Experts & Entrepreneurs-in-Residence

Our experts & entrepreneurs-in-residence join us for our Breakfast Clubs and serve as mentors to our founders throughout their journey.

Entrepreneurs-in-Residence

  • Serene Almomen

    CEO & Founder at Attune

  • Jessie Anderson

    CTO & Founder at Lumora

  • Ronit Avni

    Founder & CEO at Localized

  • Zvi Band

    Founder & CEO at Relatable
    CTO at Keep Company
    Co-Founder & CEO at Contactually

  • Kevin Bennett

    CEO & Founder at Further
    Founding CEO at Caribou
    Cofounder & CEO at homezen

  • Anthony Bruce

    CEO & Founder at Thea
    CEO & Founder at Applied Predictive Technologies

  • Timothy Chi

    CEO & Founder at
    The Knot Worldwide

  • Tonio DeSorrento

    CEO & Cofounder at GovPort
    CEO & Cofounder at Vemo

  • Oren Falkowitz

    CEO & Founder at Area 2 Farms
    CEO & Founder at Area 1 Security

  • Ethan McAfee

    Amazon and DTC Strategy at Cart.com
    Founder & CEO at Amify

  • Ellis McCue

    CEO & Co-Founder at Catch Bio

  • Emily Motayed Lancaster

    Co-Founder at Livi Beauty
    Co-Founder at Nurture&
    Co-Founder at Havenly

  • Aditi Shekar

    Founder & CEO at Zeta

  • Heather Townsend

    Co-Founder & COO at Cabana

  • Elise Whang

    CEO & Co-Founder at Le Prix

  • Collin Smith

    CEO & Founder at ReachSuite

  • Cameron Hardesty

    CEO & Founder at Poppy

Experts-in-Residence

  • Kevin Alansky

    Chief Marketing Officer, Jedox

    B2B Marketing Expert

  • Alex Diaz

    Partner, Cherry Bekaert

    Accounting, tax & finance strategy expert

  • Marcy Ewald

    COO, ThinkNimble

    Product, technology, startup ops

  • Dan Kwon

    Lead Engineer, Vertex Labs

    Expert engineer & friend to founders seeking to vet technical talent

  • Rich Leggett

    Jeffrey Pine Consulting

    Former CEO (3 successful exits), now focused on mid-market M&A for founder- and family-owned businesses

  • Max Moyer

    TRIUMPH Law

    Attorney focused on startups, technology, and M&A

  • Tricia Palmer

    President & Founder,
    BloomHR

  • Kaela Roeder

    Journalist , Technical.ly

    Covers all things DC & Tech

  • Sumeet Saini

    Business Development, Arlington Economic Development Council

  • Neil Shah

    CEO, ThinkNimble

    Technology, product, building teams

  • Jeff Wagner

    Founder & CEO,
    PairPEO