Philadelphia Spring 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.
Aaron Karp
Entrepreneur-in-Residence @ Founder Institute
Abdellah Aouf
Chief Executive Officer @ GO PLATFORM
Albert Whale
Founder & CEO @ IT Security Solutions
Alfred Poor
Keynote speaker and virtual event expert @ The Health Tech Futurist
Amrish Macedo
Co-Founder @ Intempio
Andrew Soh
Founder & CEO @ Fundigo
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
Bobbi Muscara
CEO - Director of Education @ Ledger Academy
Brian Slough
Carl Starkey
Co-Founder & CEO @ AWSM Sauce Co
Charlie Birch
Daniel Ritterman
CEO & Founder @ MainLineDelivery (acquired by Square)
Daniel J. Massimino
Chief Executive Officer @ MassHoldings
Daria Duda
Product Marketing @ Consultant
David Stengle
CEO & Founder @ Board++
David Postolski
Partner @ Gearhart Law
Debjit Saha
Co-Founder @ HomeAbroad Inc.
Deep Parmar
Founding Partner @ Caramel Advisors LLC
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
Ellen Weber
Executive Director @ Robin Hood Ventures
Eric Torigian
CEO and Managing Director, Advisory Services @ CHRO Solutions
Frank Jacquette
Frank Shultz
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.
Helen De La Rosa
FI Mentor @ Founders Institute
Isabelle Kent
Jedidiah Weller
CEO @ OpenForge
Joel Ginsparg
Managing Partner @ Firelight Partners, LLC
John Weathers
Business Development & Research Consultant | Board Member | Co-Founder & Director @ Vizmoo.com | BenchK12.com | The Cultural Bridge Project
Jon Zaikowski
Assistant Director @ New York Angels
Jon Wonnell
CEO @ Transformative Sciences LLC
Juan Lacey
CEO @ Farms Close By
June W Choi
Managing Partner @ Serval Ventures
Karen Robinson
Pitch Deck & Data Room Advisor @ Karen Robinson Consulting
Karina Sotnik
Founder/CEO @ WorldUpstart
Kathryn Kuan
Mac Goswami
Senior Technical Program Manager @ Fiserv Inc
Manush Saydmohammed
Co-founder & CEO @ Zegenex
Mara Schwartz
Mario Casabona
Angel Investor @ Casabona Ventures
Mark Crouse
@ Cohesion Crafted
Matiullah Rahmaty
Founder/President @ BrightPoint Consulting Services
Max Thalheimer
Co-Founder & CEO @ Fynd
Mellie Chow
Venture Partner @ Archangel Axion
Mellie Chow
Venture Partner @ Axion Fund
Michael Bertoni
Founder and CEO @ SaaS Talent
Michelle Peters
Co-Founder & CEO @ Supplino
Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA
Senior Director of Product and Business Development @ Allarta Life Science
Nate Hecker
CEO @ Big Idea, Inc.
Nathan Mancine
FI Mentor @ LeanTaaS
Nicholas Yankanich
Co-Founder/CTO @ Farms Close By
Orly Zeewy
Brand Strategist @ Zeewy Brands
Owen Occhetti
Consultant @ Avant Technology 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 Chmiel
Owner @ Cutting Edge Consulting
Rajiv Madhok
Founder @ Oorja
Randy Fisher
CEO @ Expand to New Markets
Raoul Davis
CEO @ Ascendant Group
Rich Heckelmann
Marketing Specialist @ Forward Vision Consulting
Ronda Siegel
Partner @ RSiegel Consulting LLC
Ryan Long
CPO & Founder @ OnPurpose Studio
Ryan Alcorn
Co-founder & CEO @ GrantExec
Sameer Babbar
Director @ SVB Group
Sara Ledterman
General Partner @ 3+ Ventures
Seth Goldstein
Principal Creative Director @ Goldstein Media LLC
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
Tanya Williamson
Chief Visionary Officer @ Tanya Williamson
Tim Dodd
Founder @ JTD Group
T.J. Butler
Founder @ 45 Solutions
Tovit Neizer
Chief Storyteller @ Yellow Bricks
Vipin Makhija
Founder, Mentor, Advisor @ Kast
Vladimir Pletyukhin
Founder and Creative Director @ Launch Deck
Xan Hong
Owner @ Drive Phase Consulting
Zach Messler
Founder @ 26th Letter LLC (zachmessler.com)
Zoe Qiao
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