PRIOR Speakers

past Speakers

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Mark DeLaVergne

Director, Network Growth

Michigan Central

Tom Cizauskas

Business Administration Manager

Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)

Day Edwards

Co-founder

Church Space

Emmanuel Brown

Co-founder

Church Space

Jacob Allen

Co-founder & CEO

Reportwell

Isabel Sheinman

Co-founder & CEO

Maka Media

Zhen Xu

Co-founder

HistoSonics

Matt Vivas

Principal

Stellantis Ventures

Chris Stallman

Managing Partner

Fontinalis Partners

Kelly Sexton

Associate VP for Research & Innovation Partnerships

University of Michigan

Jessica Robinson

Co-founder & Managing Partner

Assembly Ventures

Nicola Reasoner

V&R Advisory & Capital

Kim Pasquino

Partner

Wakestream Ventures

Anne Partington

Managing Director & Industry Partnerships

Tauber Institute for Global Operations - University of Michigan

Frank Noppel

Co-founder & CEO

blueflite

Marilyn Nash

Acting Assistant Regional Director

US Patent and Trademark Office

Mike Morin

VP of Business Development

webAI

Justin LaRocca

Director of Allison Ventures

Allison Transmission

Lindsay A. Joseph

Co-founder & CEO

BedConnect

Colleen Hau

Managing Director

Newlab

Andrew Goldner

Co-founder & CEO

GrowthX

Patti Glaza

EVP & Managing Director

Invest Detroit Ventures

Chris Genteel

Co-founder

RTAT

Tanvi Gadamsetti

Co-founder

BRCĒ

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

Founder & 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

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