Founded in 2008 as a social impact venture, Get Konnected  is Boston’s award-winning nationally recognized premier cross-cultural and inclusive business networking event series. We bring together professionals, business and civic leaders and entrepreneurs from all cultures across industries and sectors. Named by  Boston Magazine as Boston’s Best Networking Group in its Best of Boston, 2025, 2024 2023, 2022 and 2020, Get Konnected! is also the creator of a series of specialized lists that celebrate, document and showcase the contributions people of color are making to the economic, civic and social fabric of Boston and Massachusetts. These lists include the historic GK100, Boston’s first comprehensive list of the 100 Most Influential People of Color; the historic first time 2023 lists of Boston’s Most Influential Men of Color and  Meet Boston’s Most Influential Asian American Pacific Islanders;  2021 Get Konnected! Boston’s Most Impactful Black Women;  50 Most Influential People of Color in Higher Education; the 2023 50 Most Influential Business Leader of Color in the Western Suburb and 2020  50 Most Influential Business Leaders in Boston’s Western Suburbs.