PRIOR Speakers

past Speakers

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Andrew Yang

Founder

Parhelion

Marianna Kerppola

Founder & CEO

Moment for Parents

Mike Duncan

CEO

Bankjoy

Prashant Salla

Founder

GoodHood

Chris Thomas

Co-Founder & Partner

Assembly Ventures

Spencer Lucker

Director of Strategic Talent Initiatives

MEDC

Kylee Guenther

CEO

Pivot Materials

Andy Frey

CIO

OneMagnify

Kendra Quinlan

Michigan Market Development Lead

Accenture

Sydney Davis

CEO

NixCode

Jacob Zuppke

CEO

Whisker

Pete Wilkins

Author + Managing Director

HPA

Ryan Anderson

VP, Global Insights

MillerKnoll

Victor Darolfi

CEO

RoboTire

Alexis Alston

Principal

Lightship Capital

Bill Binkiewicz

CTO

Autobooks

Art Thompson

CIO

City of Detroit

Jibreel Lockhart

CEO

Petram Analytics

Troy Morris

Co-Founder & Director of Ops

KMI

Damien Hooper-Campbell

Chief Impact Officer

StockX

Greg Grossman

Partner

Cooley LLP

Bess Goodfellow

Principal

HPA

Aditi Rajagopal

Senior Associate

ID Ventures

Ashton Keys

Adrian Fortino

Managing Director

Mercury

Carla Walker-Miller

Sasi Prabhakaran PhD

Ben Chehebar

Sarah Gretter PhD

Edi Demaj

Alison Accavitti

Jenn Onwenu

Hilary Doe

Etrit Demaj

Fred Schmidt

Lara Pender

Margarita Hernandez

Chief Ecosystem Officer

4th Purpose Energy | 4M Consolidated Brands

Lisa Katz

Joe Thiel

Rahul Gayam

Maria Thompson

Will Fung

Shalanda Armstrong

Managing Partner

100KM Ventures

Tom Stewart

Brian Moore

AI Launchpad Pitch Competition

Priya Gogoi

Alison Todak

Director of Platform

Plymouth Growth

Mei Headley

Terrence J. L. Reeves

Camila Noordeloos

MFF Venture Competition

Devon Townsend

The Rollercoaster of Celebrity Content and Venture Capital

Austin Yarger

“It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this.” - The gaming industry is ripe for disruption and these experts can talk about how to be a part of the revolution in the Midwest!

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