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