Previous Speakers

Jonathan Aberman

Jonathan Aberman

Managing Director, Amplifier Ventures

Jenny Abramson

Jenny Abramson

Founder & Managing PartnerRethink Impact, LP

Reggie Aggarwal

Reggie Aggarwal

Founder & CEO Cvent

Leona Agouridis

Leona Agouridis

Executive Director, Golden Triangle Business Improvement District

Keith Anderson

Keith Anderson

Interim Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development DC

Dr. Anne Khademian

Dr. Anne Khademian

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE UNIVERSITIES AT SHADY GROVE

Michael Avon

Michael Avon

Founder & CEO, ICX Media

John Backus

John Backus

Founder & Managing Partner New Atlantic Ventures

Zvi Band

Zvi Band

Founder & CEO, Contactually

Craig Bandes

Craig Bandes

CEO, Pixelligent Technologies

Sid Banerjee

Sid Banerjee

Board Member, CEO and Co-Founder, CLARABRIDGE

Bridget Bean

Bridget Bean

Acting Regional Administrator SBA.gov

Dan Berger

Dan Berger

Founder & CEO of Social Tables

Urvashi Bhatnagar

Urvashi Bhatnagar

MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER, THE GOOD SCIENCE FUND

Jack Biddle

Jack Biddle

General Partner, Novak Biddle Venture Partners

Richard Bradenburg

Richard Bradenburg

PARTNER, UNFOLD HOSPITALITY

MICHAEL BRONFEIN

MICHAEL BRONFEIN

CEO, Curio Wellness; Co-Founder, Sterling Partners

Evan Burfield

Evan Burfield

Co-Founder, 1776

John Burke

John Burke

General Partner, True Ventures

Joe Burkhart

Joe Burkhart

Managing Director, Saratoga Investment Corp

Steve Case

Steve Case

Chairman and CEO, REVOLUTION LLC; Co-Founder, AMERICA Online; Chairman, The Case Foundation

Jim Cheng

Jim Cheng

Secretary of Commerce Commonwealth of VA

Jeffrey Cherry

Jeffrey Cherry

CEO and Managing Partner, The Porter Group, LLC; Founder and Executive Director, Conscious Venture Lab

Timothy Chi

Timothy Chi

CEO, Weddingwire and Co-Founder, Blackboard

Will Choi

Will Choi

Assurance & Advisory Partner, FORVIS

Duke Chung

Duke Chung

Founder, Microsoft Parature

George Churchwell

George Churchwell

Co-Founder and President, Tech 2000 and Lumious

Kathryn Collings Laing

Kathryn Collings Laing

Principal, U.S. Boston Capital Corp.; President, Pear Tree Partners, L.P.

Judy Costello

Judy Costello

SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD

Mike Daniels

Mike Daniels

Chairman, LMI

Tom Dann

Tom Dann

Venture Partner, New Atlantic Ventures

Tom Davidson

Tom Davidson

Founder & CEO of EverFi

George Davis

George Davis

CEO, TEDCO

Kate Day

Kate Day

Vice President, Workforce Enablement, Global Technology and Operations, MetLife

Thanasis Delistathis

Thanasis Delistathis

Founder and Managing Partner, New Atlantic Ventures

RANDY DOMOLKY

RANDY DOMOLKY

Managing Director, Private Access Network

Dan Dooley

Dan Dooley

Managing Director, Tishman Speyer

Mark Ein

Mark Ein

CEO, Venturehouse Group

Chris Eng

Chris Eng

Principal, Snads Captial Ventures

Anthony Featherstone

Anthony Featherstone

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WORKSOURCE MONTGOMERY

Elana Fine

Elana Fine

MD, Dingman Center for Entrepreneur at UMD

Ric Fleisher

Ric Fleisher

COO, UpsideDoor; Co-founder Urgent.ly

J.S. Gamble

J.S. Gamble

Founder, BluVenture Investors

Tom Gardner

Tom Gardner

CEO & Co-Founder, The Motley Fool

Mike Gill

Mike Gill

Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce

Seth Goldman

Seth Goldman

Founder & "TeaEO" Honest Tea

Kate Goodall

Kate Goodall

CEO, Halcyon

Steve Graubart

Steve Graubart

CFO, 1776; former Managing Director of Finance, University of the District of Columbia

