Team

Amanda Thrower
Executive Producer & Organizer

Amanda Thrower is a writer, marketing extraordinaire, design expert, and TED fanatic. Always drawn to the remarkable stories of everyday people, Thrower pursued a path of journalism after earning a B.A. in English from Michigan State University. She began her career at Bloomberg in New York. A year and a half later, she moved to California to write and produce stories for NBC San Diego—at three in the morning. Stuck between the rigid confines of reporting news and her desire to paint the world more profoundly than 30-second sound bites offered, she transitioned into a marketing role where she applied her creativity to several ventures. Managing brand identity, press releases, and marketing, she has enjoyed transforming thought into form. Thrower is co-chair of The La Jolla Foundation, Inc. She is a triathlete and runner, and avidly believes that movement will keep us thriving. She is currently pursuing here MFA in Fiction at Columbia University and writing a historical fiction novel based on a female journalist in post-WWII China.

Mitch Thrower
Co-Organizer & Curator

Mitch Thrower is an entrepreneur, financier, business strategist, author and triathlete. Thrower is currently serving as founder and CEO of Events.com, a technology and marketing services company that provides a platform to assist major brands, affinity groups, and the public sector with membership, registration and CRM. Thrower also serves as Chairman of The La Jolla Foundation, a 501c3 foundation whose primary initiative is Project Active, providing money, mentoring, encouragement and education to areas of world tension. Thrower has lectured at many colleges such as Stanford University, Anderson School at UCLA, UCSD and the University of San Diego where he served as the "Entrepreneur in Residence" teaching Entrepreneurship. Thrower is the Co-Founder of The Active Network, Inc., a software, marketing and registration powerhouse for activities and events. He has competed in 22 Ironman Triathlons and is the only photo journalist to ever photograph and video the Ironman Triathlon World Championships while competing in the event. He has attended the TED conference and can't imagine a world without TED Talks.