus and DPT. After attending college in Tucson and studying Broadcasting, she became a news reporter for a local station. After a few years her focus changed from being on the air to helping businesses market to the community by selling and writing commercials. This started her journey across the country working for stations in Tucson, San Francisco, and Minneapolis. She married and raised a daughter, Emily, who is now 29. All the while continuing her dedication to service as a volunteer for many years sitting on several boards and helping raise money for nonprofit organizations. Some of the organizations she has worked with are:

• Jubilee Association Foundation of Montgomery County
• Adventure Theater/Musical Theater Center (ATMTC)
• Mentors Inc.
• Ikebana International D.C. chapter
• National Foundation for Cancer Research
• Women’s Heart Board
• American Heart Association
• National Capital Area Garden Clubs
• Global Buddies: Uganda,and Montgomery County Master Gardeners - University of Maryland Extension.

Rubi Relief is honored and proud to count her as a valued member our team.

Jeff Hoffman is a successful entrepreneur, proven CEO, worldwide motivational speaker, published author, film producer, and a producer of a Grammy-winning jazz album in 2015. In addition to founding multiple startups, Jeff has served as CEO of both public and private companies, as well as as a senior executive in many capacities. Jeff has been part of a number of well-known companies, including Priceline.com. uBid.com, ColorJar, and more. Jeff is a frequent keynote speaker, having been invited to speak in over 50 countries, on the topics of innovation, entrepreneurship, and business leadership. He is the co-author of the book SCALE, and a featured business expert seen on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, CNN International, Bloomberg News, CNBC, ABC, and NPR, and in publications including Forbes, Inc., Time, Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, and more.

Aubrey brings nearly two decades of experience in media relations, crisis communications and integrated communications campaigns. Her career has crossed agency, nonprofit and in-house roles. Specializing in integrated marketing, Aubrey has supported a wide array of clients, leading strategic communications campaigns, branding, consumer projects and media relations programs reaching audiences in North America, Asia and Europe. Past projects have included guiding communications strategy for the National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program, leading marketing and communications efforts for Lansinoh, and serving as vice president of communications for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Aubrey was named a "Rising PR Star" by Bulldog Reporter in 2017 and a PRWeek Champion of PR in 2018. She studied public relations and political science at Brigham Young University.

Matt is a Principal of Cresa. He is involved in the operation of the Washington DC Metropolitan offices, as he continues to foster new relationships with different corporate users and provide strategic and consultative advice on business and real estate matters. Matt has dedicated himself to working with the younger hires in the organization to share his knowledge and experience. Prior to joining Cresa, Matt spent nearly 12 years at Studley as a Corporate Managing Director and had also been the owner of two real estate finance companies. This has allowed him to draw upon prior experiences to provide his clients with a unique perspective to optimize and enhance the value of their real estate holdings through well thought out solutions.

Ken Brodkowitz is an experienced investment professional and joined Gries Financial in 2016. Earlier in his career, working for Goldman Sachs, Ken worked in institutional sales and later served as co-head of Proprietary Trading. Subsequently, he was a long/short equity portfolio manager for Galleon Group followed by Balyasny Asset Management. Prior to joining Gries Financial, he was co-founder and Managing Partner of Newland Capital Management, a $1.3B long/short and event driven hedge fund. Ken received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a member of the baseball team, and his M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is currently an adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Maryland and on the board of crowdjoy, a location proximity internet company; he was previously on the board of So What Else, an organization helping lower income children and families.