Meet Our Guests
Mar Hershenson
Managing Partner, Pear VC
Lecturer, Stanford University
VP (Product) & Co-Founder, Revel Touch
Shruti Van Dyke Gandhi
General Partner and Founding Engineer, Array Ventures
Commissioner, SFERS
Advisor, Bullpen Capital
Investor, True Ventures
Deborah Quazzo
Managing Partner, GSV Ventures & Co-Founder, ASU+GSV Summit
Founder & Senior Advisor, Global Silicon Valley Advisors
Co-Founder and President, ThinkEquity Partners
Anoushka Vaswani
Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Product Manager, MasterClass
Investor, Matrix Partners
Senior Associate, McKinsey & Co.
Cassie Young
Operating Partner, Primary Venture Partners
Member, CHIEF
Advisory Board Member, Venture for America
Chief Customer Officer, CM Group & Sailthru
Mary D'Onofrio
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Private Equity Investor, Nebrodi Partners
Procurement, Apple
ECM Analyst, Morgan Stanley
Sam Smith-Eppsteiner
Partner, Innovation Endeavors
Product, OWKIN
Product Management, Nuro
Consultant, Bain & Co.
Pocket Sun
Co-Founder & Partner at SoGal Ventures
Founder, SheVC
Stanford University
Jennifer Scott Fonstad
Managing Partner, Owl Capital
Managing Partner, Aspect Ventures & DFJ
Co-Founder, Broadway Angels
Consultant, Bain &Co.
Jeff Bussgang
General Partner & Co-founder, Flybridge Capital Partners
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School
Managing Partner & Founder, The Graduate Syndicate
Anne Dwane
Co-Founder & Partner, Village Global
Co-Founder & Partner, GSV Acceleration Fund
Chief Business Officer, Chegg Inc.
Anna Khan
General Partner, CRV
Founder & CEO, Launch X Ventures
Vice President, Bessemer Venture Partners
Chief of Staff, 4INFO
Cristina Nuñez
Co-founder & General Partner, True Beauty Ventures
Strat & Business Dev., No B.S. Skin Care
GM and COO, Clark's Botanicals
Tony Mayo
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School
Senior VP & General Manager, Hill Holliday
Acting Co-CEO, Epsilon
Camille Samuels
Partner, Venrock
Managing Director, Versant Ventures
Business Development, Tularik
Geeta Vemuri
Founder & Managing Partner, Agent Capital
Vice President, Baxalta Ventures
Head of Baster Ventures
Kam S. Phillips-Sadler
CEO, KidKare by MinuteMenu
Operating Executive, ASG & Alpine Investors
Founder & CEO, Dream Outside the Box
MBA Associate, Bessemer Venture Partners
Siya Raj Purohit
Global Edtech Category Lead, Amazon Wed Services
Co-founder & General Partner, Pathway Ventures
Head of Strategic Initiatives, Springboard
Maria Salamanca
Partner, Unshackled Ventures
Founding Board Member & VP, LatinxVC
COO & Ops and Strategy, Swing Left
Annelies Gamble
Co-founder and Partner, Scribble Ventures
Mentor/Guest Advisor, Stanford GSB
Principal, Western Technology Investment
Heather Hartnett
CEO and General Partner, Human Ventures
Co-Founder, Transact Global
VC Contributor, Forbes
Caitlin Strandberg
Partner, Lerer Hippeau
VP, FirstMark Capital
Senior Associate, Bridgewater Associates
Amy Cheetham
Partner, Costanoa Ventures
Chief of Staff & Strategy & Ops, Zuora
Investment Associate, Summit
Lainy Painter
Partner, Craft Ventures
Investor, Battery Ventures
Business Operations, Gainsight
Tess Manning
Enterprise Sales, Ethena
Principal, GSV Ventures
MBA Intern, Lori Systems & Pluralsight
Client Executive, Andela
Bukie Adebo
Principal, WomensVCFund II
Co-founder, Liza
MBA Associate, Rebel One
Consultant, Ogilvy & Mather & Deloitte
Kriti Bansal
Principal, Owl Ventures
Investments, SoftBank Investment Advisors
Investor, Sequoia Capital
Business Analyst, McKinsey & Co.
Brittany Yoon
Principal, NFX
Vice President of Operations, Ethos Life
Operations & Logistics, Uber
Shani Carter
Advisor & Leadership Fellow, Chief of Schools
CEO & Founder, RESET Third Space
Venture Fellow, Share Ventures & January Ventures
Madeline Keulen Darcy
Angel Investor
Managing Director, CircleUp
Vice President, Victress Capital
Senior Consultant, Oliver Wyman
Adriana Saman
Principal, Clocktower Tech Ventures
Digital Payments Strategy, JPMorgan Chase &Co.
Investment Banking, JPMorgan
Kriti Gupta
Investor, Sequoia Capital (India)
MBA Investor, Morpheus Ventures
Investment Team, Chiratae Ventures
Aia Sarycheva
Investor, Greycroft
Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Associate, Revolution (Rise of the Seed Fund)
Hannelle Fares
Director of Strategy and Operations, Kingdom Supercultures
Venture Investors, DCVC
Associate, BCG
Julie Sandler
Managing Director,Pioneer Square Labs & PSL Ventures
Madrona Venture Group
Seattle Entrepreneurial Women's Network
Senior Product Manager, Amazon
Elizabeth Edwards
Founder & Managing Partner, H Venture Partners
Investor, MAYWIC Select Investments
Investor, West Capital
Monica Varman
Partner, G2 Venture Partners
Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Co.
