Robin Chase, M.S.

Robin Chase stands as a pioneering transportation entrepreneur who co-founded and led Zipcar, the world's leading carsharing network. After graduating from Wellesley College and earning her MS from MIT's Sloan School of Management, she has revolutionized urban transportation through multiple innovative ventures. As co-founder of Veniam, she helped create technology that moves terabytes of data between vehicles and the cloud, and through her first nonprofit, NUMO, she continues to advance sustainable urban mobility solutions. Her visionary work has earned numerous prestigious recognitions, including the Urban Land Institute's Nicols Prize as Urban Visionary, placement on Time's 100 Most Influential People list, Fast Company's Fast 50 Innovators, and BusinessWeek's Top 10 Designers. Her expertise has been recognized through board service positions both in the US and internationally, while her academic achievements include a Harvard University Loeb Fellowship and an honorary Doctorate of Design from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Through her leadership and innovation, she continues to shape the future of transportation and collaborative economics.