Teddy Gresser

Teddy Gresser

Director - Seed Funds, TEDCO

Mark Grovic

Mark Grovic

General Partner, New Markets Venture Partners

Mark Haas

Mark Haas

CEO, AEG

Donna Harris

Donna Harris

Co-founder of 1776

Deborah Hemingway

Deborah Hemingway

Managing Director, Ecphora Capital

Brian Hoffman

Brian Hoffman

CEO & Co-Founder OB1

John Holaday, Ph.D

John Holaday, Ph.D

Angel Investor, Executive Chairman, Exocyte; Chairman, Bioncor; Founder and ex-CEO, EntreMed

Victor Hoskins

Victor Hoskins

President & CEO, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority

Doug Humphrey

Doug Humphrey

Serial entrepreneur and Angel, Founder Cidera and DIGEX, CEO Joss Heavy Industries

Jim Hunt

Jim Hunt

Co-Founder, Blu Venture Investors

Aj Jaghori

Aj Jaghori

CEO Solebrity; Founder HelloLoCo

Tony Jimenez

Tony Jimenez

President & CEO MicroTech

Beth Johnson

Beth Johnson

Founder and CEO, RP3 Agency

Andy Jones

Andy Jones

Managing Director, Maryland Venture Fund

Jiemin Jordan

Jiemin Jordan

Managing Director, Decisive Investment Group

Leslie Jump

Leslie Jump

Founder and CEO, Startup Angels

John Kealey

John Kealey

CEO, Decision Lens; Former CEO of Vivisimo - IBM; Former CEO of iDirect/Singapore Technologies

David Kelley

David Kelley

VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS INVESTMENT, FAIRFAX COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Todd Klein

Todd Klein

Manageing Director and CIO, SWAN & Legend

David Krauskopf

David Krauskopf

Founding Member, Blu Venture Investors, LLC

Eric Koefoot

Eric Koefoot

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Public Relay, CEO and Publisher, US News Ventures, Founder and CEO, Five Star Alliance

Vijay Lakshman

Vijay Lakshman

President, MindGrub Ventures

Shana Lawlor

Shana Lawlor

Managing Partner, Totipotent Capital; Limited Partner, Rock Health Capital

Esther Lee

Esther Lee

President & CEO refraction

Jeannette Lee

Jeannette Lee

Founder and CEO, Cyper; CEO, MoboTour, Founder and CEO, SYTEL

Troy LeMaile-Stovall

Troy LeMaile-Stovall

CEO, TEDCO

Mark Levine

Mark Levine

Managing Director, Core Capital Partners

Pascal Luck

Pascal Luck

Managing Director, Core Capital Partners

Lenard Marcus

Lenard Marcus

Principal, Edison Ventures.

David Marshall

David Marshall

Associate Dean, George Washington University

John May

John May

Founder, New Vantage Group Co-Author, Every Business Needs An Angel

Terry McAuliffe

Terry McAuliffe

Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia

Anthony Millin

Anthony Millin

Next chair, Partner, Shulman Rogers

Dan Mindus

Dan Mindus

Founder, Next Gen Angels

Tom Monahan

Tom Monahan

Chairman and CEO of the Corporate Executive Board Company

Doug Muir

Doug Muir

CEO, Muir & Associates and Co-Founder, CAV Angels

Daniel Neal, Chairman

Daniel Neal, Chairman

CEO and Founder Kajeet; CEO and Vice Chairman, VCampus

George Nemphos

George Nemphos

Co-founder and Managing Member, Nemphos Braue

Chris Nicosia

Chris Nicosia

VP of Partnerships, Modus Create

Pamela Norris

Pamela Norris

VICE PROVOST FOR RESEARCH, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Angie O’Grady

