
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 Lurie LLP - 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 Lebewitz
Former Partner at Lurie, LLP - 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 - Barbara Butts Williams
Executive Dean, External Relations and Partnerships, Capella University - Ryan Hagedorn
Chief Operating Officer, Edmentum - Ron Lancaster
Chief Technology Officer, Structural - Andrew Morrow
Marketing Manager, Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Minnesota - TechComm - Clarke Porter
Partner, Pathways Investments LLP - Josh Susser
Partner, Cascadily - Joseph Watt
Senior Director, Corporate Development & Impact Investing, ECMC Group - Patrick Regan
Partner, Regan Consulting - Steve Wellvang
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP - Sam Richter
Founder / CEO, SBR Worldwide - Sandy Yu
Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management - Eric Nelson
Senior Associate, Corporate Development / Impact Investments
- Emily Ahachich
Director, Corporate Strategy and Planning, Xcel Energy - Dominik Elsaesser
VP of Technology & Innovation, Filtration Solutions, Pentair - Meredith Englund
VP Water Partnerships, Ecolab - Priscilla Koeckeritz
Fractional CMO, Marcomm Inc - Brad Lehrman
Attorney & Partner, Soffer Lehrman Law Group PLLC - Gregg Mast
Executive Director, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota - James Schmidt
Assurance Partner, Eide Bailly LLP - Bill Shadid
President, Shadid Marketing - Michael Stutelberg
Scientist, AURI - Keith Waxelman
President, Wax Enterprises - Stephen Wolff
Senior Economic Development Specialist, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Roopesh Aggarwal
Senior Director, Business Innovation at Xcel Energy - Mark Sanders
Program Director, University of Minnesota - Nina Axelson
Founder, Grid Catalyst - Brandi Lawler
Lathrop GPM
- Jennifer Barta
R&D Director Dairy Foods Product Platforms and Innovation, Land O'Lakes - Anna Braun
VP, Director of Business Development, JT Mega - Robert Brooks
Operations/Supply Chain Leader - Barry Gisser
CFO, Science Museum of Minnesota - Alex Hendricks
Marketing Manager, 301 Inc - Allison Hohn
Executive Director, Grow North - Alyza James
CEO, City Girl Coffee - Kate LaBrosse
Owner, Kate LaBrosse Consulting - Steven London
CEO, iCrimeFighter, Co-Founder, Six Points Capital - Steve Sorenson
Director of Center Store - Lolly Occhino
Scientist of Food and Nutrition, AURI - Josh Resnik
CEO, Twin Cities Co-op Partners - Kathy Roland
Venture Partner, Oak Investments Partners - Marty Solhaug
President, Sunny Hill Investment Company - Pete Speranza
CEO, Wicked Foods - 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; Global Director, Innovation Value Capture, Cargill - TJ Varecka
Executive Director, Kinneberg Management Group - Lisa Vongchingtrong
MBA Candidate, Harvard Business School - Robin Brown
Manager, Research & Innovation, Midwest Dairy - Jim Schmidt
Partner, Eide Baily - Johnny Tran
Sr Business Development Manager, General Mills - Taylor Sankovich
Associate Business Development Manager, General Mills
- Susan Markey
Dynamic Business Attorney and Strategic Tax Advisor Maslon LLP - Sean Williams
Director of Entrepreneurial Services, Rochester Area of Economic Development - Anne Bergstrom
Co-Founder & President, Ampersand Holdings - Kevin Besikof
Partner, Lurie, LLP - Pamela Bishop
VP of Economic Development, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation - Chelsey Buck
Corporate Attorney, Lathrop GPM - Jane Dailey
Owner, Jane Dailey Consultants - John Fritz
Minnesota Market President, Choice Bank - Brian Gustafson
Managing Director, Investments, Tonkawa - Chad Hetherington
CEO, The Stable - Pamela Kellenberger
Consultant, Kellenberger & Associates - Sandi Larson
Women's Business Alliance Director, Entrepreneur Fund - Adrienne Leahey
COO, Raspberry Pi Foundation - Warren McLean
President, Northside Economic Opportunity Network (NEON) - Sarah Miller
Business & Community Representative, MN Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) - Thom Sandberg
Founder & Partner, The Kenyon Consortium - Karen Schaffhausen
Business Consultant, SBDC Wisconsin - Ed Zabinski
Owner, Zabinski Consulting - Kyle Dalbec
Senior Product Manager, Fujifilm Medical Systems USA - Stephanie Sommer
Individual Giving Manager, Minnesota Orchestra - Mike Eull
CEO/Founder, Sell Fuse - Duane Johnson
