Mentors | Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship

Bret Anderson

President & Founder of Cohesion LLC

Joey Bargo

Baptist Health

Radiologist

Dal Barrett

Fractional CFO Services For Small Business Entrepreneurs

Kevin Bazner

A&W Restaurants, Inc.

President and CEO

Stacey Hoskins Beeler

SnapDolls

Founder and CEO

Matt Bellis

Seikowave

Co-founder and President

Cynthia Bohn

Equus Run Vineyards

Owner

Anthony Bonner

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Partner

A. Taylor Bright

Novoron Bioscience, Inc.

Co-founder and COO

Tim Brown

Financial Advisor at Mutual of Omaha

Adam Brown

Marrow

Creative Director and Founder

Wells Bullard

Bullard

Vice President

Tendai Charasika

SuperFanU, Inc.

CEO

Brian Chellgren

Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP

Attorney

Jennifer Chien

Learning Design Consultant at Advantageous Learning Solutions

Founder

Andy Chopra

Banyan Investment Group

Chief Investment Officer

Jim Clifton

Bluegrass Vascular Technologies

Chief Operating Officer

Lauren Cosentino

Speech-Language Pathologist and Rehabilitation Services Manager

Aimee Cousoulis

GxP Pinch Hitting, LLC

Founder and President

Matt Craft

Craft Consulting, LLC

Consultant

Laurie Daugherty

Montague Law, PLLC

Attorney

Adam Evans

Transylvania University

Assistant Professor of Management and Business Technologies

Bob Farinelli

Entrepreneur and Inventor

Hannah Farley

Valvoline

Digital Change Management Lead

Patrick Fortier

Jackson Square Partners

Jeni Houser

Ei District

Founder

Richard Gersony

Medmovie

CEO

Mac Glidewell

Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs (GSE)

Director

David Goodnight

Blue Grass Angels

Manager of the Bluegrass Angel Venture Fund

Mariam Gorjian

UK Venture Studio

Program Manager

Kristen Guth

University of Kentucky Department of Communication

Postdoctoral Scholar

Tim Guthrie

Management

Founder & President

Shane Hadden

Float Money

Founder

Michael Hartman

Frogdice

CEO

Pang Hartman

Frogdice

VP & Creative Designer

Dean Harvey

UK Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship

Former Executive Director

David Hasler

Breakthrough Solutions Consulting, LLC

Owner & President

Eric Hauck

MEP Equine Solutions

Founder & President

Len Heller

University of Kentucky

Retired Vice President, Commercialization and Economic Development

Phil Holoubek

Lexington’s Real Estate Co.

CEO

David Horohov

UK Gluck Equine Center

Interim Director

Heather Howell

Brown-Forman Corp.

Director of Innovation

Sandee Huang

UK International Center

Budget Officer

Kerry Irwin

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Associate

Joshua Konowe

Joe Kratzat

Foxio

Software Developer and Partner

Raja Krishnan

University of Kentucky

Commercialization Manager

Daniel Lau

UK Electrical & Computer Engineering

Professor

Patrick Lawless

Biological Prospects LLC

Founder, President and CEO

Brian Luftman

American Farm Investors

Founder and President

Brian Mackey

Engi-Mat

CEO

JT Marburger

Incentive Marketing, Insignia Promotions, Renew Merchandise

Founder

Geoff Marietta

University of the Cumberlands

Entrepreneur in Residence

Ben Marsico

Belcan Engineering

Operations Manager

Adam Martin

Mtn. & Co.

Founder & Creative Director

Nick McRae

Meta Construction Technologies, LLC

Co-Founder

John Meister

Super Soul

Co-founder

Jonathan Melman

Lumenari

VP, Product

Kinga Mnich

The Ziva Way, LLC

Founder

Will Montague

Montague Law

Attorney

Nate Morris

Rubicon Global

Founder, Chairman and CEO

Gregg Morton

WeStyle

Co-founder & CEO

Kayla Mount

SuperFan

Co-founder

Paul Mulhollem

Archer Daniels Midland

Retired President & COO

Warren Nash

UK Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship

Executive Director

Z Newell

Sean O’Leary

Kentucky Science & Technology Corp.

Associate Vice President

Brad Patrick

Executive in Residence

Taunya Phillips

University of Kentucky

Assistant VP for Commercialization & Economic Development

Julia Truitt Poynter

Translyvania university / Julia Truitt Poynter Consulting

Associate Professor and Owner

Jon Prescott

Scante.net

CEO

Elaine Ramesh

Flener IP & Business Law LLC

Partner

John Reinhart

Center for Long Term Care Innovation

CEO

Kevin Richardson

Mechanical Engineer & Entrepreneur

Cassidy Rouse

Peloton

Vice President of New Market Development

Ken Sagan

Stoll Keenon Ogden

Attorney

Terry Samuel

Stoll Keenon Ogden

Attorney

Fausto Sarmiento

Bluegrass SBDC

Senior Consultant

Lumy Sawaki

UK Rehabilitation

Associate Professor

Tony Schmidt

GreekTrack

Founder & CEO

Ben Self

West Sixth Brewing

Co-founder

Don Skaggs

Inventors Network KY

President

Larry W. Smith

Kendra Steele, Ph.D.

TEC Biosciences

Director of Clinical Testing

Randall Stevens

ArchVision, Mersive, Punndit

Serial Entrepreneur

Ben Streepey

Lexmark

Vice President

Drew Sutton

April Turley

Commonwealth Commercialization Center (C3)

Directory

Bruce Walcott

UK Electrical & Computer Engineering

Professor

George Ward

UK Coldstream Research Campus

Executive Director

Bruce Webb

UK Entomology

Professor

Rick West

Field Agent

CEO and Co-Founder

Rod Wolford

Angel Investor and Von Allmen Center Advisory Board Member

David Woll

Jock Wols

RiskDesk

CEO and Founder

Eddie Woodruff

CMO at The Forcht Group of Kentucky

Kelly Wright

Lexmark International

Analytical Chemist

Mary Beth Wright

Messer Construction Co.

Business Development Executive

Chris Young

Bluegrass Angels

Chairman

Brad Zapp

Connetic Ventures

Founder

Joseph Zwischenberger

Chair

UK Department of Surgery