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

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

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

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

John Harthorne
Managing Director, Two Lantern Venture Partners
Co-Founder, MassChallenge Accelerator

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

Prerna Mukharya
CEO, Outline India

Ramji Raghavan
CEO, Agastya International Foundation

Ashok Kamath
CEO, Akshara Foundation

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

Mora Segal
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, A-Street Ventures
Former CEO, Achievement Network

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

Paul Bleicher
Executive Partner at Ardan Equity
Former CEO, Optum Labs

Stephanie Dodson Cornell
Former Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Laura Parkin
Founder LP Strategies
Former CEO, Wadhwani Foundations

Akhil Nigam
Head of Emerging Business, Fidelity
Co-Founder, MassChallenge Accelerator

Erin Andrew
Vice President, Live Oak Bank
Former Associate Administrator, US Small Business Administration

Raj Shah
Managing Director, Shield Capital
Former Head, Defense Innovation Unit, US Department of Defense

Anoop Prakash
President, Ambulance Division, REV Group
Former Managing Director, Harley Davidson Group
