Board of Directors
National Advisory Board
Michelle Barmazel
Consultant
Stephen Brenninkmeijer
Founder, Willows Investments
Maxine Clark
Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshop / Chief Inspirator, The Delmar DivINe
Benjamin Goldhirsh
Co-founder & Chairman, Mighty
Daymond John
CEO of FUBU and The Shark Group, TV Personality on ABC Shark Tank, Public Speaker
Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland
Tim Murphy
Chief Administrative Officer, Mastercard
Jane Siebels
Green Cay Asset Management
David Spreng
Founder, CEO & CIO at Runway Growth Capital
Capital Regional Advisory Board
Matt Aaron, CFP
Founding Partner, LUX Wealth Planning
Anthony Calderazzi
Partner, Assurance Services-Technology, EY
Keith James
Managing Partner, Coalition Properties Group
Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Board
Noelle Calautti, Co-Chair
Partner, EY
Adam VeVerka, Co-Chair
Partner, Business Development, NewSpring Capital
Scott Snyder, Vice Chair
Chief Digital Officer, EVERSANA
Alexander Brown
Senior Manager, Investor Relations, Pitney Bowes
Jason Cahn
Senior CSR-CRA Officer, Valley National Bank
Adam J. Kirsch
Senior Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sell-Side Advisory Offering Leader, West Monroe Partners
Shawn Leventhal
Founder, Jump In Networks
Yajaira Lopez
Head of Branch Banking, Santander Bank
Marissa Y. Mack
Director, Not-for-Profit Commercial Banking Team, Webster Bank
Milan Patel
CEO, Inspiroz
Frances R. Pierce
Frances R. Pierce Chairman and CEO, Data Systems Analysts, Inc.
Michael Post
Senior Vice President, Relationship Management, Citizens Commercial Banking
Preet Sabharwal
Managing Partner, SAB Capital NFTE Alumnus Class of 2000
Judy Stewart
CEO, Creative Sense, Inc.
Christiaan van Driel
Client Solutions Specialist, UBS Family Office Solutions
Eugenia Vecchio
Attorney & Owner, Eugenia M. Vecchio & Associates
Holly Wallace
Managing Director and Senior Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Midwest Regional Advisory Board
Pramit Mehta, Chair
Partner, Assurance Services, EY
Mike Carpenter
Head of UX Design, Ureeka
Maxine Clark
Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshop / Chief Inspirator, The Delmar DivINe
Siddique Hameed
VP, Software Development Engineering, Mastercard
Carla Jackson
Head of Middle School/Director of Entrepreneurship, Emannuel Christian Academy
Mike Jortberg
Global Salesforce Practice Sales Director, Slalom
Venu Raghavan
VP Strategy & Development, Wasson Enterprise
Gary VonderHaar
CTO, Mastercard
Gary Weintraub
Director of Sales, Stasher
Brian Williams
Missouri Senator, 14th District, St. Louis County
Kevin Wilson
Executive Director, St. Louis Small Business Empowerment Center
New England Regional Advisory Board
Drew Smith, Chair
Founder & Principal, HOPR Ventures
Ann Daley
VP, Global Postal Relations, Quadient
Brett Miller
Head of Martech Engineering, Wayfair
Vasant Narayan
Founder & CEO, The GATO Marketplace
Minh Pham
VP, Director, Learning Management, Santander
James W. Uehlinger
Retired
South Regional Advisory Board
Lisette Mendez, Chair
Vice President & Latin America Controller, AT&T Finance
Meshell Baker
Founder & CEO, Meshell Baker Enterprises, LLC
Winston Black, III
Entrepreneur, Senior Life Science Finance Executive
Lincoln Cohoon
Senior Tax Manager, EY
Michael Dominguez
President & CEO, Associated Luxury Hotels International
Judy Shen Jandera
Managing Director, CFGI
Bill Kling
Principal, Benova RX
Evelyn Solorzano
VP, Small Business Community Officer, Bank of America
James Walsh
Vice President (Asset & Wealth Management Division, Real Estate Investing Team) Goldman Sachs
Southeast Regional Advisory Board
Richard Jackson, Chair
Attorney, Greenspoon Marder LLP
Alan Alvarez
Director, Educational Program | Miami Bayside Foundation
Jordan Corredera
VP, Digital Commerce, Royal Caribbean Cruise LTD
Steve Davis
Partner, EY
Greg Diamond
Industry Advisor, Brightwood Capital
Jessie Dumont
SVP, Senior Product Manager | Bank of America
Anthony Hazen
Sr. Property Manager, Link Logistics Real Estate
Eileen Higgins
Commissioner, Miami-Dade County District 5
Paul Jaure
CEO & Founder, GolfBoost
Daniel McVay
Corporate Counsel, Intuit
Stewart Merkin
Attorney, Law Office of Stewart A. Merkin
Anthony Navarro
Private Banker, Wells Fargo Private Bank
Tori Pappas
Assistant Vice President, Brand Partnerships, EverBank
Cesar Ramos
Executive Financial Services Director, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
West Regional Advisory Board
Gary Rabishaw, Chair
Managing Director, Intrepid Investment Bankers
Patrick Auger
Partner, EY
Chris Boyd
Chief Operating Officer, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Ranga Chinongoza
Managing Director – Private Equity Portfolio Operations, EY
Charles Choice
Director & NFTE Alumnus, Do-or-Dier Visionary Foundation
John Finley
Head, Voice of Customer & Loyalty, BMO
Jenna Gestetner
Founder, xHealth Studio
Monika Hudson
Associate Professor, School of Management, University of San Francisco
Emil Khodorkovsky
CEO, Forbix Capital Corp.
Andrew Morris, CFA
Managing Director, Solace Capital Partners
Mikko Ollila
VP, Investment Research and Knowledge Management, Capital Group
Ruben Resendez
President, adHere, Inc.
Leo Gestetner, Chair Emeritus
Founder & CEO, Heath Capital
Fritz Maytag, Emeritus
Founder, Anchor Brewing; Former Chairman, Maytag Dairy Farms
Connie Moore, Emeritus
Retired NFTE Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District
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