The Founder

Built From a Belief in the Power of People

The Social Executive Network was founded on a simple but powerful belief: that the most meaningful professional relationships are built through genuine human connection.

Brittany Baumgarten — Founder, The Social Executive Network
The Story

Why SEN Exists

After years of attending industry conferences and networking events that felt transactional and hollow, our founder set out to create something fundamentally different.

The insight was simple: the most valuable professional relationships in business are never built in a ballroom of 500 people. They're built over dinner. In small rooms. In conversations that go somewhere real.

SEN was created to engineer those conditions — to bring together the most thoughtful senior leaders in retail, commerce, and technology in settings designed for genuine connection.

What started as a series of intimate executive dinners has grown into a community of 500+ senior leaders across the USA and beyond. But the founding principle has never changed: every experience we create is designed to foster real conversation and meaningful relationships.

We believe that when the right people are in the right room, extraordinary things happen — for individuals, for organisations, and for industries.

Brittany Baumgarten

Founder, The Social Executive Network

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The Philosophy

What Drives Everything We Do

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Relationships Over Transactions

Every decision at SEN is made through the lens of relationship quality. We optimise for depth, not breadth.

02

Curation Over Scale

We will always choose a smaller, better community over a larger, diluted one. Quality is non-negotiable.

03

Intention Over Accident

Nothing at SEN happens by accident. Every experience, every introduction, every moment is designed with purpose.

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SEN features senior leaders who have something genuine and valuable to share. If that's you, we'd love to hear from you.