Founder Institute Mentors

Washington DC Spring 2023

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 Washington DC program below.

Mentors

Abid Masood

Founder, Buddio

Alan Ocana

Founder & CEO, Consolhub and BBC CARGO

Aleksandra Liaplina

Program Lead, Blended Finance , IFC

Allan Wilson

Founder & Managing Director, Flat Rock Solutions

Allyson Redpath

Board Member, Westchester Land Trust

Amelia Friedman

Co-founder, Hatch

Andres Jordan

Founder, Factor6, LLC

Andrew Genova

FI Mentor

Angela Long

Managing Director & Brand Strategist, Brand Wagon Digital

Anne Rosenblum

Business Investment and Capital Attraction Manager, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority

Anuj Agrawal

Chief Marketing Officer, Earth Networks

Ashtan Moore

Co-Founder, Model B

Ayanna Smith

Managing Director GET Cities, All Raise | SecondMuseFoundation

Aydin Bolkar

VP of International Operations, Alarm.com

Benjamin Young

CEO, Sworkit

Bill Stokes

Founder & Chairman, Washington Network Group (WNG)

Bo Wang

Vice President, Juggernaut Capital Partners

Brant Cooper

Author | CEO | Founder, Moves the Needle

Brent Halliburton

Brent Halliburton - VP of Products, Verve Wireless (Washington DC FI) , Verve Wireless

Brian Bassett

Director, Simple Thread

Bryan Duarte

Managing Partner, BlackTech Capital

Carlos De Paula

Founder & Managing Director, Acadia Partners

C. Derek Campbell

CEO, Blue Holding Oceans

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Chris Haug

Founder and CEO, 360° Venture Management Group

Christie Thompson

Partner, Campfire & Co.

Christopher Wink

Publisher and CEO , Technically Media

Christopher Rogers

Partner, Lumia Capital

Clement Ahiekpor

Advisor, Loyal VC

Cq Huynh

Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs

Cynthia Gilmer

FI Mentor

Dan Hnatkovskyy

CEO and Co-Founder, Propertymate

Dan Myers

Co-Founder & Partner, 42Phi Ventures

Daniel Kroepfl

Vice President, TELE Controls Inc.

Danielle Tate

Founder & CEO, MissNowMrs.com & Elegant Entrepreneur

Dave Mc Carthy

Executive Director, Potential Energy DC

Dave Hall

CEO, DLH Technology Advisors

David Giannini

Chairman and CEO, Cirrusworks, Inc.

David Roberts

CEO, Anovium

Ed Harrell

Managing Partner, Harrell Capital Partners LLC

Ed English

Chief Product Officer, Higher Logic

Ellis Rosenberg

Vice President, Sales, WellDoc, Inc

Emily McMahan

Partner, Academy Investor Network

Eric Koefoot

Founder & CEO, PublicRelay, Inc.

Erna Redzepagic

Social Impact Accelerator, Halcyon

Esmael Dinan

Founder & CEO, Offino

Eylem Senyuz

Director, Truist Wealth

Frances Reimers

Principal , Firestarter

Fred Cohen

Founder and CEO, Angel to Exit

Frederic Gumbinner

Managing Partner , G2 Development Partners

Geneviève Nixon-Weems

Founder and CEO, Geneviève Global

Gira Wieczorek

Managing Partner / Co-Founder, Aleberry

Guc Ozenci

Tech-Entrepreneur | Mentor | Director | Investor, Founder Institute

Gül Branco

People and Culture Transformation Leader, Branco Development Group

Hank Yuan

Venture Partner, VU Ventures | , Venture Associate, Republic

Hannah Kim

Shwappe, Founder & CEO

Hatice Murphy

Director, Infuze International

Henry Hunter

ceo, Incidr

Howard Eisenberg

Founder , EuroSort

Iskender Uguz

Head of Small Business Lending and Decision Sciences, Capital One

Jamil Ramsey

Founder and CEO, Snap Contacts

Jeb Ory

Startup Advisory (exited founder), N/A

Joe Daniels

Partner, Co-Chair - Emerging Companies, Partner & Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Johan Holmberg

Senior Associate, Second Century Ventures

John Holaday

Chairman and CEO, DisposeRx Inc.

