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