Philadelphia Fall 2025
Founder Institute Philadelphia Mentors
Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way. In addition, through our Equity Collective, Mentors are invested in the success of your company both during and after the program.
See the list of current and past mentors for the Philadelphia program below.
Abdellah Aouf
Chief Executive Officer @ GO PLATFORM
Adam House
Albert Whale
Founder & CEO @ IT Security Solutions
Alfred Poor
Keynote speaker and virtual event expert @ The Health Tech Futurist
Anshuman Gwal
Managing Partner @ Brightside Partners
Arcui Usoara
Founder/CEO @ Iaculus
Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills, MSEL, PCC, CPQC®, CELC
Founder & Owner @ Purpose-Filled Solutions & Evolutions
Ben Stacey
CEO @ Pitchverk
Ben Williams
Bhaskar Ahuja
CEO @ Sand Hill Road Technologies Fund
Bill Rivkin
Virtual Relationship Manager |non-dilutive funding @ Citizens Bank
Bill Goodwin
Bo Motlagh
Co-Founder, Managing Partner @ UE Venture Studios
Bobbi Muscara
CEO - Director of Education @ Ledger Academy
Bonnie Ravina
Startup Advisor, Connector, Market Readiness @ Full Circle: 360 Marketing
Brad Messer
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Brian Slough
Carl Starkey
Co-Founder & CEO @ AWSM Sauce Co
Chris Morris
Chris Couchoud
Christian Behl
International Business Development @ Cognition IP
Chuck Sacco
Daniel Nelson
Recovering Accountant @ Startup Economics
Daniel Ritterman
CEO & Founder @ MainLineDelivery (acquired by Square)
Daria Duda
Product Marketing Strategy Consultant @ OutsideIN
David Lasus
CEO @ Heart + Paw
David Stengle
CEO & Founder @ Board++
David Postolski
Partner @ Gearhart Law
Debjit Saha
Co-Founder @ HomeAbroad Inc.
Deep Parmar
Founding Partner @ Caramel Advisors LLC
Deka Dike
Founder & CEO @ Omatochi
Don Samoil
Managing Partner @ Trusted Scale
Don Pancoe
Chief Blinker @ Blinkenlights Technologies
Drew Chapin
Partner @ The Discoverability Company
Dustin Betz
Director of Operations @ White Rose Ventures
Elena Mlotok
General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand @ Amazon
Elizabeth Planet
Ellen Weber
Executive Director @ Robin Hood Ventures
Eric Torigian
CEO and Managing Director, Advisory Services @ CHRO Solutions
Flyn Penoyer
Francisco Marinaro
Ceo & Chariman @ Afront Digiatl LTD
Frank Jacquette
Franklin Kamnang Ngansop
Cofounder @ Vitamin C&S Coaching
Garry Johnson
Gary Cohen
Owner @ Practical Agility LLC
Geoffrey Kent
Founder and CEO @ I left corporate America 24 years ago, and launched my current venture (Think Big with Geoffrey Kent) 4 years ago.
Greg Mester
President @ Idea Communication Networks, Inc.
Heather Lawver
Founder & CEO @ Ceemo
Helen De La Rosa
FI Mentor @ Founders Institute
Holly La Porte
Isabelle Kent
Isaiah Jenkins
Jay Aigner
Jedidiah Weller
CEO @ OpenForge
Jennifer Marion
Joan Popolo
Joel Ginsparg
Managing Partner @ Firelight Partners, LLC
John De Marco
John Weathers
Business Development & Research Consultant | Board Member | Co-Founder & Director @ Vizmoo.com | BenchK12.com | The Cultural Bridge Project
John Gies
Business Growth Strategist @ RAS - Squared
John Gamba
John Steele
Jon Zaikowski
Assistant Director @ New York Angels
Jon Wonnell
CEO @ Transformative Sciences LLC
June W Choi
Managing Partner @ Serval Ventures
Justin Bean
Karen Robinson
Pitch Deck & Data Room Advisor @ Karen Robinson Consulting
Karina Sotnik
Founder/CEO @ WorldUpstart
Kostas Karolemeas
Founder, CEO @ Allcancode
Leon Degtar
@ Degtar Consulting
Mac Goswami
Senior Technical Program Manager @ Fiserv Inc
Mara Schwartz
Mario Casabona
Angel Investor @ Casabona Ventures
Mark Mc Anallen
Mark Crouse
@ Cohesion Crafted
Martina Truche
Healthcare Innovator @ Space Medicine Enthusiast
Matiullah Rahmaty
Founder/President @ BrightPoint Consulting Services
Matt Salerno
Max Thalheimer
Co-Founder & CEO @ Fynd
Melissa Li
Managing Partner and Head of Community @ Dorm Room Fund
Mellie Chow
Venture Partner @ Archangel Axion
Mellie Chow
Venture Partner @ Axion Fund
Michael Bertoni
Founder and CEO @ SaaS Talent
Michael Spidaliere
Principal @ First Time Founder Capital
Michael Cirino
Michael Kainatsky
Michelle Peters
Co-Founder & CEO @ Supplino
Mo Zerban
Mohammed Kashif
Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer @ Department of Motor Vehicles
Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA
Senior Director of Product and Business Development @ Allarta Life Science
Nadine Campbell
Founder @ ACE Entrepreneurs
Nareg Soghomonian
Nate Hecker
CEO @ Big Idea, Inc.
