The 2024 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition is days away, and we're thrilled to announce our esteemed panel of judges who are volunteering their time to evaluate student and alumni pitches.
These twenty judges will be split between our four tracks—Venture, Idea, Research and Social Impact—and are listed in alphabetical order below.
James Artis (MGT '22), co-founder, chief growth officer, Observation Group Inc.
Ali Briggs Carvahlo (CWR '11), CEO and co-founder, LifeWeb 360
Chris Fisher (CWR '95), managing director, GPO Fund
Mike Fisher (MBA ‘00, PhD ‘13), CEO, MyFitnessPal
Azadeh Hartiman, business leader, Level20
Michael Hill (GRS '89, GRS '92), global head, Science & Technology and Innovation, Science Innovations, LLC
Ali King, director, Burton D. Morgan Mentoring, JumpStart, Inc.
Isabelle King, business strategy consultant
Wayne Liu (GRS '94), chief growth officer, president of America, Perfect Corp
Lauren Nelson (MGT '18), product strategist, Level20
Michael Nieset, startup advisor
Brian Offutt, chair of the board of directors, Project Healthy Minds
Andrew Rising, founder, managing partner, Encore Venture Labs
Jon Snyder, managing director, Investor Relations, Ohio Life Sciences
Sunnie Southern, head of outbound product management, Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences)
Karen Spilizewski (CWR '84, GRS '86, MBA '93), managing director, RiverFest Venture Partners
Evan Stein, enterprise sales, Executive Google
Lindsay Sulzer, president and founder, Scaffold Bio Consulting LLC
Eric Ver Ploeg (CWR '88), founding partner, Tunitas Ventures
Jing Zhao (CWR '16), entrepreneur programs director, BRITE
We are thankful for the generosity and time of this stellar judging team!
Be sure to support our finalists, watch their pitches, get some food from local food entrepreneurs and participate in networking for the 2024 competition on Wednesday, April 3.