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.

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, Digital Health

Alan Roemer

Board of Directors, Multiple Biotechnology Companies

Life Sciences

Alessandro Piol

Technology Investor and Advisor

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Alex Schubert

Partner, SciFounders

Life Sciences, Deep Tech

Alex Tuzhilin

Professor, Information Systems, NYU Stern School of Business

Digital Tech

Alexandra Manick

Principal, Schooner Capital

Deep Tech

Allegra Richards

Emerging Technology Strategy, US Department of Defense

Deep Tech

Andrei Vrabie

GC & COO, Parameter Ventures

Digital Tech

Andrés Blanco

Investment Associate, LM Ventures

Deep Tech

Andrew Koopman

President , NextStage Bioconsulting

Life Sciences

Andy Feldstein

President, ViaSpectrum

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, Digital Tech

Anthony Curro

Board Chair, Xylyx Bio Inc., Curro Consulting

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Arda Ural

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

Life Sciences

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

Ben Serbiak

Director, Future of Self Care, Kenvue

Digital Health

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

Brannon Jones

Principal, AlleyCorp

Deep Tech

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

Carlos Pinheiro Neto

Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, NYU Langone Health

Digital Health

Carmen Kerschbaum

Senior Executive, CFO & COO, Life Sciences Executive & Investor

Life Sciences

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

Christopher McKelvy

Managing Partner, K. Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Claire Leurent

Strategic Investor in Biotech & Healthcare

Life Sciences

Claire Wadlington

Managing Director, 1414 Ventures

Digital Tech

Cy Whitten

Vice President, CRCM Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital 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, Digital Health

Daniel Leibholz

Senior Vice President, Former CTO, ADI

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Dave Shor

Multi-time Founder, CEO, Advisor, Mentor, Multiple Technology and Consumer Product Companies

Deep Tech, Digital 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

Dennis Hillen

Former 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

Diana Maltsman

Lead Director, Principal Architect , CVS Health

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, 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

Frank Vallese, Sc.D.

Entrepreneur | Startup Mentor | Innovation and Partnership Leader

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

Howard Kivell

Former Urologic Surgeon, Integrated Medical Professionals, PLLC

Digital Health

Hyuk-Jeen Suh

General Partner, SkyRiver Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Ian Greenberg

VP Business Development / Corporate Development, GSK

Life Sciences

Inna Lobel

Creative Director, Head of Industrial Design, frogNA

Deep Tech

Isaac Gilmore

Partner, OS Projects

Deep Tech

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

Sr. Client Partner, Mathematica

Digital Health

James Burkett

Co-Founder, Partner, Florin Digital LP

Digital Tech

Jesse Shefferman

CEO and Founder, Protara Therapeutics, Inc.

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Jill Richmond

GP, Full Stack VC

Digital Tech

Jin Montclare

Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NYU Tandon

Life Sciences

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

Josh Raysman

Principal/Advisor, Negative Split - Digital Advisors

Digital Health

K.P. (Suba) Subbalakshmi

Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology

Digital Tech

Keerthi Vishnudas

Co-founder and Chief Business Officer at SmartAlpha

Digital Health

Kenneth Moch

President, Euclidean Life Science Advisors, LLC and Serial Biotech Entrepreneur

Life Sciences

KK Kambhampati

Partner, Cloquet Capital Partners

Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Kristin King-Jankiewicz

Chief Business Officer, FiteBac Technologies

Deep Tech, Digital Health

Kristof Kloeckner

Strategy and Technology Advisor, former CTO and General Manager at IBM

Digital Tech

Kunal Sethi

General Partner, Ayuh Ventures

Life Sciences, Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Kyle Kaniecki

VP of Life Sciences and Healthcare, New York City Economic Development Corporation

Life Sciences

Lorraine Marchand

General Manager, Life Sciences, Watson Health

Digital Health

Luis Cabral

Pro. Economics and International Business, Chair of Economics Department, NYU Stern

Deep Tech

Luna Schmid

Partner, Google Ventures

Digital Tech

Manisha Narasimhan

Chief Corporate Development and Digital Officer, Bausch + Lomb

Life Sciences

Manuel Jaime

Member, NuFund Venture Group

Digital Health

Marc Weill

Senior Advisor, Two Sigma Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Maria-Louisa Izamis

