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EmptyBox Insider – Parks Holt

Meet our board member.

Parks Holt

Parks has had a 24-year career in various roles in sales for a handful of fortune 500 companies with 10+ years in management and is currently part of the healthcare client partnership team for LivePerson delivering conversational AI-strategies at scale to improve the patient experience across all channels. He began to chase his entrepreneurial spirit in 2005 by launching a podcast to help people understand how relationships work. Other endeavors over the years where he has served the community include: Board of Directors, VP of Communications for STAND of Delaware, an Advisory Board Member for Mission Leadership Board at SJLC, a Certified Life Coach, a Motivational Speaker, Certified Business Consultant, and ordained minister in which he is currently pursuing a degree in theology on target to graduate in 2023.Born to a 25-yr Airforce Vet in Honolulu, HI, Parks made his way to the east coast at the tender age of 2 growing up just about an hour from the beaches of Delaware. Whenever he is not busy contributing to business initiatives at work, he can be found mentoring people, spending time with family, playing basketball, and traveling.

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EmptyBox Insider – Lillian Taylor

Meet our executive director

Lillian is a 20 years technology sales veteran with a background in finance and c-suite decision analytics, currently working for IBM representing the Watson and AI Brands. After seeing the utter waste-collecting during the pandemic from direct shipments and helping a friend move after moving herself she saw a solution her entrepreneurial genes couldn’t ignore.

Knowing this problem has a global impact she reached out to her network, learned more about the environmental implications, and decided to form a nonprofit to make an impact.

Born in NY, an airforce brat, she was raised in Texas and moved to Seattle in 2011. She has three adult daughters, Amanda, Katherine, and Mya. She lives with her partner Greg, and their dogs, Augustus, Lucy, and Linus.

Fun Fact: Lillian’s mother and uncle (twins) came over from Cuba unaccompanied at age 16 during Operation Pedro Pan for which her grandparents, who were a lawyer and gift shop owners, were held by Castro’s police in 1962.