Thistle CEO and leadership

As chief marketing officer, Aaron Magness brings over a decade of experience running marketing at fast-growth brands to his role leading the Thistle team in building relationships with the community the company serves. Magness oversees marketing, advertising, public relations, social media, and customer service. Prior to Thistle, Aaron worked with customer-obsessed brands such as Zappos, Coastal.com, Betabrand, and Brandless. Aaron received his BBA from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a double major in Marketing and Management & Human Resources.

Kyusik Chung is a Chief Product Officer at Thistle and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as VP Author Services at Amazon.com Inc., Product Manager at Zillow, and General Manager at Strava. Kyusik attended NYU Stern School of Business between 2006 and 2008 and Yale University between 1996 and 2000.

Shiri Avnery is a COO at Thistle and is based in San Francisco, California. She has worked as Research Assistant at Brown University, Co-Founder at Wegofair, and Program Officer at New York University Center on International Cooperation. Shiri works or has worked as Founder at Thistle. She attended Princeton University, Brown University between 2000 and 2004, and 美國普林斯頓大學 between 2007 and 2012.