LEADERSHIP

Shilla Kim-Parker is the Vice President of Digital Labs at American Express, an innovation incubator which launches  new tech products for millions of consumers and businesses worldwide every year, and a faculty member at Princeton University. She is also the founder of Thrilling, a venture-capital backed platform for thousands of small businesses across the United States. Thrilling was ranked by Fast Company as one of the top ten most innovative retail companies of 2022 and Shilla was named by Inc. magazine as one of the country’s top female founders. Shilla began her career as an investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan. She then led Strategy and Business Development at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and later served as Chief of Staff for Disney ABC. Shilla currently serves on the board of Goodwill New York/New Jersey and Bank Street College of Education, and is an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow. Shilla holds a Bachelors in Economics from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.