The William V. Campbell Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia University

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Learn more about entrepreneurship and work on your startup idea while an enrolled student.

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Campbell Center Advisory Council

Meet our Advisory Council and influential Columbia voices in the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

  • Jolyne Caruso-Fitzgerald’81 Barnard
    Jolyne Caruso-Fitzgerald
    ’81 Barnard

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

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  • Kesha Cash’10BUS
    Kesha Cash
    ’10BUS

    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.

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  • Jesse Coors-Blankenship'10GSAPP
    Jesse Coors-Blankenship
    '10GSAPP

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

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  • Shawn Edwards
    Shawn Edwards

    Shawn Edwards is Bloomberg’s Chief Technology Officer.

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  • Lew Frankfort'69CBS
    Lew Frankfort
    '69CBS

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

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  • Ben Fried'88CC
    Ben Fried
    '88CC

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

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  • Jared Hecht’09CC
    Jared Hecht
    ’09CC

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

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  • Sarah Holloway’03SIPA
    Sarah Holloway
    ’03SIPA

    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.

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  • Deborah Jackson'80BUS
    Deborah Jackson
    '80BUS

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

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  • Cyrus Massoumi'03BUS
    Cyrus Massoumi
    '03BUS

    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.

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  • Alan Patricof'57 BUS
    Alan Patricof
    '57 BUS

    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.

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  • Mark Redman'95LAW
    Mark Redman
    '95LAW

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

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  • Dr. Amol Sarva’98CC
    Dr. Amol Sarva
    ’98CC

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

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  • Phillip Satow’63CC
    Phillip Satow
    ’63CC

    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.

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  • Shane Snow'10JRN
    Shane Snow
    '10JRN

    Shane Snow is an award-winning journalist and entrepreneur, 3x bestselling author, and explorer.

  • Liz Wilkes’13BUS
    Liz Wilkes
    ’13BUS

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

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  • Jeff Witten’10CC | ’15BUS | ’15LAW
    Jeff Witten
    ’10CC | ’15BUS | ’15LAW

    Founder & CEO of CoinOut (Acquired) and startup advisor.

  • George D. Yancopoulos’80CC | '86GF | ’87CUMC
    George D. Yancopoulos
    ’80CC | '86GF | ’87CUMC

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

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  • Michael Satow'88CC
    Michael Satow
    '88CC

    Michael Satow is a serial health and wellness entrepreneur who has four nine-figure exits of companies he founded. Michael is the Chairman of the Jed Foundation, the nation’s leading non-profit focused on the mental health and wellness of young people. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia University, and is a board member of several private companies.

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