Washington DC - Philadelphia Fall 2026
Washington DC Mentors
Program Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way.
See the list of current and past mentors for the Washington DC program below.
Abdellah Aouf
Chief Executive Officer @ GO PLATFORM
Alan Ocana
Founder & CEO @ Consolhub and BBC CARGO
Allan Wilson
Founder & Managing Director @ Flat Rock Solutions
Andres Jordan
Founder & CMO (Mentor) @ Factor6 Innovation Strategies, LLC
Anthony Millin
Founder & Chair @ Next by Shulman Rogers
Arcui Usoara
Global Board Advisor and Brand Strategist, Founder @ Iaculus
Ario Keshani
Investor and Advisor @ AWS
Ben Stacey
CEO @ Pitchverk
Beulah Toth
Strategist @ Obvious
Brandon Wang
Managing Director @ Eyrie Networks
Brant Cooper
Author | CEO | Founder @ Moves the Needle
Cameron Powell
Partner @ IonIdea + Gregor Wynne Arney PLLC
Chris Haug
Founder and CEO @ 360° Venture Management Group
Chris Foltz
Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence @ Founder Institute
Craig Snodgrass
Venture Partner @ Valor Ventures
Daniel Shires
Managing Director @ Founder Institute
Dave Hall
CEO @ DLH Technology Advisors
Debra Cancro
SVP Data Products @ Bigtincan
Dilara Rustamzada
Founder @ Passion Technologies
Don Samoil
Managing Partner @ Trusted Scale
Eric Koefoot
Founder & CEO @ PublicRelay, Inc.
Franklin Kamnang Ngansop
Co-Founder @ Vitamin CS Coaching
Geneviève Nixon-Weems
Founder and CEO @ Geneviève Global
Guc Ozenci
Program Director @ FI Washington DC
Jeb Ory
Startup Advisory (exited founder) @ N/A
Joe Daniels
Partner, Co-Chair - Emerging Companies @ Partner & Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder & CIO @ Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital
Jonathan Chashper
CEO @ Product Savvy Consulting
Joshua Frankel
President @ Startcase
June W Choi
Managing Partner @ Serval Ventures
Kassym Kabylgali
Investment Director @ Klever Asset Management
Ken Gordon
Co-founder and CEO @ VALR
Kuzeyhan Ozdemir
Lean Startup Mentor @ Founder Institute
Leena Palav
Board Member, Strategy Advisor, Interim COO/CFO @ -med devices, health tech, consumer products, robotics
Lisa Friedlander
Founder Board Member @ Citrine Angels
Mali Phonpadith
CEO/Founder @ SOAR Community Network
Marc Trost
Founder @ M&T CPA PLLC
Mark Phinick
B2B Deal Coach @ Let's Make It Rain
Max Kryzhanovskiy
President @ MOS
Michael O'brien
Managing Partner @ Siol Venture Capital
Nadine Zerrini
Director @ Founder Institute Boston
Natcha Thawesaengskulthai
Strategic Advisor @ The Founder Institute (Washington D.C.)
Nina Archie
Fellow @ Black Venture Institute
Noah Wallach
Founder @ Hope OS
Pierre Gomez
Program Manager @ Systems and Technology Research (STR)
Rafael Kartaszynski
CEO @ TechEdge Dynamics
Rajesh Rai
Partner @ Montane Ventures
Rajiv Madhok
Founder @ Oorja
Randy Reade
Co-founder @ Washington ArchAngels
Sammy Popat
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Catalyst @ University of Maryland
Sean Makulowich
Founder & CEO @ IdeaFire™
Şirin Köprücü
Principal, Certified Executive Co-Active Coach @ StrategicStraits, Inc.
Smriti Bagry
Senior Product Manager @ ByteDance (TikTok)
Sriram Gollapalli
Managing Director @ Long Angle
Steven A. Rodriguez
Venture Catalyst @ OrangeUP
Tovit Neizer
Chief Storyteller and communication strategist @ Yellow Bricks
Ufuk Demirci
Global Head, Venture Funds @ IFC
Vikram Dhawan
Founder & CEO @ KnoetiK Solutions Inc.,
Vladimir Pletyukhin
Founder and Creative Director @ Launch Deck
YouMon Tsang
Founder and CEO @ ChurnZero
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