
Judges
- Allison Barman
Philanthropy Executive - Andrea Vaubel
Deputy Commissioner at Minnesota Department of Agriculture - Ann McGarry
Head of Enterprise Marketing & Branding at Securian Financial - Arnold Angeloni
Friend of Dave Cleveland's, Engineering America - Ben Wright
Vice President, 3M Ventures at 3M - Beth Kieffer Leonard
Managing Partner at EisnerAmperLLP - Brad Lehrman
Attorney at Soffer Lehrman Law Group, PLLC - Brett Carter Sr.
EVP, Chief Customer and Innovation Officer at Xcel Energy - Carolyn Cleveland
MN Cup Co-Founder - Cathy Connett
Experienced Business Professional and Investor - Chip Pearson
Instigator, Board Member, Founder - Dale Wahlstrom
Former Medtronic Biobusiness Alliance, Act 3 - Dan Mallin
CEO & Founder of Lucy (Equals 3 Inc.) - Dave Cleveland
Former employee at Riverside Bank - David Meyer
Entrepreneur of the year from last year, Titan Machinery - Dr. Barbara Butts Williams
Vice Chair Board Member, Alina Health - Duchesne Drew
CEO, Minnesota Public Radio - Frank Jaskulke
Vice President of Intelligence, The Medical Alley Association - Fred Haberman
Co-Founder and CEO of Haberman - Gary Holmes
President and CEO, CSM Corporation - Howard Leonhardt
Executive Chairman & CEO at Leonhardt Ventures LLC & Leonhardt's Launchpads - Jeff Robbins
Attorney for Entrepreneurs and Angel and Venture Investors at Avisen Legal, P.A. - Jeff Tollefson
President & CEO at Minnesota Technology Association - Jim D'Aquila
Head of Consumer & Retail, Lazard Private Market Advisory - Joel Schleicher
Former Entrepreneur of the year, Presidio, Inc. - John Haugen
Founder & Managing Partner,SEMCAP Food & Nutrition - Joy Lindsay
CEO and President, StarTec Investments - Kari
Niedfeldt-Thomas
Managing Director at CECP & Mayor at City of New Brighton -
Laurent Frecon
Partner, LFE Capital - Lisa Crump
Founder, Cairn Ventures - Mary Grove
Managing Partner, Bread & Butter Ventures - Michael Gorman
Managing Director, Split Rock Partners - Pete Speranza
CEO of Wicked Kitchen & Unovis, Operating Venture Partner - Phil Soran
FlipGrid - Raquel Melo
Vice President, Product Innovation at Dairy Farmers of America - Sandy Yu
Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management - Sara Dziuk
President &CEO, Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest - Scott Litman
Managing Partner, Co-Founder and CRO - Shawn McIntee
Business, Securities & Advertising Attorney at Maslon LLP - Sima Griffith
Managing Principal at Aethlon Capital, LLC - Steve Grove
Commissioner of Employment & Economic Development, Minnesota - Thom Sandberg
Partner & Owner, The Kenyon Consortium - Tom Vanderheyden
Formerly Senior Executive at BCBS and UHG - Wendy Nelson
Vice President, Carlson Family Foundation - Whitney Place
Vice President, Carlson Family Foundation
- John Bergstrom
Partner, RiverPoint Investments - Andrew Morrow
Marketing Manager, Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Minnesota - TechComm - Clarke Porter
Partner, Pathways Investments LLP - Steve Wellvang
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP - Sandy Yu
Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management - Eric Nelson
Senior Associate, Corporate Development / Impact Investments - Kirk Lundeen
Partner at Pathways Investments - Kimberlie Moock
Innovation Hub Operations Coordinator - Rachel Crowley
Chief Operating Officer & Integrator, Tierra Encantada - Moses Tut
Managing Director of OnRamp Accelerator, Gener8tor
- Christine Fuglestad
Lead Government Affairs Function, ECMC Group - Adam Trampe
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, ECMC Group
- Dominik Elsaesser
VP of Technology & Innovation, Filtration Solutions, Pentair - Meredith Englund
VP Water Partnerships, Ecolab - Brad Lehrman
