About New England: 2003
Co-hosted by Springboard Enterprises and the Center for Women & Enterprise, the Springboard: New England 2003 program featured 16 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 21, 2003 at Babson College in Wellesley, MA, showcasing the entrepreneurs before an audience of the area’s top corporate, angel, and venture investors.
Forum Committee
Co-Chairs
Michael Fetters, Provost, Babson College
Nan Langowitz, Center for Women’s Leadership, Babson College
Pamela Lenehan, Ridge Hill Consulting
Members
Geraldine Alias, Battery Ventures
Elizabeth Ames
Mara Aspinall, Genzyme Genetics
Joseph Caruso, Bantam Group
Elaine Caughey, Advanced Technology Ventures
John Choi, Venrock Associates
Thomas Claflin, Claflin Capital Management
Linda DeRenzo, Testa, Hurwitz & Thiebault LLP
Daphne Dufresne, Weston Presidio Capital
Janet Dunlap, Goodwin Procter LLP
Kathy Elliott, 8 Wings Ventures
Michael Greeley, IDG Ventures
Karin Gregory, Dover Medical Ventures
Maia Heymann, BancBoston Ventures
Marcia Hooper, Castile Ventures
Don Jeffrey, Grant Thornton
Anita Karcz, Healthcare Opportunities Fund & MIT Enterprise Forum
Kay Koplovitz, Springboard Enterprises
James Matheson, Flagship Ventures
Amy Millman, Springboard Enterprises
Paige Montgomery, Boston Business Journal
James Nahirny, BainCapital Ventures
Jeremy Perisho, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jill Preotle
Kishore Rao, Trident Capital
Michael Roberts, HBS Entrepreneurial Studies, Harvard Business School
Angelo Santinelli, North Bridge Venture Partners
Jennifer Schmelter, Fleet Development Ventures
Andrea Silbert, Center for Women & Enterprise
Alison Taunton-Rigby, Forester Biotech
Clark Waterfall, Boston Search Group
Sharon Whiteley, 8 Wings Ventures
Nader Yaghoubi, Zero Stage Capital
Andrew Zacharakis, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College
Co-Hosts
Springboard Enterprises
Sponsors
Partner Sponsors:
FleetBoston Financial and Fleet Development Ventures
Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP
Supporter Sponsors:
Contributor Sponsors:
Adams, Harkness & Hill
Supporting Organizations
Empire State Venture Group
MA Interactive Media Council