Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins is the co-founder and CEO of Promise, a gov-tech start-up that creates flexible payment solution — and counts Jay-Z’s Roc Nation among their investors. Prior to cofounding Promise, Phaedra was head of revenue and operations for the home care start-up Honor; the former CEO of Green For All; and a union leader for the South Bay AFL-CIO. She spent a year as Prince’s manager, successfully negotiating for the artist to regain ownership of his master recordings from Warner.