Team

Marie Meslin
Executive Director

Jingjing Li Cohen
Program & Marketing Manager

Lisa Frusztajer
Investor In Residence

Justin Mott
Researcher In Residence

Delia Wada-Gill
Winter Marketing Associate

Julia Palomba
Special Projects Associate
Board of Directors
Angel and Venture investors, Entrepreneurs, Founders, Financial & Legal Advisers: our board’s areas of expertise cover every aspect of the startup funding process.

Senofer Mendoza
Chair Of The Board
Founder, General Partner Mendoza Ventures

Asad Butt
Startup Advisor | Ventures | Investments | Leap Venture Studio @ Kinship | Podcast Host @ American Muslim Project

Jay Dia
Finance Director, LearnLaunch

Cecilia Frerotte
Principal, Wolf & Company, P.C.

Jeremy Halpern
Partner, Nutter McClennen & Fish, LLP.

Ian Mashiter
Director of Entrepreneurship, Boston University Questrom School of Business

Sheila Narayan
Angel Investor, Golden Seeds
Advisory Council Members
Founders, Investors, CFOs, COOs, CEOs, Professors… Our advisors strengthen our community and programming.

Erik Bullen
Advisor, Investor, COO & Executive Coach

Ben Bungert
Director Of Operations, LearnLaunch Accelerator

Jason Cardinal MD, MS
General Partner at BYW Venture Group, CEO at Lind Health

Betty Francisco
Angel Investor, Pipeline Angels & Portfolia
Founder, Amplify LatinX

Jason Frishman
Founder & CEO, Netcapital

Christine Fuchs
Angel Investor, Director & Member at Launchpad Venture Group

Orhan Gazelle
Associate Principal, Schooner Capital

Jean Hammond
Partner, LearnLaunch
Angel Investor at Hub Angels, Golden Seeds & Launchpad Ventures

Ben Littauer
Angel Investor, Boston Harbor Angels & Walnut Venture Associates

Brenda Loan
Leadership Coach, InnerOvation & Speaker Sisterhood

Jessica McLear
Angel Investor, Launchpad Venture Group
Industry Champion, MassChallenge

Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, PhD
Director of Venture Capital Inclusion Lab;
Prof at Brown University.

Jason Pulsifer
Global Financial Controller, MassChallenge

Riley Rodgers
Principal, Valia VC

Oliver Sanchez
Managing Director, AccelHUB Ventures

Courtney Scrubbs
Corporate Counsel, Philanthropist & Founder, The DAWA Investment Network

Raza Shaikh
Managing Director, Launchpad Venture Group

Johnnie Walker
Owner & CFO Cadently

Susu Wong
Founder of Tomo360, Board of The MA LGBT Chamber of Commerce & Founding Member of Women Accelerators
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