Meet the Team
We help build world-class sustainable businesses that contribute to a healthy, happy, and equitable planet.
Expertise
Entrepreneurship
Engineering and Data Science
Investing
Leadership, Teamwork and Culture
Social Impact
Sales & Marketing
Design
Strategy & Operations
Team
Suraj Kripalani
Co-Founder and CEO, BonBillo; Mentor at Startupbootcamp; Previously Strategy Consultant & Portfolio Manager
Dan Thiffault
Co-Founder and Tech Advisor, BonBillo; Head of Product and Engineering, Tern
Julia Turnbull
Program Advisor, BonBillo; Fellowship Program Associate, MIT Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship
Mayank Kumar
Product Lead, BonBillo; Co-Founder, McAwesome
Mischke Le Cordeur
Marketing Manager, BonBillo
Prachi Apte
Program Advisor, BonBillo; Director, CWT, Previously Strategy Consultant at Accenture
Payal Thiffault
Creative Director, BonBillo; Co-Founder, Atelier ID Global
Vandana Goyal
Advisor, BonBillo; Board Member and Ex-CEO, Akanksha; Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum
Mentors and Advisors
Entrepreneurship
Katelyn Bourgoin
CEO, Customer Camp
Nsovo Nkatingi
Program Manager, Future Females
Will Sanchez
Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Patricia Cotter
Associate Managing Director, MIT Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship
Imran Sayeed
Senior Lecturer, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, MIT
Catherine Mahugu
Founder, Soko; Forbes 30 under 30
John Breslin
Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway; Director, Galway City Innovation District
Aditya Pittie
Director, Pittie Enterprises Group
Siddhartha Goyal
CEO, Nivi
Swapnil Shah
Founder and CEO, Freight Tiger
Rukaiya Rangwala
Head - Zaakpay, MobiKwik
Serge Lavallee
Co-Founder & President, Jobillico
Vaibhav Hegde
Founder & CEO, Superbites
Ritvik Singh
Co-Founder & CEO, PsyInnovations
Avinash Advani
Senior Vice President, StarLink
Zachariah George
Managing Director, Startupbootcamp
Balaji Srinivasan
Vice President and Senior Associate Provost, The University of Chicago
Lauren Abda
Founder, BranchFood and Co-Founder, Branch Venture Group
Neil Kothari
Co-Founder, Drip Capital, Y-Combinator backed Trade Finance company
Zoe Schlag
Managing Director, Techstars
Sanjay Pothen
Director of Emerson Launch
Blake Sims
Program Director, Social Innovation at Innovate@BU, Boston University & Founder, Epiic Solutions
Micah Chase
Adjunct Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Founder, eInvite
Jalal Ghiasi-Razavi
Director, Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
Ebrahim Nalwala
Founder & MD, IOTAP
Darby Hobbs
Founder and CEO, Social3 & Co-Founder and Chairperson, Conscious Capitalism Boston Chapter
Cheryl Kiser
Executive Director, Lewis Institute & Babson Social Innovation Lab
Ameet Parikh
Director, Tranzmute Capital & Management; Previously Partner and Head of Risk & Business Advisory Solutions, E&Y India
Suraj Kripalani
Co-Founder and CEO, BonBillo; Mentor at Startupbootcamp; Previously Strategy Consultant & Portfolio Manager
Julia Turnbull
Program Advisor, BonBillo; Fellowship Program Associate, MIT Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship
Dipti Rao
Regional Strategic Operations & Enablement Director, SEEK Asia
Investing
Alberto Gómez-Obregón
Deputy CIO, Acumen
Zachariah George
Managing Director, Startupbootcamp
Lauren Abda
Founder, BranchFood and Co-Founder, Branch Venture Group
Neil Kothari
Co-Founder, Drip Capital, Y-Combinator backed Trade Finance company
Zoe Schlag
Managing Director, Techstars
Andy Kaufman
Senior Portfolio Manager, Community Capital Management
Maya Chandrasekharan
Principal, Menterra Venture Advisors
KL Mukesh
Mentor, Villgro & Founder, Akeso Healthcare
Sachin Rudra
Ex-CIO, Acumen Fund
Rahil Rangwala
Director, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Arun Nair
Treasury & Investment Professional, UNICEF
