Robin Chase

Robin Chase is a transportation entrepreneur known for founding and being the former CEO of "Zipcar," the largest carsharing company in the world. She also co-founded "Veniam," a network company that moves terabytes of data between vehicles and the cloud. In 2019, she co-founded her first nonprofit, NUMO, a global alliance to channel the opportunities presented by new urban mobility technologies to build cities that are sustainable and just. Her influential work is captured in her book "Peers Inc: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism."

Chase serves as the Executive Chairman of "Veniam" and is Chair of the public company "Tucows." She also holds positions on the Dutch multinational DSM’s Sustainability Advisory Board and the Boards of the World Resources Institute and Tucows. Previously, she has served on numerous boards including the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the French National Digital Agency, and the National Advisory Council for Innovation & Entrepreneurship for the US Department of Commerce.

Widely recognized for her contributions to innovation, design, and environment, Chase has received accolades such as the Urban Land Institute’s Nichols Prize as an Urban Visionary, and has been named one of Time 100 Most Influential People. She lectures extensively, discussing topics such as the future of transportation, the collaborative economy, and sustainable urban mobility. Chase holds a degree from Wellesley College, an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management, was a Harvard University Loeb Fellow, and received an honorary Doctorate of Design from the Illinois Institute of Technology.