Meet our Team & Mentors

Our team and mentors bring deep expertise across entrepreneurship, design thinking, and social impact to accelerate innovation towards the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.

Team

Suraj Kripalani

Suraj Kripalani

Founder and CEO at BonBillo;
Previously Portfolio Manager at BlackRock
Julia Turnbull

Julia Turnbull

Program Advisor at BonBillo;
Assistant Director of Custom Programs at MIT Sloan Executive Education
Dan Thiffault

Dan Thiffault

Advisor at BonBillo;
Head of Product and Engineering at Tern
Mayank Kumar

Mayank Kumar

Director of Technology at BonBillo;
Co-Founder at McAwesome
Mischke Le Cordeur

Mischke Le Cordeur

Marketing Manager at BonBillo
Ashna Thakkar

Ashna Thakkar

Program Lead at BonBillo
Payal Thiffault

Payal Thiffault

Creative Director at BonBillo;
Co-Founder at Juniper Rag and Atelier ID Global
Prachi Apte

Prachi Apte

Program Advisor at BonBillo;
Product Manager at Expedia Group

Mentors and Advisors

Entrepreneurship
Elaine Chen

Elaine Chen

Director at Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts; Founder and Managing Director at ConceptSpring
Suraj Kripalani

Suraj Kripalani

Founder and CEO at BonBillo;
Previously Portfolio Manager at BlackRock
Katelyn Bourgoin

Katelyn Bourgoin

Co-Founder at UNIGNORABLE; CEO at Customer Camp
Patricia (Trish) Cotter

Patricia (Trish) Cotter

Executive coach & Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan Executive Education
Lucy Heskins

Lucy Heskins

Founder at Oh Blimey
Julia Turnbull

Julia Turnbull

Program Advisor at BonBillo;
Assistant Director of Custom Programs at MIT Sloan Executive Education
Swapnil Chug

Swapnil Chug

Founder at INSEAD Learning Hub
Valeri Werpetinski

Valeri Werpetinski

KEEN Instructional Catalyst at The Grainger College of Engineering
John Breslin

John Breslin

Personal Professor at the University of Galway; Co-Founder at PorterShed
Fatema Basrai

Fatema Basrai

Managing Director at Innovate Health Yale and the Sustainable Health Initiative at Yale University
Neil Kothari

Neil Kothari

Co-Founder and Board Member at Drip Capital
Blake Sims

Blake Sims

Director of the BVR Research + Design Center at Country Day School; Founder and CEO at Epiic Solutions
Ritvik Singh

Ritvik Singh

Co-Founder & CEO at Saaf Finance
Cheryl Kiser

Cheryl Kiser

Executive Director at The Institute for Social Innovation, Babson College
Sunay Shah

Sunay Shah

Co-Founder at e.pop AI
Swapnil Shah

Swapnil Shah

Founder and CEO at Freight Tiger
Nsovo Nkatingi

Nsovo Nkatingi

Startup Program Manager at Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM)
Vaibhav Hegde

Vaibhav Hegde

Co-Founder and CEO at Cambrian Bioworks
Customer Acquisition
Katelyn Bourgoin

Katelyn Bourgoin

Co-Founder at UNIGNORABLE; CEO at Customer Camp
Lucy Heskins

Lucy Heskins

Founder at Oh Blimey
Razy Shah

Razy Shah

Business Director at 2Stallions Digital Marketing Agency
Rukaiya (Kanchwala) Rangwala

Rukaiya (Kanchwala) Rangwala

Founder at Around the Table; Ex-Chief Digital Business Officer at Marico Ltd
Lauren Abda

Lauren Abda

Founder at BranchFood; Co-Founder at Branch Venture Group
Marc Blackmer

Marc Blackmer

Vice President of Marketing at Corero Network Security; Business Owner at Blackmer Consulting
Per Heistad

Per Heistad

VP of Strategy and Market Insights at cloaked; Venture Partner at RallyCry Venture
Shruti Rya Ganguly

Shruti Rya Ganguly

Filmmaker & Founder at Honto88
Zoey Farooq

Zoey Farooq

North America Marketing & Communications at Accenture
Impact and Sustainable Investing
Sachin Rudra

