Susan Amat
Founder & CEO
Venture Hive
(Miami, Florida)
Nirav Amin
COO
Tide Spin
(Chicago, Illinois)
Brian Ardinger
Managing Director & Founder
NMotion
(Lincoln, Nebraska)
Kyle Ashby
Founder
StartupSB
(Santa Barbara, California)
Don Ball
Founder
CoCo
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Mike Binko
Co-Founder
Startup Maryland
(Baltimore, Maryland)
Trey Bowles
CEO & Co-Founder
Dallas Entrepreneurial Center
(Dallas, Texas)
Danny Briere
CEO & Chairman
National Invention Convention and
Entrepreneurship Expo
(Mansfield Center, Connecticut)
Scott Case
Past CEO & Co-Founder
The Startup America Partnership
(Washington, DC)
Tom Chapman
Founder
Chapman and Company
(Lincoln, Nebraska)
Jay DeLong
Founding Partner
Active Capital
(St Louis, Missouri)
Enoch Elwell
Founder
CO.STARTERS
(Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Doug Erwin
VP of Entrep Development
EDAWN
(Reno, Nevada)
Larkin Garbee
Director
Lighthouse Labs
(Richmond, Virginia)
Randon Gettys
Coordinator
Startup Peoria
(Peoria, Illinois)
C'pher Gresham
Director of Expansion
Seed Spot
(Phoenix, Arizona)
Jake Hamann
Co-Founder
Startup Peoria
(Peoria, Illinois)
Paulo Harris
Founder
Ingoma Foundation
(Baltimore, Maryland)
James Hendren
Chairman
The Venture Center
(Little Rock, Arkansas)
Anika Horn
Founder
Social Ventures
(Richmond, Virginia)
Matt Hunckler
Founder
VERGE
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
Bill Kenney
CEO
Test My Pitch
(Ivoryton, Connecticut)
Farid Kheloco
Executive Director & Founder
Spark Holyoke
(Holyoke, Massachusetts)
Executive Leadership Team
Jess Knox - Chair
Emily Madero - Vice-Chair
Kyle Ashby - Treasurer
Tom Chapman - Secretary
Rodney Sampson - At-large member
Dave Parker - At-large member
Emma Peck - At-large member
Trey Bowles - National Partnerships
Dwayne Johnson - National Partnerships
Linda Olson - Summit Chair
Anika Horn - Communications
Tarik Cultan - Communications
Larkin Garbee - Community
Enoch Elwell - Community
Archna Sahay - Ecosystem Health
Tom Chapman - Ecosystem Health
Past Chairs:
Amanda West
Andy Stoll
Courtney Klein
CEO & Co-Founder
Seed Spot
(Phoenix, Arizona)
Jess Knox
Statewide Coordinator
Maine Accelerates Growth
(Portland, Maine)
Lucas Lindsey
Executive Director
Domi Station
(Tallahassee, Florida)
Matthew Marcus
Executive Director
Kansas City Startup Foundation
(Kansas City, Missouri)
Eric Matthews
CEO & Founder
Start Co
(Memphis, Tennessee)
Antonio Montoya
Founder
Rocket Hatch
(Huntsville, Alabama)
Todd Nuckols
Executive Director
Lighthouse Labs
(Richmond, VA)
Linda Olson
President & Founder
Tampa Bay WaVE
(Tampa Bay, Florida)
Jeff Reichman
Principal
January Advisors
(Houston, Texas)
Rodney Sampson
Founder
OHUB
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Andy Stoll
Co-Founder
Seed Here Studio
(Iowa City, Iowa)
Omar Sultan
Managing Partner
Sultan Ventures
(Honolulu, Hawaii)
Tarik Sultan
Managing Partner
Sultan Ventures
(Honolulu, Hawaii)
Lee Watson
CEO & Co-Founder
The Venture Center
(Little Rock, Arkansas)
Amanda West
CEO & Co-Founder
Seed Here Studio
(Iowa City, Iowa)
Geoff Wood
Founder
Gravitate
(Des Moines, Iowa)
Lana Zumbrunn
Director
FUSE Coworking
(Lincoln, Nebraska)