
Judges
- Allison Barman
Philanthropy Executive - Barbara Butts Williams
Executive Dean, External Relations and Partnerships, Capella University - Brett Carter Sr.
EVP, Chief Customer and Innovation Officer at Xcel Energy - Cathy Connett
Experienced Business Professional and Investor - Lisa Crump
Founder, Cairn Ventures - Sara Dziuk
Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest - Leslie Frecon
CEO, LFE Capital - Sima Griffith
Founder, Aethlon Capital - Frank Jaskulke
VP of intelligence, Medical Alley Association - Beth Kieffer Leonard
Lurie LLP - Joel Lebewitz
Retired, Lurie LLP - Brad Lehrman
Attorney at Law, Soffer Charbonnet Law Group - Howard Leonhardt
Serial Entrepreneur - Joy Lindsay
President and Co-Founder, StarTec Investments, LLC - Scott Litman
Co-founder, MN Cup and Managing Partner, Equals 3 - Dan Mallin
Co-founder, MN Cup, Founder, Equals3 and Managing Partner, Magnet 360 - Shawn McIntee
Partner, Maslon LLP - Wendy Nelson
Vice President, Carlson Family Foundation - Jeffrey Robbins
Partner, Entrepreneurial Services Practice Group, Avisen - Bruce Shay
Securian Financial - Pete Speranza
Business Development Principal, 301 Inc. - Lacey Smith
3M
- John Bergstrom
Partner, RiverPoint Investments - Barbara Butts Williams
Executive Dean, External Relations and Partnerships, Capella University - Ryan Hagedorn
Chief Operating Officer, Edmentum - Ron Lancaster
Chief Technology Officer, Structural - Teresa Marchek
Principal Consultant, Yellow Burst Consulting - Andrew Morrow
Marketing Manager, Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Minnesota - TechComm - Clarke Porter
Executive Advisor, Credly - Josh Slayton
SVP, Business Development, Research, and Innovation, ECMC Group - Josh Susser
Partner, Cascadily - Joseph Watt
ECMC Group - Steve Wellvang
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
- Ian Adams
Managing Director, Clean Energy Trust - Emily Ahachich
Xcel Energy - Cathy Connett
CEO & Managing Partner, Sofia Fund - Dominik Elsaesser
VP of Technology & Innovation, Filtration Solutions, Pentair - Meredith Englund
VP Water Partnerships, Ecolab - Pam Kellenberger
Consultant, Kellenberger & Associates - Priscilla Koeckeritz
Founder, EnergyPrint; Fractional CMO & Consultant - Gregg Mast
President & CEO, Earthtech Energy, Executive Director, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota - David Quinby
Partner, Stoel Rives - Gabi Sabongi
Executive Retiree, 3M - James Schmidt
CPA & Partner, Eide Bailly LLP - Bill Shadid
Director, Building Technologies/Materials, Axiom Marketing, President & Founder, Shadid MARKET(ing)™ Consulting, LLC - Michael Stutelberg
Scientist, AURI - Garrick Van Buren
Digital Strategy & Innovation - Food, Cargill - Keith Waxelman
President, Wax Enterprises - Stephen Wolff
State Program Administrator, Principal, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
- Jennifer Barta
R&D Director Dairy Foods Product Platforms and Innovation, Land O'Lakes - Anna Braun
Director of Business Development, JT Mega - Barry Gisser
CFO, Science Museum of Minnesota - Allison Hohn
Executive Director, Grow North - Diliara Iassonova
LCFS Development Leader at Cargill - Ariel Kagan
MN Department of Agriculture - Chris Kwiat
VP Product Development, Schwan's Company - Steven London
CEO, iCrimeFighter, Co-Founder, Six Points Capital - Susan Markey
Partner & Business Attorney, Maslon LLP - Joe Montgomery
Global Account Director, Star - Lolly Occhino
Scientist of Food and Nutrition, AURI - Josh Resnik
CEO, Twin Cities Co-op Partners - Kathy Roland
Venture Partner, Oak Investments Partners - Dave Russick
Russick Group - Vaishnavi Sankarlal
Researcher, Midwest Dairy - Jim Schmidt
Partner, Eide Bailly LLP - Marty Solhaug
President, Sunny Hill Investment Co LLC, Senior Director, Total Rewards, Sleep Number Corporation - Pete Speranza
Operating VC Partner, Unovis Asset Management - Anne Steinfeldt
Senior Project Lead, Preston Kelly - Michael Stern
Operating Partner at Gather Venture Group - Bruce Tiffany
Owner & Farmer, Tiffany Family Farms - Iris Tzafrir
Strategy Business Development Manager, Syngenta; Principal Owner, TZ Consulting & Speaking, LLC - TJ Varecka
Director, KMG Group - Lisa Vongchingtrong
Trend Manager, Food & Beverage, Target Corporation - Alexis Walsko
Founder & CEO, Lola Red PR - Ken Wilmer
SVP, MN Bank & Trust
- Anne Bergstrom
Co-Founder & President, Ampersand Holdings - Kevin Besikof
Partner, Lurie, LLP - Pamela Bishop
VP of Economic Development, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation - Brett Brohl
Managing Director - Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator, Techstars - Chelsey Buck
Corporate Attorney, Lathrop GPM - Jane Dailey
Owner, Jane Dailey Consultants - John Fritz
Location President, Choice Bank - Brian Gustafson
Managing Director, Investments, Tonkawa - Duane Johnson