Distribution & Logistics, Zola
Business Operations, Tesla
Tess Hatch
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Mission Management, SpaceX
Operations, Boeing
Angela Winegar
Director of Growth Strategy, Carta
Investor, Floodgate
Strategy & BizOps, Productiv
Investor, Norwest Venture Partners
Chloe Breider
Principal, Renegade Partners
Co-Founder, Phoenix Investment Club
Associate, IVP
Ashley Aydin
Investor, Vamos Ventures
Investor, Founders Factory & Brand Foundry Ventures
Partner, Dorm Room Fund
Global & Online Strategy, The Estée Lauder Companies
Sooah Cho
Principal, Underscore VC
Senior Product Manager, Devoted Health
Product Manager, CVS Health
Priscilla Tyler
Senior Associate, True Ventures
Priya Haji Fellow, True Ventures
New Business Intern, Arnold Worldwide
Kim Patel
Head of Business Development, MainStreet
Investor, Sound Ventures & Lerer Hippeau
Business Development, Bubble
Olivia Gaudree
Partner & Core Analyst, Fuel Venture Capital
Manager Donor Care, Brighter Children
OppGen Intern, Thomson Reuters
Maggie Vo
Managing Partner & CIO, Fuel Venture Capital
CIO, Maquia Capital
Portfolio Manager, Blue Shores
Abhivyakti Dixit
Product, Zolve
Product Strategy, Openhouse & Mastercard
Investments, Lightspeed India
Min Zhou
Co-founder & CEO, CM Venture Capital
Chairman, Thingple, SEIF
Principal, SVB Capital, Unilever Tech Ventures
Dhanasree Molugu
Founder, Penni
MBA Associate, Menlo Ventures & Altos Ventures
Co-Chair of Yenching Social Innovation Forum
Associate, Blume Ventures
Julia Klein
Vice President, March Capital
Venture Fellow, Pear VC
Business Development & Strategy, Appear Here
Associate, Greenspring Associates
Iynna Halilou
MBA Associate, Moxxie Ventures
Investment Partner, MBA Fund
Global Programs Manager, Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
Senofer Mendoza
Founder & General Partner, Mendoza Ventures
Partner, Mendoza Design
Interior Designer, Parker Torres Design
Asya Bradley
Senior Partner, Mendoza Ventures
Venture Partner, igniteXL
Founder, Kinly
Chief Revenue Officer, Synapse
Joanna Lichter Cohen
Senior Associate, Emerson Collective
MBA Associate & Fellow, Founder Collective & Pear VC
Principal, Via - On-Demand Transit
Kristin Williams Mugford
Senior Lecturer (Finance), Harvard Business School
Senior Director, Bain Capital
Managing Director, Bain Capital Credit
Business Development, The Walt Disney Co.
Arushi Jindal
Associate, Mirae Asset Venture Investments
Investment Analyst, SAIF Partners
Investment Banking, Citi (India)
Natalia Gonzalez Vela
Investor, SoftBank (LatAm Fund)
Investment Manager, Clout Capital
Consultant, EY
Neha Dalal
VP Philanthropy, Jasper Ridge Partners
Investor, The 21 Fund
Co-CIO, Stanford GSB Impact Fund
Lucy Svoboda
Senior Manager Strat & Ops, GoodRx Health
Strategy & Operations, Guild Education & Education Pioneers
Chief of Staff, Nearpod
Gina Puccinelli
Chief of Staff, Gotham Greens
Co-CIO, Stanford GSB Impact Fund
PE Associate, MSD Partners
Eliza Loring McGinn
Associate, .406 Ventures
PE Associate, AEA Investors
Consultant, Bain & Co.
Sarah Unger Biggs
Asymmetric Capital Partners, Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Long Wharf Capital, Director - Investor Relations
Bain Capital, Investor Relations
Goldman Sachs, Financial Analyst
Princeton University
Connie Qian
Vice President, Forgepoint Capital
Finance & Strategy, Square
Tech Equity Research, Goldman Sachs
Temi Ransome-Kuti
Senior Associate, FirstCheck Africa
Chief of Staff, TopUp Mama
Investment Associate, Oui Capital
Investment Analyst, Accion
Consultant, Bain & Co.
Jazmin Medina
Principal, NewView Capital
CapTable Coalition
Co-Founder & COO, Bundler TV
IB & Strategy, Goldman Sachs
Julia Maltby
Principal, Flybridge Capital
Investment Associate, XFactor Ventures
Partnership & Business Development, WeWork
Associate, Plum Alley Investments
Vivien Ho
Principal, Pear VC
BizOps & Growth, Airbnb
Consultant, BCG
Isabelle de Melo
Co-Founder, MoAngels
Angel Investor, Go Beyond
COO, SETE (Family Office)
CFO, PRIVATAIR
Lexi Novitske
General Partner, Norrsken22
Managing Partner, Acuity Venture Partners
Principal, Singularity Investments
Rima Reddy
Principal, Commerce Ventures
Partner, Dorm Room Fund
Principal, XRC Labs
Strategy & Biz Dev, Ralph Lauren
Sue Xu
Managing Partner, Amino Capital
Angel Investor, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs
Stanford School of Medicine, pHd
Zainab Raji
PE Investor, Vista Equity Partners
Business Analyst, McKinsey & Co.
Risk Advisory, Deloitte
Tanya Rolfe
Co-founder, Sophia
Host, The Money Maker Podcast
Managing Partner, Her Capital
Caitlin Vorlicek
Vice President, Sageview Capital
SVP of Partnerships & Corp Dev, Sifted
Growth Equity Associate, Summit Partners
Tech IB, Harris Williams & Co.
Victoria Ivashina
Head of Finance Unit, Harvard Business School
Faculty Chair, Global Initiative MENA
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research