Artifcts has expanded its strategic advisory board to welcome Ora Solomon, Vice President of International Product with 1stDibs. Ora's years of experience managing product in spaces directly adjacent to the 'stuff' focus on Artifcts is the perfect addition to round out the vast expertise of the current Board.

It's the unique and powerful combined team and mission that brought Ora to Artifcts. "As a fan of storytelling and a compulsive declutterer, I found Heather's and Ellen's vision and mission for Artifcts incredibly inspiring. I am honored to join the Advisory Board and help shape the company's future!" 

As Artifcts gains momentum in the direct to consumer market and prepares to launch several new partnerships this year, Ora will provide invaluable guidance in concert with the other Artifcts advisory board members. 

"Ora's been innovating for years in the spaces of storytelling and stuff both through her work with Shutterstock and now 1stDibs. Artifcts is young, innovative, and agile, and her experience will help us sharpen our strategic product roadmap and streamline tactical product decisions," said Ellen Goodwin, Co-founder and Chief Solutions Officer at Artifcts.

The Artifcts Strategic Advisory Board also includes:

• • Aravinda Gollapudi, Technology Executive, Sage
  • Georgia Mavrookas, HR & Marketing, Indeed
  • Richard E. Miller (Dutch), Wealth Advisor and Relationship Manager, (retired) Glenmede
  • Matt Paxton, Downsizing, Cleaning, and Organizing, Legacy List with Matt Paxton on PBS

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Dear Reader,

We’re celebrating Artifct’s first birthday tomorrow! 

We often joked at the beginning that building a company was a lot like raising a child—it takes a village, with all kinds of people, supporters, and even village elders to guide us along the way. The first year proved this out—we built a highly functional, fun, and powerful platform with the help of our diverse and talented village. It was everything and nothing that we expected.  

Launching during a pandemic comes with inherent uncertainties. We had hoped for many more opportunities to interact in-person with our Artifcts community—from Arti Live events to pop ups around the country—that we could not in good conscience pursue. At the same time, we were able to build our company to thrive from a virtual-only standpoint that is not only pandemic proof but recession proof. We focused on local roots and communities to bring them what they needed most—human connection. No risky events or travel required.  

Of the many highs was our participation in the AARP Innovation Labs accelerator program and the partnerships that came out of our local communities and networks. We have a thriving partnership network to ensure all of life's moments and ‘stuff’ are addressed from digitization and preservation to videographies and genealogy research and storytelling. Through our partnership with Unwrapit, we’re even enabling companies to gift sustainably and meaningfully. We also recently announced our “What’s it worth?” feature supported by Heritage Auctions to help our members preserve and share the value behind their stuff. (Have you tried it yet?)  

Our strategic advisory board has been game changing as well, helping as we grow and expand our reach to new markets. We have vast expertise behind us to keep us on the frontline of technology, online community, estate and financial management, and stuff! If you missed our announcement introducing our newest advisory board member Matt Paxton, you can view it here. 

And of course, Artifcts itself is the ultimate representation of how far we’ve come in only one year. We’ve delivered key new features such as audio and video, file sharing from alternative storage sites, building networks, and so much more. All these features are custom designed in our patent-pending platform where privacy and security come first.  

We continue to enable our community to make the choices that are right for them, just as we are redefining Artifcts to be what is valuable to you. We’re calling it Human Media 1.0 and we invite you to join us as we joyfully kick off year two of Artifcts. 

Happy Artifcting,

Heather

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Artifcts welcomes Matt Paxton to its strategic advisory board. Established in March, the board provides diverse expertise and decades of experience across technology, estate planning, community building, marketing, strategic growth, and now ‘stuff.’ Matt Paxton started his career with his own downsizing and moving business before gaining national celebrity through appearances on the TV show Hoarders and more recently paving a new path with the PBS series Legacy List with Matt Paxton.