Attorney & Partner, Soffer Lehrman Law Group PLLC - Gregg Mast
Executive Director, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota - Bill Shadid
Strategic Marketing Leader, Building Envelope Sealing, Aeroseal
- Michael Stutelberg
Scientist, AURI - Keith Waxelman
President, Wax Enterprises - AI Choi
Innovation and Commercialization, Xcel Energy
- Jerry Ligrani
Innovation Program Manager, Xcel Energy
- Tim Peterson
CIO/CTO, Xcel Energy
- Cathy Connett
CEO and Managing Partner, Sofia Fund
- Stephen Wolff
Sr. Economic Development Specialist, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Mark Sanders
Program Director, University of Minnesota - AI Innes
Environmental consultant, State of Minnesota - Philip Hult
Director of Government Affairs, Generation Atomic
- Nina Axelson
Founder, Grid Catalyst
- Anna Braun
VP, Director of Business Development, JT Mega - Robert Brooks
Operations/Supply Chain Leader - Allison Hohn
Executive Director, Grow North - Steven London
CEO, iCrimeFighter, Co-Founder, Six Points Capital - Lolly Occhino
Scientist of Food and Nutrition, AURI - Josh Resnik
CEO, Twin Cities Co-op Partners - Adrienne Pooley
VP of Marketing & Growth, Broadhead - Kathy Roland
Venture Partner, Oak Investments Partners - Marc Carlson
Chief Information Officer, Land O'Lakes, Inc. - Marty Solhaug
President, Sunny Hill Investment Company - Michael Stern
Operating Partner at Gather Venture Group - Bruce Tiffany
Owner & Farmer, Tiffany Family Farms - Brain Erickson
Marketing Program Manager, MN Department of Agriculture - Jennifer Alexander
Sales & Marketing Specialist, MN Department of Agriculture - Iris Tzafrir
Global Director, Innovation Value Capture, Cargill - TJ Varecka
Executive Director, Kinneberg Management Group - Lisa Vongchingtrong
MBA Candidate, Harvard Business School - Taylor Sankovich
Associate Business Development Manager, General Mills
- Anne Bergstrom
Co-Founder & President, Ampersand Holdings - Kevin Besikof
Partner, EisnerAmper, LLP - Thom Sandberg
Founder & Partner, The Kenyon Consortium - Karen Schaffhausen
Business Consultant, SBDC Wisconsin - Mike Eull
CEO/Founder, Sell Fuse - Audrey Sommerfeld
CEO, Win Marketing - Zach Meierofer
Engagement Manager, Lucy® AI - Hailey Margetta
Banking Expert, Bell Bank - Andrew Schneider
Founder & CEO, Family Office Networks
- Beth Fynbo
President and Founder, Busy Baby
- Kristen Denzer
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Tierra Encantada - Duane Johnson
Co-Founder, Tuloko - Jock Donaldson
Chief Officer, LD Real Estate Development Company
- Steve Kueppers
Senior Relationship Manager, Huntington
- Tom Domiano
ViP Business Banking Relationship Manager, Huntington Bank - Jamie Bartlett
Founder, The 509 Syndicate
- Erik Halaas
Innovation Outreach and Program Specialist, University of Minnesota - Samuel Claeson
Business & Community Development Representative, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
- Laurent Frecon
Partner, LFE Capital - Sima Griffith
Founder & Managing Principal, Aethlon Capital - Tim Huebsch
Senior Manager - Global Financial Systems and Global Business Solutions, General Mills - Scott Litman
Co-founder, MN Cup and Managing Partner, Lucy - Eve Poeshl
Sr. Manager Digital Solutions, Boston Scientific - Nathan Shubert
Partner, EisnerAmper LLP - Meghan Stiling
Digital Advisor, Nerdery - Robert Weber
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Great North Labs - John Tedesco
CEO, Drip - Nick Van Wanger
CEO, OurFamily Wizard - Casey Hebling
Founder/CTO , Software for Good
- Zack Lenoard
Co-Founder, Gembah
-
Dan Mallin
Founder & CEO, Lucy AI - Joe Morris
CEO, Cubles - Austin O'Brion
Co-Founder, Token of Trust - Adam Hook
Sr Principal Components Quality Engineer, Harvard Bioscience - David Nguyen
