About New England: 2005
Co-hosted by Springboard Enterprises and the Center for Women and Enterprise, the Springboard: New England 2005 program featured 23 of the most promising high-growth, women-led companies in biotech, software, e-media and business and consumer products/services from the New England and New York areas. The Forum was held on November 18, 2005 at Harvard Business School in Cambridge, MA showcasing the entrepreneurs before an audience of the area’s top corporate, angel, and venture investors.
Forum Committees
Forum Co-Chairs
Cynthia Fisher, BioMed20/20 Technologies
Jim Matheson, Flagship Ventures
Mike Roberts, Harvard Business School
Forum Committee Chair
Candida Brush, Babson College
Forum Committee Members
Geraldine Alias, Harvard Business School
Elizabeth Ames
Elizabeth Bailey, Commons Capital
Woody Benson, Prism Ventures
Ann Bilyew, Advent International
Rodney Brooks, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Brad Hildt, Gustin Partners
Joe Caruso, Bantam Group
Hollis Chase, Chase & Associates
Mary Damkot, Sherbrooke Capital
Janet Dunlap, Goodwin Procter
Donna Good, Center for Women and Enterprise
Michael Greeley, IDG Ventures
Carolyn Hallinan, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners
Jean Hammond, Hub Angels
Maia Heymann, BancBoston Ventures
Krisztina Holly, MIT Deshpande Center
Rob Jevon, Boston Millennia Partners
Anita Karcz, Healthcare Opportunities
Jill Kickul, Simmons School of Management
Kay Koplovitz, Springboard Enterprises
Pam Lenehan, Ridgehill Consulting
Amy Millman, Springboard Enterprises
Lucy McQuilken, Intel Capital
Jill Preotle
Peter Rothstein, Allegro Ventures
Dina Routhier, Massachusetts Technology Development Center
Bill Sheehan, Longworth Venture Partners
Sim Simeonov, Polaris Ventures
Jeff Stein, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
David Steinberg, Puretech Ventures
Hemant Taneja, General Catalyst
Alison Taunton-Rigby, Ribonovix
Monica Vnuk, Oxford Bioscience Partners
Clark Waterfall, Boston Search Group
Recruitment Committee Co-Chairs
Ella Aglipay, Center for Women and Enterprise
Carolyn Hallinan, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners
Screening Committee Co-Chairs
Geraldine Alias, Harvard Business School
Bill Sheehan, Longworth Venture Partners
Coaching Committee Co-Chairs
Peter Rothstein, Allegro Ventures
Clark Waterfall, Boston Search Group
Co-Hosts
Springboard Enterprises
Sponsors
Lead Sponsors
Program Sponsors
Adams, Harkness & Hill
Ridgehill Consulting
Vitale, Caturano and Company
Venture Partners
Ascend Venture Group
Bain Capital Ventures
BancBoston Ventures
Common Angels
Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
TD Capital Ventures
Supporting Organizations
Association of Women’s Business Centers
Network of Women Entrepreneurs
North American Women’s Business Organization
Rockford EDGE
University of Missouri – Kansas City Henry W. Block School of Business
Women Advancing Bioscience
WorldWIT