Founder Institute Mentors

Princeton - Philadelphia Spring 2025

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 Princeton program below.

Mentors

Aaron Karp

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Founder Institute

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Alfred Poor

Keynote speaker and virtual event expert, The Health Tech Futurist

Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills, MSEL, PCC, CPQC®, CELC

Founder & Owner, Purpose-Filled Solutions & Evolutions®

Bill Rivkin

Virtual Relationship Manager |non-dilutive funding, Citizens Bank

Carl Starkey

Co-Founder & CEO, AWSM Sauce Co

Daniel Ritterman

CEO & Founder, MainLineDelivery (acquired by Square)

Daria Duda

Product Marketing, Consultant

David Stengle

CEO & Founder , Board++

Don Samoil

Managing Partner, Trusted Scale

Don Pancoe

Chief Blinker, Blinkenlights Technologies

Ellen Weber

Executive Director, Robin Hood Ventures

Heather Lawver

Founder & CEO, Ceemo

Isabelle Kent

FI Mentor

Jasmin Sethi

CEO, Sethi Clarity Advisers

Jedidiah Weller

CEO, OpenForge

Joe Daniels

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

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

Karina Sotnik

Founder/CEO, WorldUpstart

Mac Goswami

Senior Portfolio/Program Manager, Fiserv Inc

Mara Schwartz

FI Mentor

Matiullah Rahmaty

Founder/President , BrightPoint Consulting Services

Max Thalheimer

Co-Founder & CEO, Fynd

Michelle Peters

Co-Founder & CEO, Supplino

Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA

Senior Director of Product and Business Development, Allarta Life Science

Orly Zeewy

Brand Strategist, Zeewy Brands

Owen Occhetti

Consultant, Avant Technology Group

Pam Knox

CEO/Chief Strategist, Pam Knox LLC

Pete Biggam

Director / Mentor / Advisor, Founder Institute

Peter Chmiel

Owner, Cutting Edge Consulting

Raghu Rao

CEO, Splitbyte Inc

Sameer Babbar

Director, SVB Group

Seth Goldstein

Principal Creative Director, Goldstein Media LLC

Stefanos Damianakis

President, Zaruko Advisors

Stephan Thomas

Managing Partner, Artimon3D

Tanya Williamson

Chief Visionary Officer , Tanya Williamson

Tim Dodd

Founder, JTD Group

Tovit Neizer

Chief Storyteller, Yellow Bricks

Trevor Longino

Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers

Zach Messler

Founder, 26th Letter LLC (zachmessler.com)

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