About New England: 2002
Co-hosted by Springboard Enterprises and the Center for Women & Enterprise, the Springboard: New England 2002 program featured 20 of the most promising high-growth, women-led companies in technology and life sciences from the New England and New York areas. The Forum was held on November 22, 2002 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, showcasing the entrepreneurs before an audience of the area’s top corporate, angel, and venture investors.
Forum Committees
Recruiting Committee
Co-Chairs:
Asa Ahlberg, IDG Ventures
Alex Finkelstein, Grandbanks Capital
Clark Waterfall, Boston Search Group
Sponsorship Committee
Chair:
Mary Fitzpatrick, General Electric
Screening Committee
Co-Chairs:
Karin Gregory, Dover Medical Ventures
Jeremy Perisho, Deloitte & Touche
Coaching Committee
Chair:
Joe Caruso, Bantam Group
Forum Committee
Co-Chairs:
Ken Morse, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
Pamela Lenehan, Ridge Hill Consulting
Forum Committee Members:
Asa Ahlberg, IDG Ventures
Elizabeth Ames
Joseph Caruso, Bantam Group
Joe Casey, Venrock Associates
Thomas Claflin, Claflin Capital Management
Dan Coleman, Fleet Development Ventures
Susan Danish, Babson Center for Women’s Leadership
Linda DeRenzo, Testa, Hurwitz & Thiebault LLP
Daphne Dufresne, Weston Presidio Capital
Janet Dunlap, Goodwin Procter LLP
Athena Edmonds, Zoe Capital
Kathy Elliott, 8 Wings Ventures
Alex Finkelstein, Grand Banks Capital
Mary Fitzpatrick, General Electric
Michael Greeley, IDG Ventures
Karin Gregory, Dover Medical Ventures
Myra Hart, Harvard Business School
Maia Heymann, BancBoston Ventures
Marcia Hooper, Castile Ventures
Don Jeffrey, Grant Thornton
Joanna Lau, Lau Technologies
Lucinda Linde, First Light Capital
Susan Loconto Penta, MIDIOR Consulting
Lore Harp McGovern, LHM Ventures
Amy Millman, Springboard Enterprises
Michael Olivieri, Boston Business Journal
Susan Loconto Penta, Midior
Jeremy Perisho, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jill Preotle
Jasmin Rodriguez, Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Ellen Roy
Andrea Silbert, Center for Women & Enterprise
Susan Hunt Stevens, Boston Globe
Clark Waterfall, Boston Search Group
Sharon Whiteley, 8 Wings Ventures
Co-Hosts
Springboard Enterprises
Sponsors
Partner Sponsors:
FleetBoston Financial
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP
Supporter Sponsors:
Contributor Sponsors:
Hill & Barlow
The Selig/Kaye Group
Stakeholders’ Briefing & Launch Sponsor:
Supporting Organizations
Harvard Business School Women Alumae
MA eComm
MA Interactive Media Council
MA Internet & Software Council
MA Telecommunications Council
MA Women in Technology
New England Women Business Owners
Participating Investors
8 Wings Venture
Angel Healthcare Investors
BancBoston Capital
BioVenture Investors
First Light Capital
Fleet Development Ventures
YankeeTek Ventures