Co-Founder, Tuloko - Pamela Kellenberger
Consultant, PMKellenberger Consultants - Brad Lehrman
Attorney & Partner, Soffer Lehrman Law Group - Warren McLean
President, Northside Economic Opportunity Network (NEON) - Sarah Miller
Business & Community Representative, MN Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) - Justin Richie
Director of Data Science, The Nerdery - Thom Sandberg
Founder & Partner, The Kenyon Consortium - Maggie Tatton
Attorney, Ballard Spahr - Ed Zabinski
Owner, Zabinski Consulting
- Charlene Charles
Director of Commercial Operations, Target - Derek Chin
Director of Innovation, Nerdery - James Dougherty
Director, Sales Enablement and CRM, Securian Financial - Laurent Frecon
Vice President, LFE Capital - Sima Griffith
Founder & Managing Principal, Aethlon Capital - Tim Huebsch
Senior Manager - Global Financial Systems and Global Business Solutions, General Mills - Joy Lindsay
CEO, President & Co-Founder, StarTec Investments, LLC - Scott Litman
Co-founder, MN Cup and Managing Partner, Lucy - Nathan Miller
Tech Ventures Associate, Cargill - Jeff Nelson
Manager, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Eve Poeshl
Director of Solutions Architecture, MentorMate - Kashif Riaz
Director of Data Engineering, Securian Financial - Sam Richter
Chief Executive, SBR Worldwide - Jeff Robbins
Attorney, Avisen Legal - Matt Ronge
CEO & Co-Founder, Astro HQ - Max Schwartz
Lathrop GPM - Nathan Shubert
Partner, Lurie LLP - Carlos Seoane
CEO, Extempore, The Speaking Practice App - Meghan Stiling
Enterprise Architect, Nerdery - Robert Weber
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Great North Labs
- Allison Barman
Philanthropy Executive - Terri Barrerio
Volunteer Coordinator, Impact Hub MSP, Owner and Principal, Terri Barrerio Consulting Services - Brad Brown
Principal, Socentia - Jim Delaney
Founder & Principal, Engine for Good - Luke Greiner
Lathrop GPM - Reynolds-Anthony Harris
Managing Director, LP+ design - Allison Hintz
Lathrop GPM - Brendan Kurvers
Clifton Larson Allen - Matt Lewis
Director, Greater MSP - Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas
Managing Director, CECP - Janet Ogden-Brackett
Vice President, Propel Nonprofits - Courtney Ready
Target - Connie Rutledge
Managing Director, FINNOVATION Lab, Co-Founder, SlingGrip - Margie Siegel
Director, Center for Nonprofit Management at the University of St. Thomas; Association Health Plan Team Lead, MN Council of Nonprofits - Kayla Yang Best
Founder, Seasoned Specialty Food Market
- Marguerite Ahmann
Associate, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. - Xavier Frigola
Treasury Service Lead, Mayo Clinic - Thomas Gunderson
Retired Medtech Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray - Frank Jaskulke
VP - Intelligence, The Medical Alley Association - Beth Kieffer Leonard
Managing Partner, Lurie LLP - Kevin Larsen
SVP, OptumLabs - Dan Mallin
Co-founder, MN Cup; Founder, Managing Partner and Founder, Equals 3, Inc. DBA Lucy - Frank Mortari
VP of Corporate Development, Bio-Techne Corp. - Lars Oddsson
Co-Founder & CTO, RX Function - Sara Russick
Russick Group - Chris Schad
Director of Business Development - Discovery Square, Mayo Clinic; DMC Economic Development Agency - Dr. Christopher Scorzelli
Medical Technology/Innovation Consultant, Minnesota Humble - Martha Sewall
Executive Advisor & Consultant, transformedtech, Project Advisor, Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium - Rick Sitarz
VP of Commercial Development, Lifecore Biomedical - Kari Snaza
SVP, UnitedHealth Group - Amanda Welters
Senior Associate Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
- Ty Anderson
Managing Principal, Andcor - Aaron Brown
Corporate Controller, Carousel Motor Group - Ryan Gordon
VP of Business Development and Commercialization, StemoniX - Ernest Grumbles
Founder and Managing Director, Grumbles Law PLLC - Paul Hallgren
Attorney, Ballard Spahr - Russell Michaletz
Retired, Deloitte - Sonia Punwani
Global Bakery Category Leader, Cargill - Nick Roseth
Founder & Chief Explorer, Monocl, XPLR Design, HOUT Digital - Daniel Tenenbaum
Principal, Gray Plant Mooty - Richard Vogen
Logistics Technology Consultant, CH Robinson - Missy Youmans
Strategic Data Analyst, State Farm, CSO, Yourmark - Roberto Zayas
Tech IP Development Manager, Mayo Clinic
- Chris Amundsen
CFO, Girl Scouts River Valleys - Michelle Bjerkness
Senior VP of Operations, Junior Achievement - Ben Bowman
Chief Financial Officer, Zipnosis - Michael Compton
University of Minnesota Extension 4-H - Libby Rau
Chief Innovation Officer, Youthprise - Lisa Schlosser
Executive Director, Technovation.mn - Shawn Stavseth
Global Lead, Cargill - Chris Swanson
SVP, US Bank - Amanda Thorne
Innovation Product Manager, US Bank
Contact MN Cup
- Email: hellomncup@umn.edu