About Media/Tech: 2013
The Springboard: Media/Tech 2013 program featured 10 of the most promising high-growth, women-led companies in the areas of digital media and technology. The Bootcamp was held on August 21 at Covington & Burling LLP in New York City, showcasing the entrepreneurs before an audience of the area’s top corporate, angel, and venture investors.
Screening Committee
Jeremy Adelman, InnerWorkings
David Anderson, Supply Chain Ventures
Frank Andrasco, Egan-Managed Capital
Jane Applegate, The Applegate Group
Dana Ardi, Corporate Anthropology Advisors
Jeremy Bauman, New Vantage Group, LLC
Jennifer Baumann, InnerWorkings
Rachel Beller, Covington & Burling LLP
Eric Bertrand, Enye Group
Dominick Bianco, Innovative Holdings, Inc.
Barbara Bickham, Flexeye
Kerri Breen, Arsenal Venture Partners
Kerry Burke, Covington & Burling LLP
Jill Carrie, Stealth Solutions
Rodica Ceslov, Frog Worldwide
Dianne Coffino, Covington & Burling LLP
Cynthia Cohen, Strategic Mindshare Foundation
Ellen Corenswet, Covington & Burling LLP
Carol Curley, Golden Seeds
Lubna Dajani, Stratemerge, Inc.
Debra Danielson, CA Technologies
Daniela De Peña, World Series of Startups, LLC
Laurette DelGuercio, Transactis
Robert Delman, Golden Seeds
Harjeev Dhingra, CA Technologies
Monica Dodi, Women’s VC Fund
Stephanie Gelman, Gelman & Associates
Harry Glazer, Kelley Drye
Greg Grossman, DLA Piper
Jason Groth, Covington & Burling LLP
Tim Hanlon, The Vertere Group
Holly Hassett, Springboard Advisor
Laurence Hayward, VentureLab
Kathleen Healy, Golden Seeds
Brian Hughes, CA Technologies
Laura Kennedy, LivingSocial
Daphne Kis, Golden Seeds
Nick Kocinski, YCharts.com
Sandra Kresch, PSD International
Bobbi Kurshan, Worldsage
Birlie Lau, Covington & Burling LLP
Fran Maier, TRUSTe
Joy Marcus, DFJ GothamVentures
Carol Marino, Syngenta Ventures
Sancia Matthyssen, IBM
John May, New Vantage Group, LLC
Bill McCullen, Launch Capital
Matthew McKelvey, The McKelvey Group
Jessica Milner, Covington & Burling LLP
Karen-Michelle Mirko, Beta & Pivot
Navroop Mitter, Gryphn
Cathy Mullen, LandMark Funding
Tereza Nemessanyi, Microsoft
Judith Obermayer, Golden Seeds
Robert Okabe, RPX Group, LLC
Jennifer Paquette, Wolcott Hill
Martha Pease, Magnetique
Margaret Pederson, Amirexx
Beth Polish, Consultant
Cris Popenoe, Dawn Productions, LLC
Chiara Portner, Paradigm Counsel LLP
Jeff Reid, Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative
Jim Reno, CA Technologies
Joshua B Siegel, Georgetown Angels
Ken Smith, Innovation Execution Partners
Stephanie Spong, Moksa Ventures
Bruce Starcher, Starcher Group, LLC
Julia Taxin, Grotech Venture
Suzanne Tufts, Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman
Carla Valdes, Fortify.vc
Jayne Wallace, Virgin Mobile USA
Dan Weinfurter, Chicago Growth Consultants
Cherie Whitney, EMC Corporation
Betsy Zeidman, Milken Institute
Sponsors
Program Sponsors
Covington & Burling
CA Technologies
American Express: OPEN
Dell
Aon
Mintz Levin
Venue Hosts
DLA Piper
Thomson Reuters
Covnigton & Burling
CA Technologies
Web Conferencing Partner
ReadyTalk
Supporting Organizations
Committees
Alumnae Committee
Sue Abu-Hakima, Amika Mobile
Rebecca Antonelli, Center for Creative Marketing
Leslie Bane, Aggregate Knowledge
Candice Brown Elliot, Nouvoyance, Inc.
Ann Buivid, The Lilypad Group, LLC
Ellie Cachette, ConsumerBell
Tessa Court, IntelligenceBank
Nancy Curtis, T3 Tiger Tech
Nancy Dailey, Sheilds Brothers
Susan DeFife Askew, Digital Media Consultant
Sara Frankel, Honest Crafts, LLC
Julie Hamrick, Ignite Sales
Taffy Holliday, Pegasystems, Inc.
Trish Lindsay Thomas, Venture Sweat, Inc.
Traci Long DeForge, ThreeDM Communications
Renee Lorton, White Rock Advisory
Rupaka Mahalingaiah, Dunti Corporation
Pam Marrone, Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
Laura McCann Ramsey, WYSWYG, LLC
Lucy McQuilken, AtoB Consulting
Lisa Morales-Hellebo, LMH Consulting
Valerie Perlowitz, International Holding Company
Shoba Purushothaman, Training Ventures
Stephanie Schwab, Crackerjack Marketing