Senior Director of Product Innovation, Flagship Pioneering

Life Sciences

Mark Kolb

Partner, Tech Council Ventures

Digital Health

Maude Tessier

COO, Hillstar Bio

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

Millie Liu

Managing Partner, First Star Ventures

Deep Tech

Mingxiu Sun

Senior Associate, Toyota Ventures

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

Mohit Joshipura

Chief Medical Officer, OpenLoop Health

Digital Health

Mona Jhaveri

Director, Music Beats Cancer

Life Sciences

Morgan Hitzig

Investor, Venrock and Officer, US Navy Reserve

Digital Tech

Muredach Reilly

Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Director of the Irving Institute | Columbia University Medical Center

Life Sciences

Nadav Shimoni

Managing Director , Arkin Digital Health

Digital Health

Nancy Ondovik

Principal, New Company Creation JJDC, Johnson & Johnson

Life Sciences

Nazeer Bhore

CEO and Founder, Bhore Solutions LLC

Deep Tech

Neal Padte

SVP, Operator, Curie.Bio

Life Sciences

Nikhil Choudhary

Managing Partner, Nirman Ventures

Deep Tech

Nil Gural

Senior Associate, Polaris Partners

Life Sciences

Nimit Mehta

Partner, Bain & Company

Digital Tech

Noam Solomon

CEO, Immunai

Life Sciences

Oliver Mitchell

Founding Partner, Autonomy Ventures / Venture Partner, ff Venture Capital

Deep Tech

Omri Shacham

Partner, Elliptic Ventures

Deep Tech

Orlando Figueroa

President, Orlando Leadership Enterprise LLC

Deep Tech

Patrick Mahaney

Sr Advisor, NE Region, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

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 Micca

Managing Partner, Caduceus Capital Partners

Digital Health

Peter Pfeiffer

Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Life Sciences

Priyanka Rohatgi

Entrepreneurial Business Leader, Venture Capital, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology

Life Sciences

Rachael-Linn Spooner

VP Strategic Planning, Clinical Digital Solutions, Northwell Health

Digital Health

Rahul Mehendale

CEO | Health Tech

Life Sciences, Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Rana Al-Hallaq

Partner, Pfizer Ventures and Executive Director, Worldwide Business Development, Pfizer

Life Sciences

Rick Lipkin

Founder, Co-Chair, Catalytic Impact Foundation

Life Sciences

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, 4x-Entrepreneur | Managing Partner at Treasure Coast Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Roger Klein MD JD

Principal, Roger D. Klein, MD JD

Life Sciences, Digital Tech, Digital Health

Roland Turck

Managing Partner, TurckBio

Life Sciences, 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

Sahil Kirpekar

Chief Business Officer, atai Life Sciences, Angel Investor, Startup Mentor, Board Director

Life Sciences

Salman Punekar

Assistant Professor of Medicine, NYU Langone Health

Life Sciences

Sam Phelps

Vice President, Infrastructure & Impact, CIM Group

Deep Tech

Sapna Srivastava

Director, Independent

Life Sciences

Sarah Dolman

Partner, Recon Strategy

Life Sciences

Scott Saxberg

Founder and CEO, Cache Island Resources Inc.

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Sean Schreiber

EVP/COO, Alliance Health

Digital Health

Sebastian Barriga Bermeo

Founder & Managing Partner, milemark•capital

Digital Health

Sebastian Titz

Investment Manager, 3M New Ventures

Deep Tech

Sejal Patel

VP Chemistry, Scorpion Therapeutics

Life Sciences

Semhar Fisseha

Senior Administrator, Population Health, Weill Cornell Medicine

Digital Health

Ser-Chen Fu

Partner, Pacific 8 Ventures

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Serhat Pala

General Partner, Cross Ocean Ventures; President, NuFund Ventures

Deep Tech, Digital Tech

Sharon Mates

Founder, Chairman and CEO, Intra-Cellular Therapies

Life Sciences, Digital Tech

Shivan Bhavnani

CEO / Founder, GIMBHI

Digital Health

Shoibal Datta

Head of Digital Health Sciences, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Digital Health

Silvia Codony

Assistant Vice President, 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

Sunny Kumar

Partner, Informed Ventures

Digital Health

Thomas Wisniewski

Partner, RosePaul Investments

Digital 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.

Digital Tech, Digital Health

Wayne Mackey Ph.D

Founder / CEO, Statespace Labs

Digital Tech

Wendy Callaghan

Global Head of Data, Digital and Cyber Legal, AIG

Digital Tech

Yizhen Dong

Partner, Global Founders Capital

Life Sciences, Digital Health

Zach Harrell

Physical Scientist, Army Applications Laboratory

Deep Tech