Social Driver CEO and leadership

Thomas Sanchez is CEO and co-founder of Social Driver, a digital agency that uses groundbreaking strategies for social media, websites, digital marketing, and advocacy. The firm’s client experience includes leading corporate and nonprofit brands such as Honda, Target, Cigna, and the American Hospital Association.Social Driver's mantra captures its mission and values: “We believe the future is bright, all progress is social, and the drivers make history.” Under Thomas’s leadership, the agency’s collaborative culture and cutting-edge strategies have received wide acclaim, including the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce’s Supplier of the Year award, Minority Business 100 awards, and a Best and Brightest Company award.Thomas has completed two Harvard Business School Executive Education programs, and another at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Thomas was recently selected by the Financial Times as one of the top LGBT executives in the world, alongside Jim Fitterling, CEO, The Dow Chemical Company, and Peter Arvai, CEO and co-founder, Prezi. Thomas has been credited as one of the “most innovative people in Washington, DC” (DCInno) and a top “minority business leader” (Washington Business Journal), but his passion for entrepreneurship began humbly, growing up on a farm in Missouri, where he learned valuable lessons that helped him launch a successful technology career and grow as an entrepreneur. Thomas’s passion for social impact led him to launch The Driver Foundation, a philanthropic fund focused on youth and diversity. He serves on the Board of The Trevor Project, the national nonprofit providing suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth. The Mayor of the District of Columbia appointed him as Chair of The Innovation Technology and Inclusion Council where he advises the Mayor and the public on ways in which to grow the District's innovation and tech-economy. He also serves on the Foundation Board of his alma mater Northwest Missouri State University.

Anthony Shop is a Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder at Social Driver; Chairman at National Digital Roundtable; and Lecturer of Business Administration, School of Business at The George Washington University School of Business and is based in Washington, D.C.. He has worked as Business Development at APCO Worldwide; Director, Client Services & Co-Founder at Social Driver; and Co-Founder at District I. Anthony studied at Georgetown University between 2003 and 2003, George Mason University between 2005 and 2006, and The George Washington University School of Business between 2009 and 2011.

Thomas Sanchez is CEO and co-founder of Social Driver, a digital agency that uses groundbreaking strategies for social media, websites, digital marketing, and advocacy. The firm’s client experience includes leading corporate and nonprofit brands such as Honda, Target, Cigna, and the American Hospital Association.Social Driver's mantra captures its mission and values: “We believe the future is bright, all progress is social, and the drivers make history.” Under Thomas’s leadership, the agency’s collaborative culture and cutting-edge strategies have received wide acclaim, including the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce’s Supplier of the Year award, Minority Business 100 awards, and a Best and Brightest Company award.Thomas has completed two Harvard Business School Executive Education programs, and another at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Thomas was recently selected by the Financial Times as one of the top LGBT executives in the world, alongside Jim Fitterling, CEO, The Dow Chemical Company, and Peter Arvai, CEO and co-founder, Prezi. Thomas has been credited as one of the “most innovative people in Washington, DC” (DCInno) and a top “minority business leader” (Washington Business Journal), but his passion for entrepreneurship began humbly, growing up on a farm in Missouri, where he learned valuable lessons that helped him launch a successful technology career and grow as an entrepreneur. Thomas’s passion for social impact led him to launch The Driver Foundation, a philanthropic fund focused on youth and diversity. He serves on the Board of The Trevor Project, the national nonprofit providing suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth. The Mayor of the District of Columbia appointed him as Chair of The Innovation Technology and Inclusion Council where he advises the Mayor and the public on ways in which to grow the District's innovation and tech-economy. He also serves on the Foundation Board of his alma mater Northwest Missouri State University.

Anthony Shop is a Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder at Social Driver; Chairman at National Digital Roundtable; and Lecturer of Business Administration, School of Business at The George Washington University School of Business and is based in Washington, D.C.. He has worked as Business Development at APCO Worldwide; Director, Client Services & Co-Founder at Social Driver; and Co-Founder at District I. Anthony studied at Georgetown University between 2003 and 2003, George Mason University between 2005 and 2006, and The George Washington University School of Business between 2009 and 2011.