Tufts $100k New Ventures Competition
2024 Judges and Screeners
Finals Judges
Asheesh Advani
CEO at JA Worldwide
Karen Cassel
President and CEO, MedicAlert
John Cuming
Fmr. Pres. Cuming Microwave Corp.
Pamela Goldberg
Board Member and CEO; Chair of the Finance and Fundraising Committee, Board of Advisors, Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts
Ali Hill
Cofounder & MP, Sound Advice Consulting Services; Founder, Sound Advice Women
Sarah Kugelman
Sarah Kugelman, Founder, The Pink Factor; Founder, skyn ICELAND & gloss.com
Sandy Lacey
Executive Director, Howe Innovation Center
Steve McDermid
Managing Director, Emerson Collective
Kenny Nova
Investor, Entrepreneur, Advisor
Allison Perkel
Head of Software, Mobile and Software Development at Blink, an Amazon company
Amy Siegel
Founder, S2N Health
Danika Tynes, Ph.D., MS
Founder, Sustainable Access Foundation
Semi-finals Judges
Morgan Babbs
Co-Founder, Popular Power
Alok Bhargava
Founder, Clarus Strategy
Adam Blake
Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Telescoped | MIT Lecturer
Damla Boyer
Head of Strategy Operationalization, MilliporeSigma
Bruce Cohen
Venture Partner
Cam Flowers
Founder & CEO, Floreo Labs
Mukta Joshi
Data & Innovation Program Leader at Philips
Stephanie Jowers
Protected Areas Expert, United Nations
Mackenzie Loy
Founder & CEO, The Homemade Marketplace
Bob McTighe
Board Director, Acadia Center and Potencia
Matt Purdy
Senior Associate, Breakthrough Energy Fellows
Nick Svencer
General Manager at Pramand LLC and Rejoni, Inc.
Screeners
Amber Asumda
Temporary Associate, UNICEF Next Generation
Michael Casey
Cofounder, GhostLabel
Shenandoah Cornish
Cofounder & Codirector, Museo Minca
Tony Cueva Bravo
Head of Business Development and Strategy, Rebill.com
Fiachra Finegan
Specialist, Moderna
David Folsom
Senior Analyst, Oliver Wyman Forum
David Harrison
Co-founder
Hadley Haselmann
Culture of Inclusion Specialist, Applied Materials
Bobby Johnson, DMD, MD
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Resident and Co-founder of Duo Toothpaste.
Maggie Kullman
B2B Marketing Manager, Mastercard Data & Services
Spencer Langdon
Venture Associate at Forma Capital
Daniel Lewis
Co-Founder & COO at Winno
Kimberly Martin
Human Resources Specialist, Office of Executive Resources, US Department of the Treasury
Trevor Nicks, PhD
Co-Founder & CTO, Caravel Bio
Wabei Saboi
Cofounder, Blesser Breakers
Collins Sirmah
Cofounder, Afriprot
Paget Stanco
Principal at Gemini
Katie Stebbins
Executive Director, Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Elaine Tassinari
Founder and Managing Member of Intellectual Property Law, Kendall Square Law Group.
Devan Venkataramen
Associate, Software Strategy Group at EY-Parthenon
Frank Yandrisevits IV
Account Executive - International Business, ARInsights
Ricci Prize
Judges
Luca Mazzaferro
Research Scientist, Chemical Engineering PhD Candidate, Tufts University
Zoisa Stafford
Tufts Materials Science Engineering Master’s Student
Ben Webb
Mechanical Engineer, Manta Product Design
Friedman Prize
Judges
Michael Blau
Retired Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP
Karen Bressler
Entrepreneur, Executive & Philanthropist
Stephanie Dorsey
Founding Partner of E²JDJ
Matt Whitney
CEO