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
Partner/Founder | Precision Life Science Partners
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
Alan Roemer
Board of Directors | Multiple Biotechnology Companies
Life Sciences
Alessandro Piol
Technology Investor and Advisor
Deep Tech, Digital Tech
Alex Tuzhilin
Prof. Information Systems | NYU Stern School of Business
Digital Tech
Alexandra Manick
Principal | Schooner Capital
Deep Tech
Alexi Nazem
General Partner | AlleyCorp
Digital Health
Alisa Niksch
Attending Pediatric Electrophysiologist | Tufts Medical Center
Digital Health
Andrei Vrabie
GC & COO | Parameter Ventures
Digital Tech, Digital Health
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 | New York University
Life Sciences
Anjali Ganguli
Chief Strategy Officer | Syndax Pharmaceuticals
Life Sciences
Ann Lai
Managing Partner | Skeleton Key VC
Deep Tech, Digital Tech
Anna Turetsky
Principal, Venture Investments, The Mark Foundation
Life Sciences
Anthony Curro
Board Chair | Xylyx Bio; 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
Avi Rosenbaum
Founder | Advisors.bio
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Balki Iyer
Founder and CEO | Bridge Green Upcycle
Deep Tech
Beth Johnson
Board Member | Invesco & Bill
Digital Tech
Bharat Tewarie
CEO | Helio Genomics
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
Brannon Jones
Principal | AlleyCorp
Deep Tech
Brian Neer
CIO | Neer Venture Partners
Digital Tech
Bruce Cronstein
Prof. Medicine, NYU Langone Health
Life Sciences
Bruce Zetter
Charles Nowiszewski Prof. of Cancer Biology | Harvard Medical School
Life Sciences
Bud Ghegan
Managing Director | Berkley Capital
Digital Tech
Carlos Pinheiro Neto
Prof.and Vice-Chair, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery | NYU Langone Health
Digital Health
Carmen Kerschbaum
Senior Executive, CFO & COO, Life Sciences Executive & Investor
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Casey Perley
Director | Army Applications Laboratory
Life Sciences, Deep Tech
Charles (Chuck) Paul
Principal | GlueIQ; Investor | Chemical Angels
Deep Tech
Chipper Boulas
Founder, Business-builder, and Investor
Digital Tech
Chris Ho
Director | Vickers Venture Partners
Deep Tech, Digital Tech
Chris Maher
Founder & General Partner | Samaritan Partners
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
Dan Madden
Principal, National Security, Squadra Ventures
Deep Tech
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
Digital Tech
David Famolari
Managing Director | Hearst Ventures
Digital Tech
David Heinemann
President | Heinemann Advisors
Digital Tech
David Jacob
Investor
Digital Tech
David Nierengarten
Research Analyst and Managing Director | Wedbush Securities
Life Sciences
Dennis Hillen
National President | Pearl Health
Digital Health
Deren Koseoglu
Vice President of Global Accounts | eMolecules
Life Sciences
Devin Mann
Director, HiBRID Lab | NYU Langone
Digital Health
Diana Keenan
Director | In-Q-Tel
Deep Tech
Diana Maltsman
Lead Director, Principal Architect | CVS Health
Digital Health
DiDi Dione
Founder | H+M R.I.S.E. Consulting
Deep Tech, Digital Tech
Dinesh de Alwis
SVP, Head of Clinical Drug Development | Generate Biomedicines
Life Sciences
Doron Sagman
President | Arel Biopharma Consulting
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Doug Stern
Partner | PlumTree Ventures
Digital Tech
Elcin Zan
Chair, Nuclear Medicine | Cleveland Clinic
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Emre Koksal
Founder | FenixPyre; Professor |The Ohio State University
Digital Tech
Eric Hagestad
Principal | Telemark Associates
Life Sciences
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
Life Sciences
Frank Vallese, Sc.D
Entrepreneur, Startup Mentor, and Innovation and Partnership Leader
Deep Tech
Gary Landsberg
Managing Principal | Landsberg Strategic Advisory
Deep Tech
Gill Sawhney
Senior Life Sciences Investment Banker and Consultant
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Glenn Krevlin
Founder, Principal, and Portfolio Manager | Glenhill Capital
Digital Tech
Hernando Bunuan
Founder & Managing Partner, Z2Sixty Ventures
Deep Tech, 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
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
Jeremy Kagan
Managing Partner | Textbook Ventures
Digital Tech
Jesse Shefferman
CEO and Founder, Protara Therapeutics, Inc.
