Summer Crenshaw

Chair

Summer Crenshaw is a serial entrepreneur and speaker with over 15 years experience in marketing, branding, strategy and business development. Today Summer serves the COO and Co-founder at tilr, a revolutionary algorithmic hiring solution for companies and job-seekers that automates recruitment. tilr has scaled to 17 cities across the U.S. and has been recognized as CNBC's Upstart 100 Most Promising Startup and VentureBeat's Top Startup outside of Silicon Valley. A recipient of Cincinnati Business Courier's 40 under 40 Award and Women Who Mean Business Award, she is an advocate for women in tech and a leader in the Startup ecosystem in the Midwest. Her passion is rooted in creating value for underserved populations. She holds a B.A. in Communication from Miami University in Public Relations (2003) and A Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies with focus on Business, Marketing, and Communications from Liberty University (2018).