Jake
Sasseville

At 14, he was hosting local-access television in Lewiston, Maine. At 21, he became the youngest late-night host in ABC broadcast history with The Edge with Jake Sasseville, airing after Jimmy Kimmel Live! He produced television for major networks, created nationally touring campus music festivals featuring artists including Kanye West and OneRepublic, and built an early breakout podcast — The Jake Sasseville Show — reaching millions of downloads at the intersection of culture and consciousness.

After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Jake left television.

He has spent a decade of his life obsessed with designing physical and virtual containers and communities so well designed that transformation almost becomes inevitable.

As a result, everyone from Dr. Martha Beck (Oprah's life coach, best-selling author), Dr. Peter Levine, the United Nations, the Beckley Foundation and countless others have sought Jake for counsel and direction on how to catalyze their communities in a more meaningful way.

In 2018, Jake raised $5 million to build Imiloa Institute, a retreat and education campus in Costa Rica, and ran it from 2018 to 2026.

Imiloa Institute became a home where top leaders came to do their most honest work. It became known as a celebration of a different kind: uncommon humans uplifting others, while focusing on a disciplined approach to mastery and learning. Regularly sold out at both campuses 120 retreat-weeks a year, Jake prided his vision on everyone having a seat at the table that was committed to service and powerfully gathering others.

Imiloa grew into a respected organization globally when it was the only hospitality business in Costa Rica to stay open and not furlough a soul during COVID-19.

Recognized by the White House and the Kauffman Foundation as one of America's top young entrepreneurs, Jake now lives in Hawaiʻi.