Morgan
Berman
Morgan's Journey So Far
Morgan is an internationally recognized, award-winning entrepreneur and local community leader. She is also the Founder & President of Glitter, a company that hires people with barriers to work to pick up litter on blocks that have crowdfunded for weekly cleanings. She is also the founder and past CEO of MilkCrate - a mission-driven tech company helping other mission-driven organizations achieve their impact goals with mobile apps where she still sits on the board.
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She regularly travels the country sharing her story as a female tech founder, nonprofit leader, and jiu jitsu fighter.
After starting her first socially-minded enterprise at 16, and working with companies like Anthropologie and Joan Shepp, Morgan has always sought to discover new ways to tie her passions and skills to helping her community. She is eager to support other entrepreneurs, especially underrepresented ones, to find their path for doing good through business. As a designer and leader, she guides her teams to help grow impact by leveraging technology, business, and philanthropy.
She has presented at Forbes 30 Under 30, was listed by the UN Foundation as one of the "Top 10 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch" in the world, auditioned for Shark Tank, and invited by the Obama Administration to the White House for Clean Energy Plan talks. She has been a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, a Fellow at the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship, an Environmental Leadership Program Senior Fellow, and won the Rad Girl Product of the Year Award.
After almost a decade in the nonprofit world, Morgan embarked on a journey that led to starting MilkCrate in 2014 and Glitter in 2019. When she enrolled in a Masters of Science in Sustainable Design from Jefferson University she unwittingly sent herself headfirst into the tech startup scene when she decided to design an app for her graduate thesis. Looking back, this was the beginning of her companies.
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Morgan has been featured extensively on national news outlets like the WHYY, the Philadelphia Business Journal, Boston Metro, Philadelphia Inquirer, NBC10, Forbes, Philadelphia Magazine's Be Well Blog, and others. Morgan is very passionate about helping underrepresented groups in tech like women and minorities and shares her experience as a woman entrepreneur and lessons learned from competing in both business and martial arts.
As well as being a fearsome entrepreneur, she is a purple belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor and won gold medals thanks to the support of her team and coaches. She lives in Philadelphia with her wonderfully supportive husband, their two daughters, and rescue cats.
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EDUCATION
Philadelphia University, M.S. in Sustainable Design
University of the Arts, Continuing Education
The College of William and Mary, B.A. Women’s Studies and Anthropology
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PROFESSIONAL ROLES
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Founder & President, Glitter, Phila., PA, 2019- Present
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Executive Director, Life Science Cares PHL, PA, 2021- 2025
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Founder & CEO, MilkCrate, Phila., PA, 2013- 2021
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Business Development & Marketing Manager, Metcalfe Architecture & Design., Phila., PA, 2013- 2014
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Director of Community Engagement, GRID Magazine, Phila., PA, 2012- 2013
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Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, Phila., PA, 2011-2012
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Marketing Manager, QuietMind Foundation, Plymouth Meeting, PA, 2009-2011
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ACCOLADES + AWARDS
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Philly's 100 RealList Connectors 2020
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United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey "Next Generation Leader Award"
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Global Entrepreneurship Summit - The US Department of State selected me to be a delegate at the summit to represent the US as an entrepreneur building a business that benefits the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
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United Nations Foundation "Top Ten Female Entrepreneurs to Watch"
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Visit Philadelphia Think Tank- The Future of Philadelphia "Contributor"
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Forbes Under 30 and Young Involved Philadelphia’s “Startup of the Year” Winner
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The Citizen "Disrupter"
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Billy Penn "Who’s next? Startup Leaders"
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Philly Girls Do Good "Honoree"
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Rad Girl "Product of the Year" Winner
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Clean Air Council's Green Fest Green Innovator​​
Recognized By
AFFILIATIONS + GROUPS ​
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Energy Coordinating Agency Board Member
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Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties Board Member
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Environmental Leadership Program Senior Fellow
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Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs Fellow and AWE Ventures Company
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Ariane de Rothschild Foundation Fellow
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World Economic Forum Global Shaper
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Leadership Philadelphia Fellow
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Tribe12 Fellow
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Philly Startup Leaders Past Board Member
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Alma Links Philly Chapter Past Board Member
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PRESS COVERAGE
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TEDx "Chasing Your Unicorn"
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White House Testimony on Sustainable Business Practices and The President's Clean Energy Plan
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City Council Testimony on Sustainable Purchasing
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UN Foundation Top Ten List
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Founder Friday
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Video Interview by SiliconAngle.com at Grace Hopper
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Forbes Under 30 Summit Finalist
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Philadelphia Magazine MilkCrate Pivot
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