Mentors
Mentors are successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, and scientific technical experts. EFL Mentors work hand in hand with founders over the course of the nine month program. Mentors provide customized advice on go to market strategies, product strategy, technology development, fundraising strategy, and other aspects related to scaling your business. Mentors also provide industry and investor connections

Mentors
EFL mentors are experts in their fields, and bring deep industry roots and fundraising expertise to every interaction with their startups.

Abe Murray
General Partner, AlleyCorp
Deep Tech

Adam Wollowick
Senior Director of Business Development, Stryker Trauma and Extremities
Digital Health

Ade Ajanaku
Staff Product Manager, Intuit
Digital Tech

Adi Eckhouse Barzilai
Co-Founder & CEO, Present Gaming
Digital Tech

Alan Harris
Physician-Scientist Entrepreneur and Pharmaceutical Executive
Life Sciences, Deep Tech

Alan Roemer
Board of Directors, Multiple Biotechnology Companies
Life Sciences

Alessandro Piol
President, Epistemic AI and Managing Partner and Founder, AlphaPrime Ventures
Digital Tech

Alex Schubert
Partner, SciFounders
Life Sciences

Alexandra Manick
Principal, Schooner Capital
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Andrei Vrabie
GC & COO, Parameter Ventures
Digital Tech, Digital Health

Andrew Koopman
President , NextStage Bioconsulting
Life Sciences

Andy Feldstein
President, ViaSpectrum
Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Andy Hamilton
President Emeritus , NYU
Life Sciences

Anjali Ganguli
Chief Strategy Officer, Syndax Pharmaceuticals
Life Sciences

Ann Lai
Managing Partner, Skeleton Key VC
Deep Tech

Anthony Curro
Board Chair, Xylyx Bio Inc., Curro Consulting
Life Sciences

Arda Ural
Americas Leader for Life Sciences Sector, Ernst & Young (EY)
Life Sciences

Ari Wright
Principal, Bison Ventures
Deep Tech

Arthur Klausner
Life Sciences Executive and Investor
Life Sciences

Ashwath Kumar
Computational Biologist, Parse Biosciences
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Avi Rosenbaum
Founder, Advisors.bio
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Balki Iyer
Founder and CEO, Bridge Green Upcycle
Deep Tech

Bharat Tewarie
Founder, Boston BioPharma Consultants / Board of Directors, Alveo Technologies / CEO and Chair Board Of Directors, ViroCarb
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Bill O'Farrell
Startup Founder, Advisor, and Co-Founder/Former CEO, Body Labs, SpeechWorks, and OpenAir.com
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Bob Schneider
Associate Dean and Professor, Radiation and Oncology, NYU Langone Health
Life Sciences

Brian Neer
CIO, Neer Venture Partners
Digital Tech

Bruce Cronstein
Professor, Medicine, NYU Langone Health
Life Sciences

Bruce Zetter
Charles Nowiszewski Professor of Cancer Biology, Harvard Medical School
Life Sciences

Bud Ghegan
Managing Director, Berkley Capital
Digital Tech

Carmen Kerschbaum
Senior Executive, CFO & COO, Life Sciences Executive & Investor
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Casey Perley
Director, Army Applications Laboratory
Life Sciences

Chipper Boulas
Founder, Business-builder, Investor
Digital Tech

Chris Ho
Director, Vickers Venture Partners
Deep Tech

Chris Maher
Founder & General Partner, Samaritan Partners
Digital Health

Christian Theriault
Partner at Material Impact, Serial Entrepreneur, and Mentor
Life Sciences, Deep Tech

Christopher McKelvy
Managing Partner, K. Ventures
Digital Health

Claire Leurent
Strategic Investor in Biotech & Healthcare
Life Sciences

Claire Wadlington
Managing Director, 1414 Ventures
Digital Tech

Coppelia Marincovic
Partner, Solvay Ventures
Deep Tech

Cy Whitten
Vice President, CRCM Ventures
Deep Tech

Dale Thomas
Consultant, DT3 Ventures
Deep Tech

Dan Madden
Principal, National Security, Squadra Ventures
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Daniel Darling
Managing Partner, focal
Digital Tech