Nathan Mancine
FI Mentor @ LeanTaaS
Noah Wallach
Founder @ Hope OS
Orly Zeewy
Brand Strategist @ Zeewy Brands
Owen Occhetti
Consultant @ Avant Technology Group
Ozan Sonmez
Co-Founder @ Brutally Honest Group
Pam Knox
CEO/Chief Strategist @ Pam Knox LLC
Patrick Thompson
Founder @ Bootstrap First Incubator
Paul Mosenson
Owner @ NuSpark Consulting and NuSpark Media
Pete Biggam
Director / Mentor / Advisor @ Founder Institute
Peter Yeargin
Founder & CEO @ Sage SEO
Peter Chmiel
Owner @ Cutting Edge Consulting
Raghu Rao
CEO @ Splitbyte Inc
Raj Sahu
Founder and CEO at @ Utobo Inc
Rajat Kapur
Rajiv Madhok
Founder @ Oorja
Rajprasath Subramanian
Principal Enterprise architect and Start-up Advisor @ SAP
Randy Fisher
CEO @ Expand to New Markets
Raoul Davis
CEO @ Ascendant Group
Rich Heckelmann
Marketing Specialist @ Forward Vision Consulting
Richard Ward
@ MYXFUND
Robert Edelstein
Advisor / Owner @ Inflection Point
Robert Stinsa
Ronda Siegel
Partner @ RSiegel Consulting LLC
Ryan Long
CPO & Founder @ OnPurpose Studio
Ryan Alcorn
Co-founder & CEO @ GrantExec
Ryan Frankel
Ryan Hummel
Sameer Babbar
Director @ SVB Group
Sanjaykumar Patel
Founder & Principal IP Attorney @ EXCELON IP - Patent & Trademark Attorneys
Sara Ledterman
General Partner @ 3+ Ventures
Scott Wittrock
Fractional CPO @ Head for Product
Sean Adams
Head of Sales & Partnerships @ iorad
Seth Goldstein
Principal Creative Director @ Goldstein Media LLC
Shaun Gold
Entrepreneur, storyteller, GP at Improve Ventures @ Improve Ventures
Sina Roshan
Cofounder & CPO @ Peekage (Techstars 2020)
Soujanya Mukka
Founder and CEO @ MyB2BNetwork
Stacy Kimmel
Independant Consultant @ FoodVisors LLC
Stefanie Smith
Founder @ Double S Consulting
Stefanos Damianakis
President @ Zaruko Advisors
Stephan Thomas
Managing Partner @ Artimon3D
Stephen Spivak
Sushma Rajagopalan
Tanya Williamson
Chief Visionary Officer @ Tanya Williamson
Tim Dodd
Founder @ JTD Group
T.J. Butler
Founder @ 45 Solutions
Tovit Neizer
Chief Storyteller @ Yellow Bricks
Trevor Longino
Founder & CEO @ CrowdTamers
Vincent Perez
Strategic Management & Corporate Development @ Penn State
Vipin Makhija
Founder, Mentor, Advisor @ Kast
Vladimir Pletyukhin
Founder and Creative Director @ Launch Deck
Wendy Moore
Founder & CEO @ Eleve Talent
Xan Hong
Owner @ Drive Phase Consulting
Yemi Oluseun
Growth & GTM For FinTechs @ The Change Hive
Yousif Memon
Zach Messler
Founder @ 26th Letter LLC (zachmessler.com)
Zave Smith
Co-Founder and CEO @ xBound
Zoe Qiao
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