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Donnel Baird is the founder of BlocPower, a startup that markets, finances and installs solar and energy efficiency technology to help houses of worship, non-profits, small businesses and multifamily projects to slash their energy costs.

Jolyne is a Divisional Vice Chairman at UBS in the firm’s Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) division within the Global Wealth Management business.

Dubbed a “Top Five Gamechanger” by Forbes and a “Power Investor” by Essence, Kesha Cash founded Impact America Fund (IAF) to harness market opportunities overlooked by traditional investors.

Blank, credited with starting the Lean Startup movement, is Columbia’s Senior Fellow for Entrepreneurship. He is the author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany, The Startup Owner’s Manual and his May 2013 Harvard Business Review cover story defined the Lean Startup movement.

Formerly the founder of integrated design optimization platform Frustum (acquired), Blankenship is now the Founder & Managing Partner at Parkway Venture Capital.

Shawn Edwards is Bloomberg’s Chief Technology Officer.

Lew Frankfort is a co-founder of Benvolio Group, an investment firm that focuses on direct investing in early stage disruptive consumer-facing brands.

Ben Fried is Google’s Chief Information Officer, overseeing the technologies that make Googlers go.

Jared Hecht is a co-founder and the CEO at Fundera, an online marketplace for small business financial solutions.

Sarah Holloway is a member of the faculty at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where she teaches social entrepreneurship and nonprofit management.

Ben Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner of the leading venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and The New York Times bestselling author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things, which is now available in over 16 languages.

Deborah Jackson is a founder and entrepreneur, early-stage investor and former investment banker. She is the Founder and CEO of Plum Alley Investments.

Cyrus Massoumi is Managing Partner and Founder of humbition, an early stage venture firm focused on NYC startups. Prior to this, he served as the Founder and CEO of ZocDoc.

Alan Patricof is a legendary venture capitalist and one of the field’s early pioneers. He is Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus at Greycroft and Founding Partner and Chairman at Primetime Partners.

Mark C. Redman is a vice president and co-general counsel of Hearst, a leading global, diversified media, information and services company.

Dr. Amol Sarva is a technology entrepreneur who co-founded Knotel, Halo Neuroscience, Knotable, Peek and Virgin Mobile.

Phillip M. Satow is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of JDS Therapeutics, an innovative health care company and parent company of Nutrition 21, LLC, and a leader in the nutritional supplement industry.

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Martín Varsavsky, ’83SIPA, ’85BUS, was called “Young, Reach, and Restless” by Forbes Magazine for obvious reasons: in 1984, while still in school, Varsavsky founded one of the early developers of loft apartments in New York City, Urban Capital Corporation.

Liz Wilkes is the founder and CEO of Exubrancy (Acquired), a leading workplace wellness company.

George D. Yancopoulos, M.D./Ph.D., is Regeneron’s co-Founder, President, and Chief Scientific Officer.