Daniel Herrera
Co-Founding General Partner, Eleven26 Capital
Digital Tech

Daniel Leibholz
Senior Vice President, Former CTO, ADI
Deep Tech

Danny Levner
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Board Member, Emulate, Inc. and Co-Founder and Chairman, Sight Diagnostics
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Dave Shor
Multi-time Founder, CEO, Advisor, Mentor, Multiple Technology and Consumer Product Companies
Deep Tech

David Famolari
Managing Director, Hearst Ventures
Digital Tech

David Fenyö
Professor, Computational Biology, NYU Langone Health
Life Sciences

David Nierengarten
Research Analyst and Managing Director, Wedbush Securities
Life Sciences

Debbie Lin
Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Caris Life Sciences
Life Sciences, Deep Tech, Digital Health

Dennis Hillen
SVP, Insurance Strategy, Oscar Health
Digital Health

Deren Koseoglu
Vice President of Global Accounts, eMolecules
Life Sciences

Devin Mann
Director, HiBRID Lab, NYU Langone
Digital Health

DiDi Dione
Founder, H+M R.I.S.E.™ Consulting
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Doron Sagman
President, Arel Biopharma Consulting Inc.
Digital Health

Doug Stern
Partner, PlumTree Ventures
Digital Tech

Elcin Zan
Chair, Nuclear Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Emre Koksal
Founder, FenixPyre and Professor, The Ohio State University
Digital Tech

Eric Tan
Partner, Blackwood Healthcare Breakthroughs
Life Sciences, Deep Tech, Digital Health

Eric Wedepohl
Investor, Lawyer, and Counselor
Deep Tech

Erica Schroeder
CMO, Symphony AI
Digital Tech

Ernie Bio
Managing Director, Forgepoint Capital
Digital Tech

Francois Nader
MD, MBA; Chairman, Acceleron Pharma, Benevolent AI, Talaris/Board Member, Moderna/Senior Advisor, Blackstone Life Sciences
Life Sciences

Frank Vallese
Director of Strategic Partnerships, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Deep Tech

Gill Sawhney
Senior Life Sciences Investment Banker/Consultant
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Glenn Krevlin
Founder, Principal, and Portfolio Manager of Glenhill Capital
Digital Tech

Gopal Gopalakrishnan
Co-Founder, Concerto.ai
Digital Tech, Digital Health

Gregg Wallace
Partner, Nirman Ventures
Deep Tech

Hernando Bunuan
Founder & Managing Partner, Z2Sixty Ventures
Deep Tech, Digital Health

Howard Kivell
Former Urologic Surgeon, Integrated Medical Professionals, PLLC
Digital Health

Hyder Alabed
Vice President of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Ventures, CIRI
Deep Tech

Hyuk-Jeen Suh
General Partner, SkyRiver Ventures
Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Ian Greenberg
VP Business Development / Corporate Development, GSK
Life Sciences

Inna Lobel
Creative Director, Head of Industrial Design, frogNA
Deep Tech

Isabel Van De Keere
Principal Consultant & Fractional Executive, Innovation Consultancy
Digital Health

Jae Zhong
Senior Program Manager, Digital Ventures, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Digital Health

Jafar Rizvi
Portfolio Manager and Partner, Harding Loevner LP
Digital Tech

James Beem
Vice President, Socially Determined
Digital Health

James Burkett
Co-Founder, Partner, Florin Digital LP
Deep Tech

Jane Suh
Principal, AlleyCorp
Digital Health

Jesse Shefferman
CEO and Founder, Protara Therapeutics, Inc.
Life Sciences

Jill Richmond
GP, Full Stack VC
Digital Tech

Jin Montclare
Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NYU Tandon
Deep Tech, Scientific Mentor