Josh Rosenthal

Founder & CEO, CloudSploit

Justin Etheredge

Partner, Simple Thread

Justin Barker

FI Mentor

Kaitlin Capobianco

Senior Manager, Fellow Community and Recruitment , Halcyon

Kathie Brady

CEO Group Chair, Vistage

Keith Segerson

CEO, P3 Innovation Strategies

Ken Gordon

Co-founder and CEO, VALR

Kevin Fulmer

Director, Alex Brown Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Kiki Ramsey

Founder, Kiki Ramsey International

Kuzeyhan Ozdemir

Lean Startup Mentor, Founder Institute

Kyle Brown

FI Mentor

Laura Clark

VP, Brand Development , MeatMe Pet Food

Laura Shibut

Program Manager, Lighthouse Labs RVA

Leonardo Garcia

Senior IoT & 5G Solutions Consultant, AT&T

Lisa Friedlander

Founder Board Member, Citrine Angels

Liz Sara

Managing Director, Best Marketing, LLC

Liza Rodewald

Co-founder, Instant Teams

Loni Faraci

Director of Product , Co-Star

Marcos Filho

Full-time MBA student, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Mark Kass

Senior Counsel , Crowell & Moring LLP

Mashea Ashton

Founder and CEO , Digital Pioneers Academy

Matt Mandell

Principal, PayNerd.com

Matt Hanson

Co-Founder, PAX Momentum

Matthew Repetto

Associate , Crowell & Moring LLP

Maura O'brien Ali

CEO and Managing Director, American Growth Solutions

Max Kryzhanovskiy

President, MOS Creative

Melissa Akkaway

Partner, The Particulars

Michael Riemer

Advisor, ABJJ Consulting

Michelle Pham

Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP

Mike Malloy

Vice President, Malloy Industries

Mirza Baig

Partner, Aldrich Capital Partners

Murat Karabulut

FI Mentor

Nadine Zerrini

Corporate Innovation Leader, Harvard University

Naresh Verma

Analyst - Mentor - Coach - Product Design, Data Visualization, Yoova

Neil Kleinberg

FI Mentor

Neil Shah

Founder & CEO, ThinkNimble

Nicola Corzine

Executive Director , Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center

Nii Simmonds

Global Advisor, The Knowledge Pledge

Nimish Jalan

COO, Big Red Group

Nitin Pradhan

Founder and CEO , ScaleUP

Olivier Meganck

Founder & CEO, TheList.wtf

Onur Kutlu Gago

Founder & Growth Coach, Tale

Patrick Bryant

CEO, CODE/+/TRUST

Patty Simonton

Strategic Initiatives Manager, Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation

Paul Singh

Chief Hustler, Results Junkies

Peter Ettinger

FI Mentor

Phoebe Van Duinen

Principal, Halcyon Fund

Pierre Gomez

Program Manager, Systems and Technology Research (STR)

Rajesh Rai

Partner, Montane Ventures

Randy Reade

Co-founder, Washington ArchAngels

Richard Rothstein

CEO, Rothstein Consulting

Rokas Beresniovas

Head of Growth, Commercial and Small Business Leading, NIH Federal Credit Union

Ronit Avni

Founder , Just Vision

Rosemarie Truman

Founder and CEO, Ignite Social Impact

Sam Feigi

Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Sammy Popat

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Catalyst, University of Maryland

Sandeep Aneja

Founder & Managing Partner, Kaizenvest

Sandy Vasan

Founder , outcomes.work

Sanjay Prasad

Founder/ CEO, SurgiPrice/ SurgiConnect

Sarah Bassett

Research Director , US. House of Representatives, Committee on Financial Services (minority-side staff)

Sean Makulowich

Founder/CEO, IdeaFire™

Sever Totia

Partner, 3TS Capital Partners

Shahed Amanullah

Managing Director, Frost Capital

Shani Peled

Founder & Managing Partner, TechnoArt

Simon Okeke

CEO, Jet Star Logistics

Şirin Köprücü

Principal, Strategic Straits

Spencer Hansen

Director of User Experience & Design, Simple Thread

Stanley Mc Chrystal

Founder , McChrystal Group

Stephen Lehman

Chairman and CEO , CoFounders Lab

Steve Ryan

Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP

Steven A. Rodriguez

Venture Catalyst, STVNRCO

Tien Wong

Founder and CEO, Lore

Tom Smith

Co-founder, Truss

Tony Amer

Managing Partner, TRANSFORMity

Tyrone Taylor

President, Capitol Advisors on Technology, Former NASA Director

Ufuk Demirci

Global Head, Venture Funds, IFC

Vikram Dhawan

Founder & CEO, KnoetiK Solutions Inc.,

Wa'il Ashshowwaf

Co-Founder & CEO, Unstuck Labs

Wayne Lifshitz

Sr Director, Chemonics

YouMon Tsang

Founder and CEO, ChurnZero

Yvonne Quahe

Trainer, Facilitator, Coach and Author, WBFN

Zac Blanco

Senior Manager, Keiter

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