Katia Ostrovsky
Associate Director, The William and Flora Hewitt Foundation
Brian Waldner
Vice President, Natixis Global Asset Management
Jess Brooks
Senior Vice President, Boston Community Capital
Jacqui D'Angelo Smith
Vice President, Private Client Associate, U.S. Trust, Bank of America
Anuj Shah
Managing Director, Rally Assets
Sunay Shah
Executive Director, Axioma
Gunjan Banati
Director of Risk Management, Royce & Associates
Kunal Paymaster
Principal, Sightline Partners
Marc Rovers
Senior Portfolio Manager, Legal & General Investment Management
Ishan Manaktala
COO & Managing Director, Markit, India
Shamik Shah
Investment Analyst, Sheffield Asset Management
Yury Geyman
Managing Director, BlackRock
Suraj Kripalani
Co-Founder and CEO, BonBillo; Mentor at Startupbootcamp; Previously Strategy Consultant & Portfolio Manager
Brian Kim
Portfolio Manager, Alpine Global
Joe Sweeney
Associate, Early Stage Practice, Silicon Valley Bank
Pankaj Jethwani
Executive Vice President, W Health Ventures
Social Impact
Alberto Gómez-Obregón
Deputy CIO, Acumen
Zoe Schlag
Managing Director, Techstars
Blake Sims
Program Director, Social Innovation at Innovate@BU, Boston University & Founder, Epiic Solutions
Jalal Ghiasi-Razavi
Director, Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
Andy Kaufman
Senior Portfolio Manager, Community Capital Management
Maya Chandrasekharan
Principal, Menterra Venture Advisors
KL Mukesh
Mentor, Villgro & Founder, Akeso Healthcare
Sachin Rudra
Ex-CIO, Acumen Fund
Rahil Rangwala
Director, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Arun Nair
Treasury & Investment Professional, UNICEF
Katia Ostrovsky
Associate Director, The William and Flora Hewitt Foundation
Brian Waldner
Vice President, Natixis Global Asset Management
Jess Brooks
Senior Vice President, Boston Community Capital
Jacqui D'Angelo Smith
Vice President, Private Client Associate, U.S. Trust, Bank of America
Anuj Shah
Managing Director, Rally Assets
Darby Hobbs
Founder and CEO, Social3 & Co-Founder and Chairperson, Conscious Capitalism Boston Chapter
Cheryl Kiser
Executive Director, Lewis Institute & Babson Social Innovation Lab
Lubna Maria Elia
Senior Director, Root Capital & Founder, New England Impact Investing Initiative
Yaquta Fatehi
Impact Assessment Professional, William Davidson Institute at The University of Michigan
Suraj Kripalani
Co-Founder and CEO, BonBillo; Mentor at Startupbootcamp; Previously Strategy Consultant & Portfolio Manager
Julia Turnbull
Program Advisor, BonBillo; Fellowship Program Associate, MIT Legatum Center for Development & Entrepreneurship
Vandana Goyal
Advisor, BonBillo; Board Member and Ex-CEO, Akanksha; Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum
Pankaj Jethwani
Executive Vice President, W Health Ventures
Design
John Breslin
Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway; Director, Galway City Innovation District
Neha Swaminathan
Associate Director, HSBC Global Banking & Markets
Adoniram Sides
Senior Product Manager, Upserve
Ryan Mulloy
Vice President, Customer Engagement & Innovation, Carter Edwards & Co
Carlos Baez
Senior Experience Designer, Carter Edwards & Co
Sarah McDermott
UX & Product Designer, Panera Bread
Michelle May
Co-Founder, Atelier ID Global & Founder, Cirque Du Noir
Mayank Kumar
Product Lead, BonBillo; Co-Founder, McAwesome
Prachi Apte
Program Advisor, BonBillo; Director, CWT, Previously Strategy Consultant at Accenture
Payal Thiffault
Creative Director, BonBillo; Co-Founder, Atelier ID Global
Engineering and Data Science
Will Sanchez
Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Garud Iyengar
Department Chair and Professor, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University
Karthik Durvasula
Assistant Professor, Linguistics & Data Analysis, Michigan State University
Moody Hadi
Senior Director, Innovation and Product Research, S&P Global
John Breslin
