Denise Yohn

keynote speaker and writer helping leaders flourish

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Jan 2016
UrbanLife’s mission is to see transformed people transform our neighborhoods through Christian Community Development initiatives and vibrant missional communities that love God, neighbor, and 'hood. We engage over 250 students per year on over six middle and high school campuses in City Heights and Southeastern San Diego. To date, we have two urban farms and a catering company that employ urban youth, a running program operating on two high schools and two middle schools, two tutoring programs and multiple youth development programs. We have over 40 volunteers throughout our programs, together serving over 4,000 hours per year.
Board Member
Apr 2015
SDSI is a Non Profit focused on the Sport and Active Lifestyle industries. Working with Executive Chairman and NBA great Bill Walton, our 100 company membership represents the “Southern California Lifestyle” and includes leading sports and technology brands, Nutrition and Yoga, Surf, Skate, Cycling, Golf and Retail, as well as some of San Diego’s best Service Companies. We focus on relevant and actionable C-level content that benefits our member companies. SDSI’s award winning Accelerator program features a 20 week Mentoring curriculum whose graduates have raised $86 Million and have a 82% success record. For more info go to SDsportinnovators.org DID YOU KNOW THAT? • San Diego SAL companies already account for $1.4 Billion in economic activity with much, much more in untapped potential? • SAL companies range from golf cart manufacturers to yoga brands to wetsuit companies (with a lot of fun in-between)? • Our fair city is perennially #1 in America in its percentage of 18 to 34 year olds? • San Diego ranks #2 among the top 25 leading cities in America in patents per 1000 of population? • The Sport and Active Lifestyle (SAL) industry already directly employs over 37,000 people in San Diego, with tens of thousands more working in adjacent industries? Its all true. And its only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the attributes that make San Diego the natural home for the Sport and Active Lifestyle industry. Come celebrate San Diegos rich entrepreneurial spirit and passion for truly living life to the fullest. Join us and help make it happen—right here, right now!
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2023
Co-Founder
Apr 2023
Faith, Work & Tech exists to cultivate faith and work integration in the San Francisco Bay Area to transform people who are transforming the world.
2021
Board Member
Jan 2021
The mission of Donaldina Cameron House is to empower generations of Chinese-American individuals and their families to fully participate in and contribute positively toward a healthy society. We put our Christian faith into action to help people learn, heal, and thrive. Founded in 1874, Donaldina Cameron House has a unique place in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, where we have served the changing needs of individuals and families in the community for generations.
2020
Founder/Director
Jan 2020
A spiritual formation and professional development experience that helps Christian businesspeople cultivate a vital integration of their faith and work. We exist to equip and empower Christ-following businesspeople to steward faithfully your professional vocation. Does my work matter to God? What does the bible say about my work? How can I glorify God in my work? As a Christ-follower, how should I handle problems and difficult decisions at work? How can I stop overworking and get the rest I so long for? If you are seeking answers to questions like these, the Faith & Work Journey is for you. Our purpose: To raise up the next generation of influential business leaders who advance God’s Kingdom and change the world.
Faith and Work Journey
Founder & Content Lead
Jan 2020
2016
Board Member
Jan 2016
UrbanLife’s mission is to see transformed people transform our neighborhoods through Christian Community Development initiatives and vibrant missional communities that love God, neighbor, and 'hood. We engage over 250 students per year on over six middle and high school campuses in City Heights and Southeastern San Diego. To date, we have two urban farms and a catering company that employ urban youth, a running program operating on two high schools and two middle schools, two tutoring programs and multiple youth development programs. We have over 40 volunteers throughout our programs, together serving over 4,000 hours per year.
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