Jinsy Jacob
Physician, Human+Machine rise
Digital Health

João Sedoc
Assistant Professor, New York University
Digital Tech

Jodd Readick
CTO, Precision Ag AI and IoT
Digital Tech, Digital Health

John Dexheimer
President, LightWave Advisors, Inc.
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Jose Bohorquez
President, Bold Type
Digital Health

Josh Raysman
Principal/Advisor, Negative Split - Digital Advisors
Digital Health

K.P. (Suba) Subbalakshmi
Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology
Digital Health

Kange Kaneene
Venture Partner, Hearst Level Up
Digital Tech

Keerthi Vishnudas
Director, Partnerships & Innovation, GE Healthcare
Digital Health

Kenneth Moch
President, Euclidean Life Science Advisors, LLC and Serial Biotech Entrepreneur
Life Sciences

Kevin Cho
Associate Director, CDO Sales Team, Samsung Biologics
Life Sciences

Kike Miralles
Investment Director, Intel Capital
Deep Tech

KK Kambhampati
Partner, Cloquet Capital Partners
Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Kristin King
Chief Business Officer, FiteBac Technologies
Deep Tech, Digital Health

Kunal Sethi
General Partner, Ayuh Ventures
Deep Tech

Lawrence Johnson
Senior Vice President and Head of Fintech Engagement, Morningstar
Digital Health

Lorraine Marchand
General Manager, Life Sciences, Watson Health
Life Sciences, Deep Tech

Lucy Wang
Co-Founder and General Partner, Divergent Capital / Advisor, Rendered AI
Life Sciences, Deep Tech

Luis Cabral
Pro. Economics and International Business, Chair of Economics Department, NYU Stern
Deep Tech

Luna Schmid
Partner, Google Ventures
Digital Tech

Manuel Jaime
Member, NuFund Venture Group
Digital Tech

Marc Weill
Senior Advisor, Two Sigma Ventures
Digital Tech, Digital Health

Mark Kolb
Partner, Tech Council Ventures
Digital Health

Maude Tessier
Chief Business Officer, Seismic Therapeutic
Life Sciences

Melissa Moore
Vice President of Clinical Research, Plus Therapeutics, Inc.
Life Sciences

Merika Koday
Vice President, Accelerator Life Science Partners
Life Sciences

Mike Pambianchi
Business Fellow, Breakthrough Energy
Deep Tech

Miriam Bredella
Associate Dean for Translational Science, Director Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Professor of Radiology
Digital Health

Mirko Kerschbaum
CEO and Founder, PEGAZA LLC
Deep Tech

Mirza Ahmed
Senior Director, Digital Healthcare, Business Operations, Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Digital Health

Monica Cheng
Senior Director of Business Development, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson&Johnson
Life Sciences

Morgan Hitzig
Investor, Venrock and Officer, US Navy Reserve
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Nadav Shimoni
Managing Director , Arkin Digital Health
Digital Health

Nancy Ondovik
Principal, New Company Creation JJDC, Johnson & Johnson
Life Sciences

Navneet Puri
Founder & Board Member, Nevakar, Inc.
Life Sciences

Nikhil Choudhary
Managing Partner, Nirman Ventures
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Nil Gural
Senior Associate, Polaris Partners
Life Sciences

Nimit Mehta
Partner, Bain & Company
Digital Tech, Digital Health

Nitzan Shapira
Director of Product, Cisco
Digital Tech

Noam Solomon
CEO, Immunai
Life Sciences

Oliver Mitchell
Founding Partner, Autonomy Ventures / Venture Partner, ff Venture Capital
Deep Tech

Olivia Zetter
Strategic Advisor & Venture Partner, ARCH Venture Partners
Deep Tech

Omri Shacham
Partner, Elliptic Ventures
Deep Tech

Patrick Mahaney
Senior Advisor, National Security Innovation Network
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Paul Horn
Governor, New York Academy of Sciences / Former Senior Vice Provost, NYU
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Peter Alff
Senior Venture Partner, Orange Grove Bio
Life Sciences