Senior Lecturer, NUI Galway; Director, Galway City Innovation District
Siddhartha Goyal
CEO, Nivi
Ebrahim Nalwala
Founder & MD, IOTAP
Dani Ghaida
Head of Technology, Dar Group
Dan Thiffault
Co-Founder and Tech Advisor, BonBillo; Senior Software Engineer, BookBub
Mayank Kumar
Product Lead, BonBillo; Co-Founder, McAwesome
Prachi Apte
Program Advisor, BonBillo; Director, CWT, Previously Strategy Consultant at Accenture
Brian Kim
Portfolio Manager, Alpine Global
Leadership, Teamwork and Culture
Joshua Wachs
Chair of the Board of Overseers at Emerson College Executive Coach
Sean Gallagher
Founder, Influence Success
Kari Heistad
CEO, Culture Coach International
Rama Kannan
Executive Coach and Mentor, Villgro Innovations Foundation
Lara Kumar
Global Director Total Rewards, McCann Worldgroup
Jasmin Ghoul
Ex-Google, High Performance Coach and Startup Mentor
Sales & Marketing
Katelyn Bourgoin
CEO, Customer Camp
Katie Burkhart
Founder, Matter 7
Joshua Wachs
Chair of the Board of Overseers at Emerson College Executive Coach
Sujay Mashru
VP & Managing Director, APAC, LivaNova
Lauren Abda
Founder, BranchFood and Co-Founder, Branch Venture Group
Anuj Shah
Managing Director, Rally Assets
Sunay Shah
Executive Director, Axioma
Zoey Farooq
Media Relations Lead, West Region, Accenture
Shruti Rya Ganguly
Filmmaker & Founder, Honto88; Board Member, Center for Social Innovation New York City
Kara Zanni
eCommerce Manager, FGX International
Per Heistad
President, iztek - Sales Startup / Scale up
Marc Blackmer
Product Marketing Manager, Threat Intelligence, Cisco; Founder, 1nterrupt
Darby Hobbs
Founder and CEO, Social3 & Co-Founder and Chairperson, Conscious Capitalism Boston Chapter
Lubna Maria Elia
Senior Director, Root Capital & Founder, New England Impact Investing Initiative
Mayank Kumar
Product Lead, BonBillo; Co-Founder, McAwesome
Mischke Le Cordeur
Marketing Manager, BonBillo
Strategy & Operations
Joshua Wachs
Chair of the Board of Overseers at Emerson College Executive Coach
Sujay Mashru
VP & Managing Director, APAC, LivaNova
Manasi Mashru
Directory, Advisory Services, E&Y
Will Sanchez
Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Patricia Cotter
Associate Managing Director, MIT Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship
Imran Sayeed
Senior Lecturer, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, MIT
Aditya Pittie
Director, Pittie Enterprises Group
Rukaiya Rangwala
Head - Zaakpay, MobiKwik
Avinash Advani
Senior Vice President, StarLink
Balaji Srinivasan
Vice President and Senior Associate Provost, The University of Chicago
Micah Chase
Adjunct Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Founder, eInvite
Jalal Ghiasi-Razavi
Director, Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
Zoey Farooq
Media Relations Lead, West Region, Accenture
Cheryl Kiser
Executive Director, Lewis Institute & Babson Social Innovation Lab
Lubna Maria Elia
Senior Director, Root Capital & Founder, New England Impact Investing Initiative
Frederic Bonfanti
Advisor, Cyber-security and Defense
Ameet Parikh
Director, Tranzmute Capital & Management; Previously Partner and Head of Risk & Business Advisory Solutions, E&Y India
Swami Swaminathan
Ex-Chairman, Manipal Health Enterprises; Previously MD & CEO, Infosys BPO
Parul Sahai
Instructor & Client Relationship Manager, Training the Street
Joshua Hubbard
Principal, Ho'okipa Consulting
Kunal Dayal
Vice President, Tech Mahindra Business Services
Ronan Donnelly
Global Head of Professional Services, FIS
Paul Mitchell
Fintech and Blockchain Lead, PwC South Africa
Suraj Kripalani
Co-Founder and CEO, BonBillo; Mentor at Startupbootcamp; Previously Strategy Consultant & Portfolio Manager
Prachi Apte
Program Advisor, BonBillo; Director, CWT, Previously Strategy Consultant at Accenture
Vandana Goyal
Advisor, BonBillo; Board Member and Ex-CEO, Akanksha; Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum