Judges
Founder of Cydean LLC
NVA 1 F ’22
Aaron Dean
LinkedIn
Final Word Investments –
Active Seed and Venture Investor
CUNY CLASH ’22, BP ’19
Budd Goldman
LinkedIn
Head of Community Affairs, Amazon
CUNY Clash ’22
Executive Director, CUNY-TV
Clash ’22 & ’25
Gail Yancosek
LinkedIn
Founder of The Fitness Detective
CUNY Clash ’22
Jannette La Sota
LinkedIn
Executive Director at CUNY Startups
Accelerator’21
Remy Arteaga
LinkedIn
Co-founder at IDION
Accelerator ’21
Michael Gilvary
LinkedIn
CEO, Timberlake Designs
Accelerator ’21& NVA 2 Sp26
Joyce Timberlake
LinkedIn
Professional Fellow in Residence
Accelerator ’21
John Distefand
LinkedIn
MD, Principal at Joyance Partners
Accelerator ’20
Neha Tanna
LinkedIn
VP Investments
Accelerator ’20
Triin Linamagi
LinkedIn
Associate at Unshackled Ventures
Accelerator ’20
Sarah Holmes
LinkedIn
Managing Partner at MiLA Capital
Accelerator’20
Noramay Cadena
LinkedIn
Senior Associate at AmFam Instt
Accelerator ’21, I2I ’20
Chaarvi Badani
LinkedIn
Venture Associate at Acceleprise
Accelerator’21
Steph Jones
LinkedIn
Innovation Strategist/Tech Scout at Booz Allen Hamilton
Accelerator ’20
Doreen Wong
LinkedIn
Global Programs Manager at Entrepreneurs Roundtable
Accelerator ’20
Iynna Halilou
LinkedIn
Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrice
Accelerator’20
Kathryne Cooper
LinkedIn
VC @ AlleyCorp
Accelerator ’21
Kim Patel
LinkedIn
Senior Contributor @Forbes | Professor | CEO PHIA ’20
Bruce Y. Lee
LinkedIn
Founding Partner at SteelSky Ventures & PHIA ’20
Maria Velissari
LinkedIn
Managing Director, at MUFG
PHIA ’20
Nicholas Hoffmann
LinkedIn
Principal at Laboratory Silicon Valley, Inc. & PHIA ’20
Rebecca Woodcock
LinkedIn
Director, Digital Health Program, Columbia Business School
PHIA ’21
Stan Kachnowski
LinkedIn
Co-founder & President at RISE Egypt & PHIA ’20
Mona Mowafi
LinkedIn
Program CEO, German Accelerator Life Sciences
PHIA ’20
Marc Filerman
LinkedIn
Chief Executive Officer at Qunnect
PHIA ’20
Noel Goddard
LinkedIn
Early Stage VC @ Accelepris
PHIA ’20
Pranavi Cheemakurti
LinkedIn
Venture Capital Senior Associate at Bull City Venture Partners
I2I ’20
Sarah Leners
LinkedIn
Investor at BIP Capital
I2I ’20
Paraj Mathur
LinkedIn
Product Manager, Etsy
NVA 1 Sp’23
Joseph Alvarez
LinkedIn
VP for Strategic Initiatives, Hunter College
NVA 1 Sp’23
Cynthia Vance King
LinkedIn
Chief Loot Officer, LootScout
NVA 1 F’23
Anthony Price
LinkedIn
BCC Incubator
NVA 2 Sp’24, NVA 1 F’24
Harini Mittal
LinkedIn
Co-Founder, Keymate.AI
Clash ’24
Philip Delvecchio
LinkedIn
Head of Economic Impact, Audible
Clash ’24
Ari Fox
LinkedIn
Salesforce Architect, JP Morgan Chase
Clash ’24
Murali Kushal Sha
LinkedIn
Chair, Higher Education Committee
Clash ’24
Council Member Eric Dinowitz
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Co-Founder, Easy Meets | CS Alum
NVA 1 F’24
Basmalla Attia
LinkedIn
BUS Strategy, Development & Partnerships NVA 1 F’24
Ryan Geftman-Gold
LinkedIn
Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP
NVA 1 F’24, NVA 2 Sp’25
Esma Deljanin
LinkedIn
Senior Product Manager, Ice
NVA 2 Sp’25
Jagdish Chhabria
LinkedIn
Policy Analyst | CS Alum
NVA 2 Sp25, NVA 1 F26
Marlon Bailey
LinkedIn
Co-Founder, EasyMeets | CS Alum
NVA 2 Sp’25
Marwh Alzandani
LinkedIn
Founder, Moving on Productions
NVA 1 F26
Lisa Smith
LinkedIn
Prometheus Investors | CS Alum
NVA 1 F26
Jonathan Colon
LinkedIn
Co-Founder, Patchly | CS Alum
NVA 1 F26
Aurora Kerluku
LinkedIn
Student Advisory Board Member | CS Alum
NVA 1 F26
Azaz Nasir
LinkedIn
Managing Partner | Capital | Advising
NVA 2 Sp26
Frank Feenstra
LinkedIn
Doctor | Startup Founder
NVA 2 Sp26
Louell Sala
LinkedIn