• Speaker,
    Innovation Influencer

Sometimes there is greater opportunity
coming out of a crisis.

Cheri Kaufman, a successful entrepreneur, women’s advocate and global thought leader for socially responsible ventures for over a decade. Her business acumen and expertise in accelerating growth of socially responsible entrepreneurial companies through access to essential resources and a global community of experts allows them to manifest their vision of a better world through business.

Well equipped with industry trends and data, case histories, personal anecdotes and practical advice, Cheri, as a speaker, eloquently shares her passionate experience in the worlds of Innovation, Women Leadership, Finance, Funding Entrepreneurs and Logistics to Inspire, Educate and Entertain audiences worldwide.

Will your idea make the world a better place?”

—NY Chair., National Women’s History Museum,
Founder and CEO, CiGIVE

Mission

My mission is to accelerate the growth of socially responsible entrepreneurial companies through access to essential resources and a global community of experts which allows them to manifest their vision of a better world through business.

About Cheri

Cheri Kaufman is a successful entrepreneur, visionary and global thought leader. She’s built a leading network of influencers, investors, and innovators dedicated to building high-growth companies who are transforming industries in technology and life science. She has created numerous start up programs and established an efficient screening process for how to source, qualify, advise, support, and showcase the most promising high-potential businesses seeking capital or partnerships for product development and expansion.

Cheri Kaufman is an important, long-standing and recognized member of New York’s philanthropic community and Ci Give Founder, a socially-responsible organization dedicated to empowering enterprising millennials by connecting them with the patronage and support of leaders throughout the business and philanthropic world.

As one of the founding partners of Kaufman Astoria Studios, Cheri played a crucial role in starting the studio on the successful path to its prominent place today in the New York’s film and television industry. She raised over $100 million for financing and is a recognized leader in New York film production. Under her initiative, all the studio’s sound stages are named after women who filmed there, including Diana Ross, Claudette Colbert and Helen Hayes.

Ms. Kaufman’s early trailblazing career included a founding ownership of the trading company, Cherut International, trading in cement, steel, lumber and other construction materials, principally in the Middle East.

While in the Middle East and Asia, as Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for Intercontinental Hotels, she wrote feasibility studies, raised multi millions in project financing and managed multiple facilities.

Over the years, Ms. Kaufman has worked with numerous leaders of private industry. She has hosted leaders in the entertainment industry such as Summer Redstone of Viacom, and real estate developers including Silverstein Properties, Kalikow Properties, Helmsley Spear,  as well as industry leaders Michael Bloomberg and Tim Cook.

Board Positions

  • Ci Give Founder
  • National Women’s History Museum
  • Lifeline Organization
  • UN Women for Peace Committee
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC

Guiding Principles

To succeed in a Post-covid world, new entrepreneurs will have to prioritize some principles over others and build their businesses around three principles.

Be a disruptor in an area that is a new vision or new idea. A disruptive innovation is often a much more simple solution that’s more affordable and accessible to a larger population, which opens it to an entirely new market.

Innovate

Agility is the ability of a business to adapt quickly to change, or crises in a cost-effective way that doesn’t jeopardize the quality of their product or service.

Agility

Recent trends show that customers tend to patronize socially relevant businesses more than others. Building a strong culture of social relevance into the workings of your business is a great post-covid success principle.

Relevance

You want a better world, go create it.”

—Cheri Kaufman

Speaking

Cheri Kaufman is a renowned pioneer in the worlds of entrepreneurship, technology, and women in the boardroom. Her undeniable intuition, fortitude, and determination enabled her to break career barriers across industries, and her insights provide invaluable life lessons to audiences of all ages, incomes and categories.

Cheri’s presentations are designed to spark imagination and curiosity by sharing actionable insights and personal storytelling of her real-life experience, coupled with industry statistics, case studies, anecdotes and practical advice. 

 CHERI IS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS.

  • Women Leadership
  • Women in Business: Creating a Power Network
  • Developing Successful Innovation and Start up Ideas
  • Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Spirit
  • The Role of Business and Philanthropy in Global Issues

GIMME 360

An innovation start up, GIMME 360 develops real-time, interactive training apps using Augmented Reality for telemedicine, consumer information and other industries worldwide.

Upcoming Events

Webinar HOSTED BY MORGAN STANLEY

Major Steps Forward for The National Women’s History Museum, and CiGIVE mentoring the Next Generation of Trailblazers – An Overview with Cheri Kaufman.

Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Kindly register by November 16th 2020

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Recent Events

Webinar HOSTED BY MORGAN STANLEY

A Salute to Trailblazing Women for the National Women’s History Museum and Mentoring the New Generation

Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Booking Information

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Cheri Kaufman

465 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Phone: (646) 866-0022
Email: cheri.kaufman@cigive.com

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