Summit Experts - Startup of the Year Summit 2020

2020 Top 5 Finals Judges

Anna Mason
Partner
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
Lo Toney
Founding Managing Partner
Plexo Capital
Mary Grove
Managing Partner
Bread & Butter Ventures
D an Mindus
Managing Partner
NextGen Venture Partners
J en Consalvo
Co-CEO
Established
Frank Gruber
Co-CEO
Established
2020 Speakers
Updated daily!

Kara Goldin
Founder and CEO
Hint Inc.
and Author, Undaunted
Mike Evans
Co-Founder of GrubHub Founder of Fixer
and Author, Hangry
Tim Draper
Founder
Draper Associates
and Author, Startup Hero
Whitney Johnson
CEO
WLJ Advisors
and Author, Build an A-Team
Rohit Bhargava
Founder
Non-Obvious Company
and Author, Non-Obvious Mega Trends
Meredith Fineman
Founder
Finepoint
and Author, Brag Better
Zvi Band
General Manager
Compass
and Author, Success is in Your Sphere: Leverage the Power of Relationships to Achieve Your Business Goals
M arlon Nichols
Managing General Partner
MaC Venture Capital
S arah Evans
Founder and CEO
Sevans Strategy
Marc Nager
Partner
Greater Colorado Venture Fund
John Fein
Managing Partner
Firebrand Ventures
Cooper Harris
Founder and CEO
Klickly and Venture Partner
NextGen Ventures
Maxwell Briggs
Acting Program Executive
NASA iTech
Jason Rathje
Director
AF Ventures, AFWERX
2020 Judges
Updated daily!

Mike Asem
Partner
M25
C heryl Foil
Manager
Elyse Winery / Finite Capital
Erica Duignan Minnihan
Founding and Managing Partner
Reign Ventures
Gary Benitt
Managing Director
Social Leverage
Cheryl Campos
Head of Venture Growth and Partnerships
Republic
Troy Henikoff
Managing Director
MATH Venture Partners
Falon Donahue
Partner
Narya
S herman Williams
Managing Partner
Academy Investor Network
Phil Nadel
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Forefront Venture Partners
Mac Conwell
Managing Director
RareBreed Ventures
Lesa Mitchell
Managing Director
Techstars
John Fein
Managing Partner
Firebrand Ventures
Allyson Kapin
Co-Founder and Partner
RAD Campaign, W Fund
Marc Nager
Partner
Greater Colorado Venture Fund
Ronnie Martinez
VC Analyst
CEAS Investments
2020 Mentors
Updated daily!

Monique Villa
Investor
Mucker Capital
Gary Benitt
Managing Director
Social Leverage
M elissa Bradley
Founder
1863 Ventures and Ureeka
P hil Nadel
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Forefront Venture Partners
Lesa Mitchell
Managing Director
Techstars
M ark Achler
Managing Director
MATH Venture Partners
Brunda Prince
Chief Operating Officer
Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
P arker Thompson
Partner
TNT Ventures
C heryl Foil
Manager
Elyse Winery / Finite Capital
Cory Finney
Partner
Greater Colorado Venture Fund
Falon Donahue
Partner
Narya
Fred Hoch
Founder and General Partner
TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Anastasia Tarpeh-Ellis
Co-founder and CEO
Bosa
Richard Munassi
Director
Tampa Bay Wave
Maranda Manning
Principal
Firebrand Ventures
Matthew Tillman
Partner
TNT Ventures
Ally Schneider
Principal
E*TRADE Ventures and Labs
D erren Burrell
President and General Partner
Veterans Venture Capital
Kirstie McCool
Executive Director Innovation
Guidewell
Don Rainey
General Partner
Grotech
Amy Nelson
CEO
Venture for America
Robert Heiblim
Partner and Co-Founder BlueSalve Partners
L inda Olson
CEO
Venture for America
Vikram Tank
Product Manager
Google
F letcher Jones
SVP, Product Management
EVERFI
Ronnie Martinez
VC Analyst
CEAS Investments
L arry Berlin
CFO, Freedom Fries
Mentor, Chicago Booth
Seda Goff
Director, Veteran Entrepreneurs
PenFed Foundation
Logan Grizzel
CTO
Blackhorn Ventures
Lakshmi Shenoy
CEO
Embarc Collective
Maxwell Briggs
Acting NASA iTech Program Executive
NASA
Katie Milligan
Program Manager, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Heartland Forward
Jose Morey
CEO
Ad Astra Media
Sara Lawhead
Brand and Product Manager
Johnson Outdoors Inc
Jonathan Ozeran
Director of Product
Tempus
Julie Penner
Venture Partner
Next Frontier Capital
Mont Handley
Entrepreneur in Residence
Purdue University Northwest, Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center
Marcia Chong Rosado
Future of Finance Practice Lead
Village Capital
Peter Corbett
Founder
Corbett Ventures
Chante Harris
Venture Partner, Republic and Managing Partner, New Anchor Group
Justin Thorp
Director of Digital Marketing
Oracle
Annie Scranton
Founder + President
Pace PR
Micah Baldwin
Early Stage Practice
Grasshopper Bank
Sarah Evans
Founder and CEO
Sevans Strategy
Cutler Knupp
Director of Investment
Dysruptek
Paraj Mathur
Investor
BIP Capital
Gary Benitt
Managing Director
Social Leverage
Sherman Williams
Managing Partner
Academy Investor Network
Ryan Ramkhelawan
Director of Acceleration
Start Co
Kim Seals
Senior Partner
Outlander Labs
Steven Haase
CEO and Cofounder
Think Global
Cheryl Delgreco
President
Media Strategies, Inc
Carl Grant
EVP, Global Business Development
Cooley
Adam Leaman
Chief Client Officer
Zero Hash LLC
Allie Felix
Platform Director
Embarc Collective
Michael D'Aurizio
Investment Director, Ventures
Centrica
John Fein
Managing Partner
Firebrand Ventures
J amie Finney
Partner
Greater Colorado Venture Fund
Molly Ernst
Ecosystem Developer, Startups
Twilio
Jeff Erickson
Director of Business Development
Carta
Nick Spiller
Fundraising Coach
Mike Macadaan
Product Design Manager
Facebook
Dax Williamson
Managing Director
SVB
Frederick Mossler
Chief Business Builder
Honus Capital
Chacho Valadez
Principal & Chief of Staff
Backstage Capital
Heather Buffo
Venture Growth & Partnerships Lead
Republic
PREVIOUS JUDGES, SPEAKERS, MENTORS
Startup of the Year is grateful for our global community.

