NE 2001

Stakeholders’ Briefing & Reception Sponsor:

• Goodwin Procter LLP

Bootcamp Sponsor:

• Hill & Barlow

Supporting Organizations:

• Cambridge Business Development Center

• The Commonwealth Institute

• DigitalEve

• HBS Network of Women Alumnae (HBS NWA)

• Massachusetts Biotechnology Council

• Massachusetts Interactive Media Council (MIMC)

• Massachusetts Software & Internet Council

• MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge

• Technology Capital Network at MIT (TCN)

• The IndUS Entreprenreurs (TIE)

• Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (WEST)

• Women in Technology International (WITI)

Forum Committee:

Forum Committee Co-Chairs:

• Myra Hart, Harvard Business School

• Bob Higgins, Highland Capital Partners

Forum Committee Members:

• Elizabeth Ames, Department of Economic Development

• Beth Arnold, Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP

• Lakshmi Balachandra, Axxon Capital

• Marcia Bates, BancBoston Ventures

• Jill Card, IBEX Process Technology

• Joseph Caruso, Bantam Group

• Joe Casey, Venrock Associates

• Lorrayne Dina Chu, New Basics, Inc.

• Thomas Claflin, Claflin Capital Management

• Karen Copenhaver, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP

• Angela Quinn Crispi, Harvard Business School

• Martha Crowninshield

• Roslyn Daum, Choate, Hall & Stewart

• Anne Donnellon, Babson College

• Margo Doyle, Kodiak Venture Partners

• Daphne Dufresne, Weston Presidio Capital

• Janet Dunlap, Goodwin Procter

• Kathy Elliott

• Cynthia Fisher, ViaCell, Inc.

• Mary Fitzpatrick, Lanciare

• Michael Greeley, Polaris Venture Partners

• Karin Gregory, MTDC

• Marcia Hooper, Advent International

• Vincent Izzi, Lotus

• Cynthia Larose, Mintz Levin

• Joanna Lau, Lau Technologies

• Lucinda Linde, First Light Capital

• Amy Millman, Springboard Enterprises

• Susan Mulder, McKinsey & Company

• Susan Loconto Penta, Midior

• Jeremy Perisho, Deloitte & Touche LLP

• Joyce Plotkin, MA Software & Internet Council

• Jill Preotle, Renaissance Ventures<

• Jasmin Rodriguez, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

• Jennifer Schmelter, Fleet Development Ventures

• Sean Seton-Rogers, Commonwealth Capital Ventures

• Andrea Silbert, Center for Women & Enterprise

• Andrea Teichman, Hill & Barlow

• Laurie Thomsen, Prism Venture Partners

• Clark Waterfall, Boston Search Group

• Sharon Whiteley, 8 Wings Ventures