Meet some of the many people who inspire us.
In addition to a robust group of advisers who advocate for the Farley community, we are fortunate to have a dynamic network of innovators who speak in classes and at special events, coach startup teams, and mentor students pursuing myriad careers.
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Alicia Boler Davis ('91)
CEO of Alto Pharmacy and former vice president of Amazon
Trei Brundrett
Co-founder and former COO of Vox Media
Sheridan Clayborne
Co-founder of Lendtable and Forbes 30 under 30
Garry Cooper ('14)
Co-founder and CEO of Rheaply
SUCHIT DASH (’07)
Co-founder and president of Dubsmash and vice president of consumer product at Reddit
Shonali Ditz ('13)
Executive director at SparkShop
Amy Francetic
Founder of Buoyant Ventures
John Franklin ('18)
Former product manager at Google
Kathleen Gallagher
Executive director at 5 Lakes Institute, Pulitzer Prize winner
DIMITRA GEORGANOPOULOU
CBO of Ikaika Therapeutics and general partner at Qral Ventures
SUNEEL GUPTA ('08)
Entrepreneur and author of Backable
Jeff Henshaw
Co-founder of Xbox
VISHNU INDUKURI
Co-founder of Trala and featured in Forbes 30 under 30
Kelly Leonard
Vice president of creative strategy, innovation, and business development at Second City
Dawn Lippert
Founder and CEO of Elemental Excelerator
KASEY LUNDQUIST ('14)
General partner at Rise Together Ventures and former director of operations at Bird Rides
KAEYA MAJMUNDAR
Founder and CEO of SwayID
JON MCNEILL ('89)
Co-founder and CEO of DVx Ventures, GM board member, and former Lyft COO and Tesla president
Jaykumar Menon
Co-founder and chair of Open Source Pharma Foundation
MILTON MORRIS ('92, '04)
Principal at MEHL BioMedical and Northwestern board member
JENNIE MOSER ('16)
Founder and CEO of Stagetime
Batur Oktay
Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and former managing director at Starbucks
Margaret O'Mara ('92)
Professor and author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
Thomas Parkinson
Co-founder of Peapod
Daniel Pink ('86)
Best-selling author and behavioral science expert
Daniel Polotsky ('17)
Founder and chair of CoinFlip
Carmichael Roberts
Founder and managing partner of Material Impact
Ginni Rometty ('79)
Co-chair at OneTen, former chair and CEO of IBM and, author of Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World
Nic Roth
Engineering director at Ford Motor Company
Susan Schofer
Partner at SOSV and HAX
Shelly Sun
Founder and CEO of BrightStar Care, Inc.
Swatee Surve
Founder and CEO of Litesprite
Shervin Talieh
Founder and CEO of PartnerHero
Vijay Vaitheeswaran
Global energy and climate innovation editor at The Economist
Sabih Bin Wasi
Founder and CEO of Stellic
Adrienne Weiss
CEO of Adrienne Weiss Corp.
Emily Withrow ('06)
Vice president of product at The New York Times
Michele Wucker
Founder and CEO of Gray Rhino & Company