Arlan Hamilton
Founder and Managing Partner,
Backstage Capital;
CEO and Co-founder, Backstage Studio
Colin Angle
Chairman, CEO and Founder
iRobot
Carolyn Rodz
Founder and CEO,
Alice
David Rose
VP, Vision Technology, Warby Parker
Carmichael Roberts
Founder and Managing Partner,
Material Impact
Alda Leu Dennis
General Partner,
Initialized Capital
David Woessner
General Manager, Local Motors; General Manager, External Affairs, LM Industries
Mara Lewis
Co-founder and President, ID8 Innovation
C hris Keller
Managing Partner,
NextGen Venture Partners
D ina Samra
Director of Corporate Partnerships,
GAN
Ken Ito
Senior Director and General Manager,
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
S eth Turner
Director of Citizen Engagement,
Congressional Management Foundation
Sonia Wadhawan
Director, Hardware Partnerships,
Google
Gary Shapiro
President and CEO,
Consumer Technology Association
E liott Peck
Executive Vice President and General Manager,
Imaging Technologies and Communications Group,
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
D eena Ghazarian
Managing Partner,
TargetPath, LLC
Eric Hsia
Managing Director,
TransLink Capital
V eer Gidwaney
CEO and Co-founder,
Maxwell Health
Clement Cazalot
Managing Director, Techstars Boston

Lakshmi Shenoy
CEO,
Embarc Collective

John Ivey
President and CEO,
Mitek
A ia Sarycheva
Investor,
Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

Abe Stein
Director of Content,
Sports Innovation Lab
Angela Ruggiero
CEO and Co-founder,
Sports Innovation Lab
G ene Cornfield
Managing Director, Marketing & Experience Transformation,
Accenture
Kyle Walker
Head of New Business Strategy, Amazon Exclusives
J ennifer Lopez
Commercial Innovation, Technology Lead,
CASIS
Robert Heiblim
Principal,
BlueSalve
J amie Boone
Sr. Director, Government Affairs,
Consumer Technology Association
Warren Katz
Managing Director,
Techstars Autonomous Technology Accelerator
Robin Raskin
Founder,
Living in Digital Times
Michael Sorrentino
CEO,
Sorrentino Media and EyePatch Case
Mia Manantan
Community Relations Manager,
Samsung NEXT

Bill Kenney
Client Advocate,
MEET

Marita McGinn
Manager of Hardware Outreach,
Indiegogo

Rahul Singh
Sr. Business Development Manager,
Amazon
Daliah Saper
Tech and Social Media Attorney,
Saper Law

Lawrence Johnson
SVP and Head of Fintech Engagement,
Morningstar

Divya Raghavan
Investor,
Samsung NEXT Ventures

Frank J. Parrotto
COO,
Matrix Advisors, LLC

Larry Richenstein
Managing Director,
Peak Ventures, Inc.

John Vaskis
VP of Sales,
Indiegogo

Nancy Saucier
Executive Director, Commercialization and New Ventures,
UMass Lowell
B en Arnold
Senior Director, Innovation and Trends
Consumer Technology Association
Jesse Bardo
VP of Early Stage Practice,
Silicon Valley Bank
Tanveer Kathawalla
CFO,
Analytical Space
Raymond Hwang
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery,
New England Baptist Hospital
Laz Vekiarides
CTO and Co-founder,
ClearSky Data, Inc
Sara Lawhead
Brand, Product and ECommerce Manager,
Johnson Outdoors
Julien Pham, MD, MPH
President and COO,
Genprex, Inc.
Andrea Black
VP of Network Strategy, Catalant Technologies
Jeff Janer
Chair,
Vistage
Kim Folsom
Co-founder, Chief Executive and Managing Partner,
Founders First Capital Partners, LLC
Bruce Borenstein
Principal,
PH Advisors
Lakshmi Mason
Director, eCommerce Product Management,
Keurig
Eric Boutin
Entrepreneur, Investor
Eric Bodley
President,
Future Ready Solutions
Coleen Sterns Leith
President,
Marketing Matters
David Lewis
CEO,
Operations Inc
Marina Diaz Ibarra
Managing Partner,
Wolox
Richard Feller
Founder,
Hedgehog Technology Services
Kimberly Fassetta
Chief Marketing Officer,
AfterShokz
Gregg Stein
Chief Revenue Officer and General Manager,
Kano
Melissa Withers
Managing Director,
RevUp Capital
Jeff O'Hara
Entrepreneur, Investor
Jules Pieri
Co-founder and CEO,
The Grommet
DJ Saul
CEO,
ISL
Kathryn Rose
Founder and CEO,
wiseHer
Devon McDonald
Partner,
OpenView
Laurence Hayward
Founding Partner,
Independence Equity
Arezou Zarafshan
Investor and CEO,
AZA Consulting
Brad Holliday
Co-Founder
ID8 Innovation