Co-Founder, Joh Tuloko - Jamie Bartlett
- Erik Halaas
Innovation Outreach and Program Specialist, University of Minnesota - David Woger
Corporate Attorney, Lathrop GPM - Niels Gott
Ecosystem Ambassador, Bunker Labs/ Other firm - Justin Richie
- Charlene Charles
Director of Commercial Operations, Roundel - Ryan Craig
Sr. Vice President & Chief Talent Officer, United Healthcare - 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 - Joy Lindsay
CEO, President & Co-Founder, StarTec Investments - Scott Litman
Co-founder, MN Cup and Managing Partner, Lucy - Todd Murtha
Technology Attorney, DJL Corporate Law; Founder & CEO, Careerwave.me - Jeff Nelson
Manager, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Chip Pearson
Instigator, Bootstrappers.mn - Eve Poeshl
Sr. Manager Digital Solutions, Boston Scientific - Kashif Riaz
Director of Data Engineering, Securian Financial - Sam Richter
Founder/CEO, SBR Worldwide - Max Schwartz
Attorney, Lathrop GPM - Nathan Shubert
Partner, Lurie LLP - Meghan Stiling
Digital Advisor, Nerdery - Robert Weber
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Great North Labs - Luke Greiner
Corporate Attorney, Lathrop GPM - Chris Brooks
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Brown Venture Group - Sibi
Murugesan
Chief of Staff, Calm Company Fund - Derek Chin
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Kyndryl
- Brad Brown
Principal, Socentia - Jim Delaney
Founder & Principal, Engine for Good - Kathy Roland
Venture Partner, Oak Investment Partners - Steven Rueff
Chair, Department of Arts Entrepreneurship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Connie Rutledge
CEO, FINNOVATION Lab - Gabi Sabongi
President & Founder, Nth Vision Business Forum - Margie Siegel
Director, Center for Nonprofit Management at the University of St. Thomas; Association Health Plan Team Lead, MN Council of Nonprofits - Stephen Rueff
Chair, Department of Arts Entrepreneurship, Minneapolis College of Art and Design -
Adrienne Leahey
COO, Raspberry Pi Foundation - Ashleyn
Przedwiecki
Director Fashion Revolution USA - Stephannie Lewis
Associate Vice President - Community Impact, Greater Twin Cities United Way - Josh Reimnitz
Executive Director at Breakthrough Twin Cities
- Sunil Bafna
Managing Partner, Performix - Shauro Bagchi
Partner, Maslon LLP - Danielle Day
Senior Medical Director, Sobi North America - Xavier Frigola
Treasury Service Lead, Mayo Clinic - Thomas 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, Lurie LLP - Patrick Lyon
Vice President of Marketing, Relievant Medical Systems - 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 - Chris Schad
Director of Business Development - Discovery Square, DMC Economic Development Agency - 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. - Aaron Brown
Director of EBS Special Projects, PaR Systems - Kevin Larsen
Senior Vice President Clinical Innovation, Optum - Brett Lawrence
Senior Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager, Platinum Bank
- Ty Anderson
Managing Principal, Andcor - Ben Bowman
CFO, Zipnosis, Inc - Kyle Dalbec
Senior Product Manager, Fujifilm Medical Systems USA - Ryan Gordon
Sr. Vice President, Business Development, Rion - Ernest Grumbles
Managing Partner, Grumbles Law - John Seaberg
Health Care Entrepreneur - Daniel Tenenbaum
Partner, Lathrop GPM - Richard Vogen
Logistics Technology Consultant, CH Robinson - Missy Youmans
Owner & Executive Consultant, Yourmark - Roberto Zayas
Tech IP Development Manager, Mayo Clinic - John Stavig
Program Director at Carlson School, Carlson School of Management - Mark Sanders
Program Director, University of Minnesota - Rachel
Pemberton
Tech IP Development Manager, Mayo Clinic - Nick Beste
- Michael von Fange
- Ryan Rosenthal
- Chris Amundsen
CFO, Girl Scouts River Valleys - Michael Compton
State 4-H STEM Director, University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development - Reynolds-Anthony Harris
Founder & Managing Director, Lyceum Partners + Design Inc - Tameka Peoples
CEO/Owner, Seed2Shirt - Libby Rau
Chief Innovation Officer, Youthprise - Lisa Schlosser
Executive Director, Technovation.mn - Meg Steuer
Director of Platform, Forge North - Greater MSP - Amanda Thorne
Digital Strategy and Partnerships Consultant, Securian Financial - LaChelle Williams
Executive Director, HOPE 4 Youth
Contact MN Cup
Email: hellomncup@umn.edu