Sachin Rudra

Founder at Crest Spring; Ex-CIO at Acumen Fund
Alkesh Wadhwani

Alkesh Wadhwani

Director Health, India Country Office at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Shruthi Cauvery Iyer

Shruthi Cauvery Iyer

Founder & Managing Partner at Vaia Climate
Suraj Kripalani

Suraj Kripalani

Founder and CEO at BonBillo;
Previously Portfolio Manager at BlackRock
Maya Chandrasekharan

Maya Chandrasekharan

Co-founder & Partner at Green Artha; Co-founder at Women in Investing Network
Kunal Paymaster

Kunal Paymaster

Managing Director at SightLine Partners and 10K Lakes Capital
Rahil Rangwala

Rahil Rangwala

Managing Partner at Accion Venture Lab
Yaquta Fatehi

Yaquta Fatehi

Impact Assessment Professional at William Davidson Institute at The University of Michigan
Amrit Paul Singh

Amrit Paul Singh

Impact Investor at Acumen
Yash Vardhan Gaddhyan

Yash Vardhan Gaddhyan

Consultant at Acumen
Aditya Dhar

Aditya Dhar

Investment Director at Climate Fund Managers B.V
Gunjan Banati

Gunjan Banati

Chief Risk Officer, Managing Director at The Royce Funds
Alberto Gómez-Obregón

Alberto Gómez-Obregón

Managing Partner at CO_Capital; Strategic Advisory Board Member at Latimpacto
Jess Brooks

Jess Brooks

Vice President, Investor Relations at Social Finance; Advisory Board Member at Sunwealth
Chetan Doshi

Chetan Doshi

Director at Griha Pte Limited; Co-founder at Vinner Ventures
Fabien Couderc

Fabien Couderc

Managing Partner & Co-Founder at ALTALURRA Ventures
KL Mukesh

KL Mukesh

Mentor at Villgro; Founder at Akeso Healthcare
Mohammed Al Rasbi

Mohammed Al Rasbi

Founder & General Partner at R&D Labs; Managing Director at Oman Technology Fund
Pankaj Jethwani

Pankaj Jethwani

Chief Executive Officer at 2070 Health; Executive Vice President at W Health Ventures
Katia Ostrovsky

Katia Ostrovsky

Principal at Fremont Group
Anuj Shah

Anuj Shah

Managing Director, ESG & Impact Advisory Practice Lead at Stax
Jacqui D'Angelo Smith

Jacqui D'Angelo Smith

Adjunct Lecturer, Finance at Bentley University; Portfolio Manager at Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, LLC
Andy Kaufman

Andy Kaufman

Chief Investment Officer at Community Capital Management, LLC
Arun Nair

Arun Nair

Innovative Finance at UNICEF
Jalal Ghiasi-Razavi

Jalal Ghiasi-Razavi

Director at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
Leadership, Teamwork, and Culture
Patricia (Trish) Cotter

Patricia (Trish) Cotter

Associate Managing Director at MIT Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship
Kari Heistad

Kari Heistad

CEO at Culture Coach International
Swami Swaminathan

Swami Swaminathan

Ex-Chairman at Manipal Health Enterprises; Previously MD & CEO at Infosys BPO
Ivan McAdam O'Connell

Ivan McAdam O'Connell

Co-Founder at VIVOS
Lara Kumar

Lara Kumar

SVP at Scholastic
Michael Smith Jr.

Michael Smith Jr.