“Matt approaches stuff by looking at the humanity, the history, behind the objects and people’s attachments to them. He doesn’t demand a painful dive into a one-size fits all minimalism. We’re kindred spirits here at Artifcts,” said Artifcts co-founder Heather Nickerson. “Matt’s empathy and energy are great match for the passion behind Artifcts. Everyone needs a history and Matt respects that. He sees first-hand daily the need for Artifcts,” chimed in Artifcts co-founder Ellen Goodwin.

Look for the co-founders of Artifcts and Matt to be out and about through special virtual engagements and live appearances this fall. The trio will continue to Artifct-by-example and release tips to help you join in to redefine artifacts one recipe, heirloom, and travel trinket at a time. Heather reminds everyone, “Remember, when in doubt, just pause, look around, and snap a picture of the first object you see with a story or memory to capture. Artifcting is for all of us.”

The full Artifcts strategic advisory board includes:

• Matt Paxton, Downsizing, Cleaning, and Organizing
• Georgia Mavrookas, HR & Marketing, Ex-Bumble
• Richard E. Miller (Dutch), Wealth Advisor and Relationship Manager, Glenmede
• Aravinda Gollapudi, Technology Executive, Sage

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The Artifcts Team proudly welcomes Georgia Mavrookas to its strategic advisory board. Established in March 2022, the Board contributes incredible depth, hands-on experience, and leadership as Artifcts reaches towards and beyond its first anniversary in late August.

Georgia's experience across regulated industry, HR and strategic alignment, and development and growth of digital communities will shore up the growth strategies of Artifcts. Georgia knows community building, communities that are safe and inspiring and that transcend companies and the services they offer. She most recently served as Global Head of Talent Development at Bumble and previously led Bumble's community marketing and ambassadors program.

"We are delighted—maybe that's an understatement ... thrilled, even!—Georgia has joined to contribute to this next phase of Artifcts as we continue building a unique, fun, and open space for personal and world history to meet through the objects of our lives," said Artifcts Co-founder and CSO Ellen Goodwin. "Our board is a beautiful balance of outstanding professionals with big hearts, deep expertise, and a love for Artifcts' mission." 

The Artifcts Strategic Advisory Board now includes:

• Georgia Mavrookas, HR & Marketing, Ex-Bumble

• Richard E. Miller (Dutch), Wealth Advisor and Relationship Manager, Glenmede

• Aravinda Gollapudi, Technology Executive, Sage

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The Artifcts Team is pleased to announce the formation of a strategic advisory board. The Board brings incredible depth, hands-on experience, and leadership and will advise on all matters related to Artifcts' strategic growth, including applications of emerging tech and expansion into niche markets.

Artifcts is developing a platform unlike any other, helping us to connect the dots to capture and preserve the history, memories, and life experiences behind the objects of our lives for future generations. Artifcts' current participation in the AARP Innovation Labs Accelerator Program will provide a launch pad in 2022 for people-first technological advancements that build community and enable individuals and families to better share and understand the value—sentimental and/or market—behind their belongings, all with a fervent bias toward consumer privacy and transparency. 

The introduction of the Board reflects our desire to ensure diversity of thought and experience are represented as we build out Artifcts in our first full year of operations (and beyond). Meet our Board:

• Richard E. Miller (Dutch), Wealth Advisor and Relationship Manager, Glenmede
• Aravinda Gollapudi, Technology Executive, Sage
• Todd Greene, Founder and CEO, TGA Sports

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The war in Ukraine is ever present in our daily thoughts and operations at Artifcts. Our global team has been directly affected, their daily lives upturned, new layers of stress and uncertainty a heavy burden on all.  

We have taken steps to provide for the financial and professional welfare of our team members in the region, who through no fault of their own, now live in a suspended state of reality. What's next is unknown. The depth of this global division and its toll on human and economic welfare unknowable.  

We stand by our colleagues. We want to contribute the tiny difference each of us can make in the world by knowing each other has people first, nations a distant second. To all those beyond our team, we hold the wellbeing and safety of you and yours in our thoughts. 

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