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2025 Honorees

Joshua Berkow

Director of Operations, Tech Council of Delaware

Terrance Bowman

Head of Adult Programs and Employer Partnerships, Code Differently

David Cooper Moore

Founder, Media Education Consulting

Mark Crouse

Founder, Cohesion Crafted

Ben Dibling

Managing Director, Penn Center for Innovation

Grace Francisco

Chief, M2i

Rebecca L. Grant

Senior Director, Life Sciences and Innovation, City of Philadelphia

Neil Johnston

Director of Accelerator Programs, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at Temple University

Dia Jones

Executive Director, Philadelphia Robotics Coalition

Ayanna Lott-Pollard

Executive Director, Resilient Coders

Tia Lyles-Williams

CEO, Goffman Bougard, Inc.

Sevile Mannickarottu

Director for Tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Pennsylvania Engineering

Bo Motlagh

Cofounder and Managing Partner, United Effects Ventures

Betsy Payne

Manager of the Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem, Philadelphia Education Fund

Liliana Quintero

Small Business Consultant, Widener Small Business Development center

Katie Reuther

Executive Director of Penn Health-Tech, University of Pennsylvania

Lawrence Rich

Founding partner, GxP Authority, Inc.

Fernanda Sesto

Investment Analyst, Unshackled Ventures

Kate Srinivasan

Community Engagement, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA

Ydian Velez

Coordinator of Camps and Youth Programs, Nerd Street

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Market Manager, Transform Labs

Product Management Leader, Independent consultant

Headhunter, KOB Solutions, Inc.

Co-president, GetWITit Pittsburgh Chapter

Founder and CEO, Landis Consulting Group

Founder and AI Product Lead, Agents of Change

Executive Director, Neighborhood Learning Alliance

Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Northside/North Shore Chamber of Commerce

Founder, Dot Foundry

CEO, Farms Close By

Principal Consultant, MacTaggart, LLC

President, German American Chamber of Commerce Pittsburgh Chapter

Director of the Center for Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Duquesne University

Executive Coach, The CEO Strategy

Founder, President and CEO, The Equity | Impact Center

Head of Growth and Health Applications, EKTO VR

Programs Director, Ascender

Area Sales Manager in Pittsburgh, International Workplace Group

Counsel, Dentons Cohen and Grigsby P.C.

Avenu Strategy and Operations Manager, InnovatePGH

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Charlotte Clark

Economic Recovery Corps Fellow, International Economic Development Council

Nick Culbertson

Managing Director, Techstars AI Health Baltimore accelerator

Claudia Jolin

Executive Director, Baltimore Peninsula Partnership

Michael Ogunsanya

Technical Business Analyst, T. Rowe Price

Ayomide “Ayo” Sekiteri

Strategic Partnerships Manager, Dent Education

Lo Smith

Executive Director, Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition

Gillian Krug

Program Manager, Novella Center for Entrepreneurship

Erica Miller

Chief Data Evangelist, Anologics

Nacoya Villegas

Operations Specialist, Dent Education

LaToya C. Staten

Executive Director, Fearless Institute

Hannah Schmitz

Knowledge Community Director for UM BioPark, Wexford Science and Technology

Rimjhim Khandelwal

Program Manager, UpSurge at Greater Baltimore Committee

Jason Michael Perry

Founder and Chief AI Officer, Perry Labs

Phil Rogofsky

Executive Director, Maryland STEM Festival

Tasha Cornish

Executive Director, Cybersecurity Association, Inc.

Graham Dodge

Vice President of Venture Development, TEDCO

Dewan Clayborn

President and CEO, Central Maryland Chamber of Commerce

Molli Chang

Business Analyst, Towson University

Michael Berardi

Special Projects Coordinator, Baltimore Entrepreneurship and Leadership Network

Clarevonte “Clay” Williams

Regional Director, Center for Entrepreneurship, Morgan State University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center

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James Barlia

Executive Director, Station DC

Amu Fowler

Managing Partner, Startups Ignite

Colin Fraser

Founder, Upling

C’pher Gresham

Cofounder, GridVolve

Jeffrey Gyan

Founder, Prolific Pillars Consulting

Marcelo Homrich

Vice President of Programs, Halcyon

John Kaufhold

Founder and CEO, ML4Biz, Entrepreneur in Residence, George Mason University

Chelsea Kirkland

Digital Inclusion Coordinator, DC Public Library

Naviya Kothari

Manager, AI and Crypto, Tala

Catherine McMillan

Founding Director, GenAI Collective

Andrey Mikhalchuk

CEO, Craftus

Kobby Osei-Kusi

Founder and CEO, Pirl Technology, Inc.

Devon Pasieka

Co-chair and Founding Member, Venture in the Capital Summit

Rae Stott

Co-Founder and CEO, Refraction Inc

Brendan Whitaker

Executive Director, Threshold

Seema Alexander

President and Cofounder , Virgent AI

Erin Horne McKinney

Chief Growth Officer, Public Performance Management

Alicia Moran

Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation

Camille Clayton

Engineering Manager, Ticketmaster

Guc Ozenci

Managing Director, Founder Institute, Washington DC

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