Katherine Olives
We couldn't have picked such an awesome batch of semi-finalist teams without the help of our judges–57 investors, entrepreneurs, public officials, educators, and CCNY alumni who took time out of their busy schedules to read student applications, provide feedback, and score the teams based on a variety of factors, including market value and innovation.
Thank you to Adrish Majumdar, Alec Stern, Ali Nayyar, Anasa Scott, Andrew Hapke, Betty Huang, Bill Sappington, Bita Goldman, Brendan Mee, Brian Heiman, Casey Pickett, Celia Lloyd, Chris Reim, Claude Brathwaite, Derrick Yeboah, Drew Aldrich, Elaine Kallenbach, Eric Lima, Fabiola Salman, Frank DeBernadis, George Abraham, Haytham Elhawary, Howard Morgan, Jenn Byrne, Jeremy Schwartz, Jim Miller, John Lanahan, Jonathan Chin, Jonathan Hakakian, Julio Corredor, Justin Hendrix, Karen Stone, Kim Folsom, Kim Wales, Krishna Gullapalli, Lauren Van Heerden, Lindsay Greene, Lisa Balter Saacks, Lou Anne Flanders, Marc Mantell, Maria Binz Scharf, Marsha Yuan, Megan Nesbeth, Monica Dean, Noa Gafney, Paul Canetti, Punit Arora, Ray Garcia, Rene Baston, Sahar Ghaheri, Sam Utne, Shawn Pelsinger, Shawn Cheng, Todd Barish, Valerie Pholpituke, and William Snipes for sharing your expertise with us!
Our judges represented the following companies and organizations: AT Kearney, AXA Strategic Ventures, Baruch College, BNY Mellon, Brookstone, CCNY, CDVCA, Constant Contact, Converse, Cooper Union, CUNY, CUNY Incubator, Etsy, First Round Capital, General Assembly, Gust, Impact Hub NYC, Impact Squared, Indicate Media, Kinetic, Knoll, Launch Captial, Mayor Di Blasio's Office, Maz Digital, Minz, Nascent Enterprises, NYC Media Lab, Palladium, Partnership for NYC, Pearl Cohen, Pfizer, PHD Worldwide, PS Department, Quantum, Quesnay Inc., Reel Qualified, Rhodium Strategies, Standard Chartered Bank, Soundboard Angel Investors, the State of Connecticut, Sullivan Cromwell, Vayner Media, and Wales Capital.
We're looking forward to working with these partners throughout the Bootcamp and beyond.