Sr. Fellow, Edson W. Spencer Chair in Innovation & Entrepreneurship - UMN
- Jim Delaney
Founder & Principal, Engine for Good - Kathy Roland
Venture Partner, Oak Investment Partners - Stephen Rueff
Chair, Department of Arts Entrepreneurship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Stephannie Lewis
Associate Vice President - Community Impact, Greater Twin Cities United Way - Brain Gustafson
Managing Director of Investments, Tonkawa - Abdi Daisane
Founder & CEO, Daisane Consulting INC - Matt Ladhoff
Customer Success, Ecotone Analytics - Wendy Hanson
CEO, MobileAxept - Erik Halaas
Innovation Outreach and Program Specialist, University of Minnesota - Shelisa Demuth
Executive Director, BETA
- Sean Lundy
Special Projects & Initiatives Manager, City of Bloomington
- Jonathan Melgaard
Associate Director, Impact Society, NEXUS Global
- Katie Kalkman
Executive Director, Impact Hub
- Sunil Bafna
Managing Partner, Performix - Xavier Frigola
Treasury Service Lead, Mayo Clinic - Thom Gunderson
Retired Medtech Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray - Andrew Holm
Senior Associate, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. - Frank Jaskulke
VP - Intelligence, The Medical Alley Association - Beth Kieffer Leonard
Managing Partner, EisnerAmper LLP - Charlie Schaller
Chief of Staff to the Chief Medical Officer - Clinical Policy, UnitedHealth Group - Mike Pietig
General Manager, CompliancePro Solutions
- Nathan Widenman
Mayo Clinic Office of Entrepreneurship, Mayo Clinic - Russ Straate
Associate Director - Venture Center, University of Minnesota - Selemon Asfaw
Chief Financial Officer, Optum Health
- Professor of Finance & Minnesota Industry Chair of Health Finance, University of Minnesota
- Patrick Lyon
Vice President of Marketing, Relievant Medical Systems - Frank Mortari
VP of Corporate Development, Bio-Techne Corp. - Lars Oddsson
Co-Founder & CTO, RX Function - Jonathan Hanson
Contracts and Pricing - Global Commercial Excellence, Abbott Molecular - Dr. Christopher Scorzelli
Medical Technology/Innovation Consultant, Minnesota Humble - Martha Sewall
Executive Advisor, Transformedtech - Rick Sitarz
VP of Commercial Development, Lifecore Biomedical - Amanda Welters
Senior Associate, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
- Ty Anderson
Managing Principal, Andcor - Ben Bowman
CFO, Zipnosis, Inc - Ryan Gordon
Sr. Vice President, Business Development, Rion - Ernest Grumbles
Managing Partner, Grumbles Law - Daniel Tenenbaum
Partner, Lathrop GPM - Richard Vogen
Logistics Technology Consultant, CH Robinson - Missy Youmans
Owner & Executive Consultant, Yourmark - Mark Sanders
Program Director, University of Minnesota - Morgan Kerfeld
Funder, Telo - Sophia Youngdahi
Customer Success Intern, Lucy AI & Atland Ventures
- Ernest Grumbles
Startup Counselor, Grumbles Law PLLC - Sean Williams
Ecosystem Innovator, Director of Entrepreneurial Services - Kate Kuehi
Technical and Business Consultant, Kuehl Consulting - Chian Behlivan
Entrepreneur In Residence, BETA
- Maiza Kalema
Lead Trainer , WomenVenture
- Richard Vogen
Logistics Technology Consultant, University of Minnesota - Carlson - Ryan Rosenthal
CEO and Founder, Simpls - Michael von Fange
CEO and Founder, Simpls - Nick Beste
Founder, Mighty Spark Food Co.
- Lisa Schlosser
Executive Director, Technovation.mn - Reynolds-Anthony Harris
Founder & Managing Director, Lyceum Partners + Design Inc - Savannah Guiang
Incoming Fellow, True Ventures & Atland Ventures
-
Deb Mallin
Founder & Creator Mighty Doodle, Debby Webby - Neese Parker
Youth Engagement , YouthPrise - Dick Polipnick
Head of Growth, Gymdesk
- LaChelle Williams
Executive Director, HOPE 4 Youth
- Tlyer Ebert
Director, Agents of Debt Relief
- Executive Director, Genesys Works