ASEAN Startup & Digital Native Sales Leader at Microsoft
Vandana Goyal

Vandana Goyal

Managing Trustee and co-CEO at Avanti Fellows; Board Member and Ex-CEO at Akanksha; Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum
Product Design
Swapnil Chug

Swapnil Chug

Founder at INSEAD Learning Hub
Sid Gidwani

Sid Gidwani

Head of Engineering at Stripe
Dan Thiffault

Dan Thiffault

Advisor at BonBillo;
Head of Product and Engineering at Tern
John Breslin

John Breslin

Personal Professor at the University of Galway; Co-Founder at PorterShed
Payal Thiffault

Payal Thiffault

Creative Director at BonBillo;
Co-Founder at Juniper Rag and Atelier ID Global
Mayank Kumar

Mayank Kumar

Director of Technology at BonBillo;
Co-Founder at McAwesome
Garud Iyengar

Garud Iyengar

Avanessians Director and Professor at Columbia University
Baargav Duggirala

Baargav Duggirala

Lead, Startup Ecosystem Partnerships at Chargebee
Christopher Napoli

Christopher Napoli

Head of Wealth & Asset Management at Snowflake
Ebrahim Nalwala

Ebrahim Nalwala

Co-founder & CRO at Work 365; Founder & MD at IOTAP
Michelle May

Michelle May

Co-Founder at Atelier ID Global and Juniper Rag
Karthik Durvasula

Karthik Durvasula

Assistant Professor, Linguistics & Data Analysis at Michigan State University
Moody Hadi

Moody Hadi

Head of Credit Analytics New Product Development at S&P Global
Will Sanchez

Will Sanchez

COO at TalkingHeads Wireless; Mentor at MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program; Board Member, Advisor at Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Abhishek Gupta

Abhishek Gupta

Owner at NEGT FZE
Bhavik Katira

Bhavik Katira

CEO at TenDelta
Neha Swaminathan

Neha Swaminathan

Founder at Little Zen Rebels; Co-Founder at Yogi Power Ltd
Dilip Lukose

Dilip Lukose

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at Orkes
Siddhartha Goyal

Siddhartha Goyal

CEO at Nivi
Strategy & Operations
Elaine Chen

Elaine Chen

Director at Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts; Founder and Managing Director at ConceptSpring
Swami Swaminathan

Swami Swaminathan

Ex-Chairman at Manipal Health Enterprises; Previously MD & CEO at Infosys BPO
Rukaiya (Kanchwala) Rangwala

Rukaiya (Kanchwala) Rangwala

Founder at Around the Table; Ex-Chief Digital Business Officer at Marico Ltd
Manasi Mashru

Manasi Mashru

Managing Director, Strategy and Consulting, Southeast Asia at Accenture
Sujay Mashru

Sujay Mashru

Vice President, Asia Pacific & Growth Markets (MEA, Russia and LATAM) at LivaNova
Kunal Dalal

Kunal Dalal

Regional Director, South East Asia & Korea at LivaNova
Zachariah George

Zachariah George

Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures; Chief Investment Officer at Startupbootcamp Africa
Dipti Rao

Dipti Rao

Regional Strategic Operations & Enablement Director at SEEK Asia
Ankeet Dedhia

Ankeet Dedhia

Principal, Financial Services Industry Lead at AWS
Micah Chase

Micah Chase

Entrepreneur In Residence at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Principal at Checker Real Estate and Investment Management
Paul Mitchell

Paul Mitchell

Founder at Blockhouse Consulting; Co-Founder at Kecks
Parul Sahai

Parul Sahai

CEO of U.S. at Training the Street
Kunal Dayal Jesrani

Kunal Dayal Jesrani

Senior Vice President - Operations Support at Tech Mahindra Business Process Services
Vivek Shyamasundar

Vivek Shyamasundar

Global GTM & Strategic Partnerships at NVIDIA
Sumeet Nagar

Sumeet Nagar

Managing Director at Malabar Investments
Brian Kim

Brian Kim

Portfolio Manager at Alpine Global
Karine Makhijani Malagon

Karine Makhijani Malagon

Director at EM-ONE Energy Solutions
Marc Rovers

Marc Rovers

Head of European Credit at Legal & General Investment Management
Lubna Maria Elia

Lubna Maria Elia

Chief Administrative Officer at BlueHub Capital; Founder of New England Impact Investing Initiative
Shamik Shah

Shamik Shah

Managing Director at East Bridge
Yury Geyman

Yury Geyman

Managing Director at BlackRock
Frederic Bonfanti

Frederic Bonfanti

Advisor at Cyber-security and Defense
Avinash Advani

Avinash Advani

Founder & CEO at CyberKnight