Peter Pfeiffer
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Life Sciences

Priyanka Rohatgi
Entrepreneurial Business Leader, Venture Capital, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology
Life Sciences

Promise Phelon
Founder/General Partner, Growth Warrior Capital
Digital Tech

Rachael-Linn Spooner
VP Strategic Planning, Clinical Digital Solutions, Northwell Health
Life Sciences, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Rahul Mehendale
CEO | Health Tech
Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Life Sciences, Digital Health

Rana Al-Hallaq
Partner, Pfizer Ventures and Executive Director, Worldwide Business Development, Pfizer
Life Sciences

Richard Foster
Emeritus Director, McKinsey & Company Venture Partner, Lux Capital
Digital Health

Rick Peng
Digital Health Innovation, Business Development, Licensing, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Digital Health

Robert Padulo Ph.D
Venture Capitalist, Board Member, Senior Advisor, 3x-Entrepreneur | Managing Partner at Treasure Coast Ventures
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Roger Klein MD JD
Principal, Roger D. Klein, MD JD
Life Sciences, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Roland Turck
Managing Partner, TurckBio
Life Sciences, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Ron Cohen
MD; BioPharma CEO/Founder; Board member, Egret Therapeutics
Life Sciences

Ron Lennox
Life Sciences Investor, Board Member, Founder
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Ryan Lewis
Partner, SRI Ventures
Digital Tech

Ryan Wang
Founding Partner, Outpost Capital
Deep Tech

Sahil Kirpekar
Chief Business Officer, atai Life Sciences, Angel Investor, Startup Mentor, Board Director
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Sam Phelps
Associate Vice President, Portfolio Oversight, CIM Group
Deep Tech

Sapna Srivastava
Director, Independent
Life Sciences

Sarah Dolman
Partner, Recon Strategy
Life Sciences

Satish Chandran
Chief executive Officer, Prodigy Biotech, Inc.
Life Sciences

Scott Saxberg
Founder and CEO, Cache Island Resources Inc.
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Sean Day
Venture Principal, Rock Health Capital
Digital Health

Sean Schreiber
EVP/COO, Alliance Health
Digital Health

Sebastian Titz
Investment Manager, 3M New Ventures
Deep Tech

Sejal Patel
VP Chemistry, Scorpion Therapeutics
Life Sciences

Ser-Chen Fu
Partner, Pacific 8 Ventures
Life Sciences

Serhat Pala
General Partner, Cross Ocean Ventures; President, NuFund Ventures
Digital Tech, Digital Health

Shoibal Datta
Head of Digital Health Sciences, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Silvia Garcia Codony
Sr Director, NY Ventures
Life Sciences

Sonal Matai
Managing Director & President - US Business, Karl Storz United States
Digital Health

Steffanie Bristol
Advisor, Strategic Investor
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Stephen Chang
Strategic Partner, Cell One Partners
Life Sciences

Steve Socolof
Managing Partner, Tech Council Ventures
Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Thomas Fuchs
Department Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at Mount Sinai
Digital Health

Thomas Wisniewski
Partner, RosePaul Investments
Digital Tech

Tobias Egle
Associate, M Ventures (CVC of Merck Group)
Deep Tech

Valentin Menedetter
General Partner, Vektor Partners
Digital Tech

Vamsi Velcheti
Professor of Medicine, New York University | Hematology, Oncology
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Victoria Gamerman
Global Head of Data Governance and Insights, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Wally Wang
Founder and Managing Partner, SAV(Scale Asia Ventures)
Deep Tech

Wayne Mackey Ph.D
Founder / CEO, Statespace Labs
Digital Tech

Yizhen Dong
Partner, Global Founders Capital
Life Sciences, Digital Health

Zach Harrell
Physical Scientist, Army Applications Laboratory
Deep Tech