Venture for America announced its 2015 class of fellows this week.
The recent college grads will be the national program’s third class working with nine Baltimore startups. In all, about 35 Venture for America fellows and alumni are now in Baltimore.
VFA fellows are encouraged to get involved in the community beyond the workday, making them common participants in area hackathons.
In March, four fellows launched a new foodie venture called the Remington Chop outside of day job responsibilities.
Below is a look at this year’s class, and which companies they will assist:
- Sarah Greenwood – Eyemaginations
- Jamie Norwood – Eyemaginations
- Samuel Lowenkamp – ZeroFOX
- Maggie Nunley – ZeroFOX
- Chris Morse – ZeroFOX
- Lauren Tiberi-Warner – Avhana Health
- Max Kaplan – Avhana Health
- Sam Rispaud – Avhana Health
- Emilie Burke – Allovue
- Michael Weinstein – Pixelligent
- Snehal Sawlani – Pegged Software
- Anders Lindgren – Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys
- Kasim Ahmad – FastForward
- Mark Chu – SmartLogic
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