Advisors & Judges

Equal Innovation is proud to engage a set of global leaders as judges and advisors to the organization and the startups we work with

Gururaj (Desh) Deshpande

CEO, Sparta Group and Deshpande Foundation
Former Co-Chair, President Obama's National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
John Fernandez

John Fernandez

Global Chief Innovation Officer, Denton Law Firm
Former US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development

 

Karina Montilla

Karina Montilla

Senior Vice President, Head of Academies and University Alliances at SAP
Former Director of Technology Transfer, US Department of Energy
Chetna Sinha

Chetna Gala Sinha

Founder & CEO, Mann Deshi Mahila Bank 
Global Co-Chair, 2018 World Economic Forum

 

Desh Deshpande
John Fernandez
Karina Montilla
Chetna Sinha
Cheryl Martin

Cheryl Martin

Principal, Harwich Partners
Former Director, US Dept. of Energy ARPA-E

 

Harthorne

John Harthorne

Managing Director, Two Lantern Venture Partners
Co-Founder, MassChallenge Accelerator
Aneesh Chopra

Aneesh Chopra

President, CareJourney & Hunch Analytics
Former Chief Technology Officer, Obama White House

 

Prerna Mukharya

Prerna Mukharya

CEO, Outline India

 

 

Cheryl Martin
John Harthorne
Aneesh Chopra
Prerna Mukharya
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Gregg Croteau

CEO, United Teen Equality Center (UTEC)

 

Murali Prahalad

Murali Prahalad

CEO, Iridia
Board Member, Maravai Life Sciences

 

Tim Williamson

Tim Williamson

President, NOLA Media Group
Founder, Idea Village Accelerator

 

Cleve Mesidor

Cleve Mesidor

Advisor, Blockchain Foundation & Black Women in Crypto

 

 

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Ramji Raghavan

Ramji Raghavan

CEO, Agastya International Foundation
Ashok Kamath

Ashok Kamath

CEO, Akshara Foundation

 

Ved Arya

Ved Arya

Co-Founder and CEO, SRIJAN India
Executive Director, Buddha Fellows

 

Mora Segal

Mora Segal

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, A-Street Ventures
Former CEO, Achievement Network
 
Ramji Raghavan
Ashok Kamath
Ved Arya
Mora Segal
John Kania

John Kania

Executive Director, Collective Change
Founder and former Global Managing Director, FSG Impact Advisors

 

Paul Bleicher

Paul Bleicher

Executive Partner at Ardan Equity
Former CEO, Optum Labs
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Stephanie Dodson Cornell

Former Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Laura Parkin

Laura Parkin

Founder LP Strategies
Former CEO, Wadhwani Foundations
John Kania
Paul Bleicher
Stephanie Cornell
Laura Parkin
Akhil Nigam

Akhil Nigam

Head of Emerging Business, Fidelity
Co-Founder, MassChallenge Accelerator
Erin Andrew

Erin Andrew

Vice President, Live Oak Bank
Former Associate Administrator, US Small Business Administration
Raj Shah

Raj Shah

Managing Director, Shield Capital
Former Head, Defense Innovation Unit, US Department of Defense
Akhil Nigam
Kate Guedj
Erin Andrew
Raj Shah
Anoop Prakash

Anoop Prakash

President, Ambulance Division, REV Group
Former Managing Director, Harley Davidson Group
Vikrum Aiyer

Vikrum Aiyer

Deputy Director, ACLU
Former Vice President, Postmates
Kim Syman
Anoop Prakash
Kim Syman