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Founder Institute Mentors

Washington DC Virtual 2022

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

Allyson Redpath

Board Member, Westchester Land Trust

Amelia Friedman

Co-founder, Hatch

Angela Long

Brand Experience Officer , The American Marketing Association in DC

Anuj Agrawal

Chief Marketing Officer, Earth Networks

Aydin Bolkar

VP of International Operations, Alarm.com

Benjamin Young

CEO, Sworkit

Bill Stokes

Founder & Chairman, Washington Network Group (WNG)

Brent Halliburton

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

Brian Bassett

FI Mentor

Bryan Duarte

CEO, Enliten

C. Derek Campbell

CEO, Blue Holding Oceans

Carlos De Paula

Founder & Managing Director, Acadia Partners

Chris Haug

Founder and CEO, 360° Venture Management Group

Christopher Wink

Publisher and CEO , Technically Media

Christopher Rogers

Partner, Lumia Capital

Cynthia Gilmer

FI Mentor

Dan Myers

Co-Founder & Partner, 42Phi Ventures

Dan Hnatkovskyy

CEO and Co-Founder, Propertymate

Danielle Tate

Founder & CEO, MissNowMrs.com & Elegant Entrepreneur

Dave Mc Carthy

Executive Director, Potential Energy DC

David Giannini

Chairman and CEO, Cirrusworks, Inc.

Ed Harrell

Managing Partner, Harrell Capital Partners LLC

Ed English

Chief Product Officer, Higher Logic

Ellis Rosenberg

Vice President, Sales, WellDoc, Inc

Eric Koefoot

Founder & CEO, PublicRelay, Inc.

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 Desai

Managing Partner / Co-Founder, Aleberry

Guc Ozenci

Tech-Entrepreneur | Director | Mentor , Founder Institute

Gul Branco

People and Culture Transformation Leader, Branco Development Group

Hank Yuan

Venture Partner , .

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

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Phone2Action, Inc.

Johan Holmberg

Senior Associate, Second Century Ventures

John Holaday

Chairman and CEO, DisposeRx Inc.

Josh Rosenthal

Founder & CEO, CloudSploit

Justin Etheredge

Partner, Simple Thread

Kathie Brady

CEO Group Chair, Vistage

Keith Segerson

CEO, P3 Innovation Strategies

Kiki Ramsey

Founder, Kiki Ramsey International

Kuzeyhan Ozdemir

Technology Executive and Coach, Freelance

Kyle Brown

FI Mentor

Laura Clark

VP, Brand Development , MeatMe Pet Food

Laura Shibut

Program Manager, Lighthouse Labs RVA

Lisa Friedlander

Founder Board Member, Citrine Angels

Liz Sara

Managing Director, Best Marketing, LLC

Liza Rodewald

Co-founder, Instant Teams

Marcos Filho

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

Mark Ein

Founder , Venture House Group

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

Melissa Akkaway

Partner, The Particulars

Michael Riemer

Advisor, ABJJ Consulting

Michelle Pham

Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP

Mirza Baig

Partner, Aldrich Capital Partners

Naresh Verma

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

Neil Kleinberg

FI Mentor

Nicola Corzine

Executive Director , Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center

Nii Simmonds

Global Advisor, The Knowledge Pledge

Nitin Pradhan

Founder and CEO , ScaleUP

Olivier Meganck

Founder & CEO, TheList.wtf

Onur Kutlu Gago

Founder & Growth Coach, Tale

Patty Simonton

Director, Be Green Business, Bethesda Green

Paul Singh

Chief Hustler, Results Junkies

Peter Ettinger

FI Mentor

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

Sandy Vasan

Founder , outcomes.work

Sanjay Prasad

Founder/ CEO, SurgiPrice/ SurgiConnect

Sean Makulowich

Founder/CEO, IdeaFire™

Sever Totia

Partner, 3TS Capital

Shahed Amanullah

Managing Director, Frost Capital

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

Director of Latinx Programs, Uncharted

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

You Mon Tsang

Founder and CEO, ChurnZero

Yvonne Quahe

Trainer, Facilitator, Coach and Author, WBFN

Zac Blanco

Senior Manager, Keiter

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