Angie O’Grady

COO, Partner, Stellapop

Bobby Ocampo

Bobby Ocampo

Director, Revolution Ventures

Jean-Luc Park

Jean-Luc Park

SENIOR DIRECTOR, SOCIAL IMPACT FUNDS, TEDCO

Jim Pastoriza

Jim Pastoriza

Managing Partner, TDF Ventures

Chip Paucek

Chip Paucek

CEO and Co-Founder of 2U (NASDAQ: TWOU) CEO of Hooked on Phonics

Joe Payne

Joe Payne

Chairman and CEO Eloqua

Steve Pennington

Steve Pennington

Senior Vice President, Maryland Tech Council

Jonathan Perl

Jonathan Perl

General Partner, Boulder Ventures

Jonathon Perrelli

Jonathon Perrelli

Founding Partner Fortify.vc

Mike Pratt

Mike Pratt

Managing Partner, Select Venture Partners, LLC

James Quigley

James Quigley

Founder & CEO, Canvas Co-Founder, Refraction

Don Rainey

Don Rainey

General Partner, Grotech Ventures

Nishaud Rajcoomar

Nishaud Rajcoomar

General Manager, The City Club of Washington

Skylar Rallison

Skylar Rallison

Community Manager, CONNECTpreneur

Jeff Reid

Jeff Reid

Founding Director, Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative

Christopher Ross

Christopher Ross

Managing Director, Truist Wealth Management

Rick Rudman

Rick Rudman

CEO of Tracx; Founder and CEO of Vocus

Pete Ryan

Pete Ryan

Co-founder & Partner, Ryan & Wetmore

Liz Sara

Liz Sara

CEO, Best Marketing; Chair, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business

Tom Scholl

Tom Scholl

Venture Partner, Novak Biddle Venture Partners

Chris Schroeder

Chris Schroeder

Advisor, Polaris Venture Partners CEO, Health Central

Kelly Schulz

Kelly Schulz

CEO, MARYLAND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL, FORMER SECRETARY, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Kevin Sheehan

Kevin Sheehan

Founder and Managing Partner, Multiplier Capital

Pat Sheridan

Pat Sheridan

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Modus Create

Parag Sheth

Parag Sheth

Director and Chief Marketing Officer, Maryland Venture Fund

Jason Shrensky

Jason Shrensky

Angel Investor Founder and CEO, Complex Interests

Paul Silber

Paul Silber

Partner, BLU VENUTURE Investors

Paul Singh

Paul Singh

CEO, Disruption Corp.

Kyp Sirinakis

Kyp Sirinakis

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Epidarex Capital

David Steinberg

David Steinberg

CEO, Zeta Interactive

Kathryn Stewart

Kathryn Stewart

Managing Director Cranbrook Capital

Rae Stott

Rae Stott

CO-FOUNDER & CEO, REFRACTION

Jake Tarr

Jake Tarr

Managing Director, Kinetic Ventures

Julia Taxin

Julia Taxin

Vice President, Grotech Ventures

Jennifer Taylor

Jennifer Taylor

CEO, Northern Virginia Technology Council

S. Tien Wong

S. Tien Wong

CEO, Opus8, Inc.

Bill Tompkins

Bill Tompkins

PRESIDENT AND CEO, MCEDC

Hank Torbert

Hank Torbert

Principal and Co-founder, RLMCCALL Capital Partners

Sever Totia

Sever Totia

Partner, Edison Ventures

Alex Triantis

Alex Triantis

DEAN, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Rosemarie Truman

Rosemarie Truman

Founder & CEO, The Center for Advancing Innovation, Inc.

John Tullis

John Tullis

Managing Director, Tullis Health Investors

Carol Van Cleef

Carol Van Cleef

CEO, Luminous Group, LLC.

Mark Walsh

Mark Walsh

Founder & CEO Genius Rocket

Tom Weithman

Tom Weithman

Managing Director Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) Gap Funds

John Wise

John Wise

Chairman & CEO, Loci, Inc.

Nate Yohannes

Nate Yohannes

Senior Advisor, Office of Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration

April Young

April Young

Managing Director, Hercules Technology Growth Capital

Ellen Granberg

Ellen Granberg

President George Washington University

Elizabeth Packer

Elizabeth Packer

Director of Economic Development Golden Triangle Business Improvement District

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson

Secretary Maryland Department of Commerce

Jack Miner

Jack Miner

CIO TEDCO

Elizabeth Cho-Fertikh

Elizabeth Cho-Fertikh

Managing Partner MEDA Ventures