The Affinity Circles Management Team

Teresa Torres

President and CEO
Teresa drives the product vision, execution strategy and day to day operations of Affinity Circles. Previously, she was an early member of Become.com where she owned the user experience and as a product manager drove key initiatives including their social shopping strategy. She grew the site from launch to 3.5 million unique visitors per month. Prior to Become, Torres was an interaction designer at HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, where she was responsible for the user experience for several online communities.Torres earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.

Julie Mahowald

Chief Financial Officer
Julie is responsible for Finance and Administration at Affinity Circles.   Previously, she developed the finance team for an electronics manufacturing spinoff that went public in 1997. She later led the M&A team as the company was purchased by Celestica, Inc. Earlier in her career she served as Oracle's Assistant Treasurer, raising debt financing and managing the foreign exchange exposure for the company. She has held similar roles at other technology companies, both public and private.  Julie earned a Bachelors of Administration in Economics at Tulane University. She also earned an MBA from the Wharton School and an MA in International Studies from the School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania where she was a Lauder Institute fellow.