JUDGES & MENTORS
Professionals Supporting the NYBPC
Judging the NYBPC is an opportunity to see top teams across New York State pitch innovative ideas and early stage ventures, meet emerging entrepreneurs, and be part of supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in the next generation. Judges and mentors are venture capitalists, angel investors, investment bankers, experienced entrepreneurs or leaders from the business community
Access to 500+ college and graduate students that compete annually
Visibility in front of 50+ college and university institutions
Opportunities to connect with 100+ business professionals, advisors and investors
If you’re interested in becoming an NYBPC judge or mentor, please fill out the form below:
Questions? Contact Bailey Burke: bailey@upstatecapital.org
Meet the 2024 NYBPC Judges
Elizabeth Lusskin
Empire State Development
Vikram Agrawal
Levrx Technology, Inc
Christine E.B. Howard
E.B. Howard Consulting
Deepak Singh
Teladoc Health
Jay Katz
Launch NY
Matthew Pelkey
Colligan Law LLP
Clayton Besch
Mentor
Jaideep Singh Chavan
UnitX Labs
Kate Baker
Small Business Development Center
Varun Shah
Amazon
Dhaval Malaviya
Apple Inc
Awais Sher Bajwa
Bank of America
Dhairya Pujara
Ycenter
Mark Sperry
Sperry Energy
Don Smith
American Consulting Group, LLC
Lisa Coppola
National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)
Erica Choi
KeyBank
Edward Greer
Dow Chemical
Shelby Schneider
New York State Economic Development Council
April Ulrich
NBT Bank
Olivia Goldstein
StartFast Ventures
Peter Rothberg
Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLC
Rich Honen
Phillips Lytle
Mitesh Mangaonkar
Airbnb
Aditya Nambiar
Fennel AI
Alok Shankar
Oracle
Justin Negard
Connect to Northern Westchester Magazine
Olushola Ashiru
New Energy Fund II
Scott Gillespie
Jigsaw Group
Gregory Garville
Garville Copr.
Mark Cox
New Energy Fund II
Sonya Smith
NYSBDC State Director
Bill Newman
Northwestern Mutual
Jason Bartz
Good Neighbor Fund
Kelsey Thomas
Withum
Amber Adams
Siena Development
Amandeep Midha
Nerd 9
Gia Miller
Sonder Publishing
Aishwarya Acharya
Synthekine
Jonathan Cohen
G-Squared Partners
John Cococcia
Arista Strategy Group
Anh-DaiLu
Independent Consultant
Jungsoo Ahn
Stony Brook University
Riyya Hari Iyer
Brooks Automation LLC
Satish Kunchakuri
Google LLC
Aryyama Kumar Jana
Amazon
David Brown
Impellent Ventures
Patty Rechberger
Fuzehub
Greg Shoemaker
ARCA
Jack McGowan
Insyte Consulting/Buffalo Angels
Tiphaine Martin
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Claus Kinder
TechCXO
Vaibhav Khunger
Amazon
Elena Garuc
Fuzehub
Amandeep Midha
Hybrid Greentech Energy Storage Intelligence
Ann (Anchisa) Pongmanavuth
Maverick Capital
Ana-Cristina Nicolescu
University of Rochester
Stuart Angert
Independent Health Foundation
Anthony DeBonis
Troy Web
Roy Weissman
St. John's University
Shobhit Mittal
Dell