Judges
- 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 ConnettÂ
Sofia Fund - Dan Mallin
CEO & Founder of Lucy - Frank Jaskulke
Medical Alley Association - Gary Holmes
President and CEO, CSM Corporation - Fred Haberman
Haberman & Associates - Howard Leonhardt
Executive Chairman & CEO at Leonhardt Ventures LLC - Jeff Robbins
Attorney at Avisen Legal, P.A. - Jeff Tollefson
President & CEO at Minnesota Technology Association - Ken Greer
Augeo - Leslie Frecon
LFE Capital - Lisa Crump
Founder, Cairn Ventures - Michael Gorman
Managing Director, Split Rock Partners - Mickayla Rosard
Groove Capital - Morris Goodwin
Forge North - Paul Campbell
Brown Venture Group - Phil Soran
FlipGrid - Rick Gage
CEO at YourMLSsearch - Rick Huebsch
UMN TechComm - Sara Dziuk
President &CEO, Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest - Sara Russick
Gopher Angels - Sandy Yu
Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management - Scott Litman
Managing Partner, Co-Founder at Lucy - Shawn McIntee
Attorney at Greenberg Traurig, LLP - Sima Griffith
Aethlon Capital, LLC - Sophia Youngdahl
Atland Ventures - Stephanie Rich
Bread & Butter Ventures - Wendy Nelson
Carlson Family Foundation
Executive Director, Genesys Works Twin CitiesÂ
- 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 - Kirk LundeenÂ
 Partner at Pathways Investments - Kimberlie Moock
Innovation Hub Operations Coordinator - Rachel Crowley
 Chief Operating Officer & Integrator, Tierra Encantada Managing Director of On Ramp Accelerator, GenatorÂ
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, ECMC Group
- Josh Susser
   Founding Partner Cascadily
VP Idea Fund of La Crosse
Kathi Tunheim
VP of Mission, Strategy and InnovationÂ
- 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 Innovation and Commercialization, Xcel Energy
Innovation Program Manager,  Xcel Energy
CIO/CTO,  Xcel EnergyÂ
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 InnesÂ
 Environmental consultant,  State of Minnesota 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 - 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 - Brian 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 SommerfeldÂ
 CEO, Win Marketing - Zach MeieroferÂ
 Engagement Manager, Lucy® AI - Hailey MargettaÂ
Banking Expert, Bell Bank Founder &Â CEO, Family Office Networks
President and Founder, Busy BabyÂ
- Kristen DenzerÂ
 Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Tierra Encantada - Duane Johnson
 Co-Founder, Tuloko Chief Officer, LD Real Estate Development CompanyÂ
Senior Relationship Manager, Huntington Â
- Tom DomianoÂ
 ViP Business Banking Relationship Manager,  Huntington  Bank Founder, The 509 Syndicate
Business & Community Development Representative, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic DevelopmentÂ
- 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 Founder/CTO , Software for Good
Co-Founder, Gembah
- Dan Mallin
Founder & CEO, Lucy AI - Joe MorrisÂ
CEO, Cubles - Austin O'Brion
Co-Founder, Token of Trust - Adam Hook
Sr Principal Components Quality Engineer, Harvard Bioscience - David NguyenÂ
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 GustafsonÂ
Managing Director of Investments, Tonkawa - Matt Ladhoff
Customer Success, Ecotone Analytics - Wendy HansonÂ
CEO, MobileAxept - Erik Halaas
Innovation Outreach and Program Specialist, University of Minnesota Executive Director, BETA
Special Projects & Initiatives Manager, City of Bloomington
Associate Director, Impact Society, NEXUS GlobalÂ
- Katie Kalkman
Executive Director, Impact Hub  - Jonathan Hanson
Owner, Skyhawks Sports Minnesota CEO, FINNOVATION Lab
- 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 SchallerÂ
Chief of Staff to the Chief Medical Officer - Clinical Policy, UnitedHealth Group General Manager, CompliancePro Solutions
- Nathan Widenman
Mayo Clinic Office of Entrepreneurship, Mayo Clinic - Russ Straate
Associate Director - Venture Center, University of Minnesota Chief Financial Officer, Optum Health
Professor of Finance & Minnesota Industry Chair of Health Finance, University of MinnesotaÂ
- Patrick Lyon
Vice President of Marketing, Relievant Medical Systems - Frank Mortari
VP of Corporate Development, Bio-Techne Corp. - Lars Oddsson
Co-Founder &Â 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 Wald
Retired Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting - 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 Customer Success Intern, Lucy AI & Atland VenturesÂ
- Ernest Grumbles
 Startup Counselor, Grumbles Law PLLC - Sean WilliamsÂ
 Ecosystem Innovator, Director of Entrepreneurial Services - Kate Kuehl
Technical and Business Consultant, Kuehl Consulting Entrepreneur In Residence, BETA
Lead Trainer , WomenVentureÂ
- Ryan Rosenthal
CEO and Founder, Simpls - Michael von Fange
 CEO and Founder, Simpls - Nick BesteÂ
 Founder, Mighty Spark Food Co.
- Lisa Schlosser
Executive Director, Technovation.mn - Reynolds-Anthony Harris
Founder & Managing Director, Lyceum Partners + Design Inc Incoming Fellow, True Ventures & Atland Ventures
- Deb Mallin
Founder & Creator Mighty Doodle, Debby Webby - Neese Parker
Youth Engagement , YouthPrise Head of Growth, GymdeskÂ
Executive Director, HOPE 4 Youth
Director, Agents of Debt Relief
Executive Director, Genesys Works