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Jin Montclare
Prof. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Life Sciences
Jinsy Jacob
Physician | Human+Machine Rise
Digital Health
João Sedoc
Assistant Professor | New York University
Digital Tech
Jodd Readick
CEO | Clarify AI
Digital Tech, Digital Health
John Dexheimer
President | LightWave Advisors
Deep Tech, Digital Tech
Josh Raysman
Principal/Advisor | Negative Split - Digital Advisors
Digital Health
Joshua Habib
Senior Vice President | Covera Health
Digital Health
Kirsten Detrick
CEO | Parke-Hadley Advisors
Life Sciences
KK Kambhampati
Partner | Cloquet Capital Partners
Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health
Komal Bajaj
Professor/Physician Executive | Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Digital Health
Kris Kemeny
Technology Investor & Executive, Venture Capital
Deep Tech
Kristin King-Jankiewicz
Head of Group Management | Boston Harbor Angels
Deep Tech, Digital Health
Kristof Kloeckner
Strategy and Technology Advisor; former CTO and General Manager | IBM
Digital Tech
Kunal Sethi
General Partner, Ayuh Ventures
Life Sciences, Deep Tech, Digital Tech, Digital Health
Luis Cabral
Prof. Economics and International Business, Chair of Economics Department | NYU Stern School of Business
Deep Tech
Luna Schmid
Partner | Google Ventures
Digital Tech
Manuel Jaime
Member | NuFund Venture Group
Digital Health
Marc Weill
Senior Advisor | Two Sigma Ventures
Life Sciences, Deep Tech
Maria-Louisa Izamis
Senior Director of Product Innovation | Flagship Pioneering
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Mark Kolb
Partner | Tech Council Ventures
Digital Health
Mark Yarmarkovich
Faculty | NYU School of Medicine
Life Sciences
Maude Tessier
President | Lobster Point Consulting
Life Sciences
Melissa Moore
Vice President of Clinical Research | Plus Therapeutics
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
Miriam Bredella
Associate Dean for Translational Science, Director Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Professor of Radiology
Digital Health
Mirko Kerschbaum
CEO and Founder | PEGAZA
Deep Tech
Mohit Joshipura
Chief Medical Officer | OpenLoop Health
Digital Health
Mona Jhaveri
Director, Music Beats Cancer
Life Sciences
Morgan Hitzig
General Partner | Overmatch Ventures ; Officer | US Navy Reserve
Deep Tech
Muredach Reilly
Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Director of the Irving Institute | Columbia University Medical Center
Life Sciences
Nadav Shimoni
Managing Partner | A-Squared Ventures
Digital Health
Nancy Ondovik
Principal, New Company Creation JJDC | Johnson & Johnson
Life Sciences
Navneet Puri
Founder & Principal | ABAN Consulting
Life Sciences
Nazeer Bhore
CEO and Founder | Bhore Solutions
Deep Tech
Neal Padte
SVP, Operator | Curie.Bio
Life Sciences
Nil Gural
Principal | Polaris Partners
Life Sciences
Nimit Mehta
Partner | Bain & Company
Digital Tech, Digital Health
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, Digital Tech
Orlando Figueroa
President | Orlando Leadership Enterprise
Deep Tech
Patrick Mahaney
CEO and Co-founder | National Center for Urban Operations
Deep Tech, Digital Tech
Paul Horn
Governor | New York Academy of Sciences; Former Senior Vice Provost | NYU
Deep Tech, Digital Tech
Paul Howard
Executive Director, Public Policy and Corporate Affairs | Amicus Therapeutics
Life Sciences
Peter Alff
Senior Venture Partner | Orange Grove Bio
Life Sciences
Rachael-Linn Spooner
Executive Coach & Strategic Operator
Digital Health
Rana Al-Hallaq
Partner | Pfizer Ventures; Executive Director | Worldwide Business Development, Pfizer
Life Sciences
Rick Lipkin
Founder, Co-Chair | Catalytic Impact Foundation
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Rick Peng
Digital Health Innovation, Business Development, Licensing | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Digital Health
Rob Ryan
Investor | CVS Health Ventures
Digital Health
Rob Wolk
Executive Chair | Catalytic Impact Foundation; Founder & Co-Chiar | Princeton Alumni Angels
Digital Health
Robert Padulo, Ph.D
Venture Capitalist; Board Member; Senior Advisor; 4x-Entrepreneur; Managing Partner | 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 Lennox
Life Sciences Investor, Board Member, and Founder
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Ryan Lewis
Partner, SRI Ventures
Digital Tech
Sam Phelps
Vice President, Infrastructure & Impact | CIM Group
Deep Tech
Sapna Srivastava
Director | Independent
Life Sciences
Sarah Dolman
AVP, Site Selection | Veeva Systems
Digital Health
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
Life Sciences, Deep Tech
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, Digital Health
Serhat Pala
General Partner | Cross Ocean Ventures; President | NuFund Ventures
Deep Tech, Digital Tech
Sharad Mishra
Director, Venture Fund | Labcorp Ventures
Digital Health
Sharon Mates
Founder, Chairman, and CEO | Intra-Cellular Therapies
Life Sciences
Shiv Sutaria
Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer (ACMIO) | Mass General Brigham Healthcare at Home
Digital Health
Shivan Bhavnani
CEO and 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
Sonny Vo
Managing Partner | Nanostar Ventures
Deep Tech
Stephen Chang
Strategic Partner | Cell One Partners
Life Sciences
Steve Socolof
Managing Partner | Tech Council Ventures
Deep Tech, Digital Tech
Thomas Wisniewski
Partner | RosePaul Investments
Digital Tech
Vamsi Velcheti
Prof. Medicine, Hematology, Oncology | New York University
Life Sciences, Digital Health
Victor Garcia
Chief Technology Officer | Coforma
Digital Tech
Victoria Chernow
Scientist, Climate & Energy | Science for America; Investment Advisor | Playground Global
Deep Tech
Vijay Iyengar
Principal | Aarogya Consulting
Life Sciences
Wally Wang
Founder and Managing Partner | SAV(Scale Asia Ventures)
Digital Tech
Wayne Mackey, Ph.D
Founder and CEO | Statespace Labs
Digital Tech
Zach Harrell
Physical Scientist | Army Applications Laboratory
Deep Tech