Speakers
Full speaker lineup for MTW 2026 is coming soon.
past Speakers
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Simon Dean
Chief Innovation & Development Officer
Pratt Miller
Tracy Cleveland
VP of Supply Chain
Munson Healthcare
Ashley Williams Clark
Chief Strategy Officer
Detroit Future City
Sally Chalk
CEO & Founder
Signapse
Madhav Aggarwal
Co-founder
BRCĒ
Jim Adox
Managing Partner
Venture Investors
Brittni Abiolu
Program Manager
Michigan Founders Fund Pre-Accelerator
Nick Beadleston
Executive Director
Grove Community Incubator
Nathan Musso
Investor
TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Lisa McLaughlin
Social Entrepreneur, Co-Founder Workit Health
Andrea Wallace
CEO
Opnr
Ollie Howie
Managing Partner
Mount Auburn Venture Partners
Alecia Gabriel, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Co-CEO
The Lab Drawer
Yuri Vega
Co-Founder, President
Holo Footwear
Eoin Comerford
Principal
Outsize Consulting
Troy Szopo
Director
Woodward Angels
Ashley Reid
Principal
Union Heritage Ventures
Jaz Lee
Founder, CEO
VETTED
Sharonda Simmons
Founder and CEO
TNS Consulting
Diana Callaghan
Managing Director
Endeavor
Martin Dober
Managing Director
ID Ventures
Josh Sledge
Chief Investment Officer
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Cindy Warner
Founder and CEO
360ofme, Inc.
Chuck Perricone
Founder/CEO
Dome IQ, Inc.
Mike Duggan
Mayor of Detroit
City of Detroit
Ben Bernstein
Principal
Beringea
Monica Wheat
Managing Director
Techstars Detroit
Ben Marchionna
Chief Innovation Ecosystem Officer
MEDC
David R. Medina Álvarez
Founder
Livaq
Tu Le
Managing Director
Sino Auto Insights
Lily Li
Co-Founder
MinaRosa Technologies LLC
Erika Block
Sticky Lab
Dawn Batts
CEO
Milestone Growth Capital Institute
Katy Kelly
Founder and CEO
TRS
Jasmine Childress
Community Manager
Startup Zoo
Arabia Simeon
Founder, CEO
Politics on the Go (POGO)
Lauren Daniels
CEO
Digital Rich Technologies
Mike Klein
CEO
Genomenon
Shantonio Birch
CEO & Founder
ThermoVerse
Rishi Moudgil
Executive Director
Michigan Founders Fund
Sadoc Paredes
CEO
Vetr Health
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David R. Livaq
Founder
Livaq
Moody Mattan
Founder & CEO
BrandXR
Mack Hendricks
Co-Founder
Detroit Hacker House
Paul Jaques
Managing Director, Venture Creation
Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Scott Shireman
Director, U-M Center for Innovation
University of Michigan
Ana Timoficiuc
Co-Founder
MinaRosa Technologies LLC
Kerry Duggan
Founder & CEO
SustainabiliD
Jarrett Irons
Co-Founder & Owner
Omada Ventures, LLC.
Jasmit Kaur
Founder & CEO
Culturebie
Katie Kirsch
Co-Director
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Program (AMMP)
Lauren Bigelow
Managing Partner
Growth Capital Network
Better Together
2024 Speakers
Our speakers are dynamic leaders positioned to guide Michiganders to impactful careers and entrepreneurial successes state-wide.
Carla Walker-Miller
Founder and CEO of Walker-Miller Energy Services
Charles Hudson
Board Chair, National Venture Capital Association
Dug Song
Founder & Funder, Song United
Sophia Bush
Actress, Producer, Activist, and Entrepreneur
Greg Schwartz
President, COO, and Co-Founder of StockX
Stacy Brown-Philpot
Founder & Managing Partner of Cherryrock Capital
David Woessner
Co-Founder and Partner at FutureOf
Peter Walker
Head of Insights at Carta
Marlin Williams
Founder and CEO, Marlin Williams Enterprises
past Speakers
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