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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SRUTI BHARAT ('19)
Founder of Future Map and former interim CEO of All Raise
Sabih Bin Wasi
Founder and CEO of Stellic
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
Kathleen Gallagher
Executive director at 5 Lakes Institute, Pulitzer Prize winner
Leah Garcés
President of Mercy for Animals
Dimitra Georganopoulou
CBO of Ikaika Therapeutics and general partner at Qral Ventures
Lucky Gunasekara
CEO and co-founder of Miso
Amit Gupta ('20)
CEO and co-founder of Cardiosense
Suneel Gupta
Entrepreneur and author of Backable
Eve Hanson ('18)
Senior VP at Energy Impact Partners
Christy He ('14)
Staff product growth lead at Instagram
Jeff Henshaw
Co-founder of Xbox
Kate Knibbs
Senior writer at Wired
Kelly Leonard
Vice president of creative strategy, innovation, and business development at Second City
Dawn Lippert
Founder and CEO of Elemental Excelerator
Liza Loop
Founder of LO*OP Center
Kaeya Majmundar
Founder and CEO of SwayID
Ramin Malik
VP of product and growth at Perplexity
Jillian Manus
Partner at Structure Capital
Jaykumar Menon
Co-founder and chair of Open Source Pharma Foundation
Utkarsh Mishra ('22)
Software engineer at Google
MILTON MORRIS ('92, '04)
Principal at MEHL BioMedical and Northwestern board member
JENNIE MOSER ('16)
Founder and CEO of Stagetime
Margaret O'Mara ('92)
Professor and author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
Thomas Parkinson
Co-founder of Peapod
Sandeep Paruchuri ('12)
Lead product manager at WhatsApp
Daniel Pink ('86)
Best-selling author and behavioral science expert
Daniel Polotsky ('17)
Founder and chair of CoinFlip
Sean Riley
CEO and president of Dude Wipes
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
Sharon Shen ('18)
Senior manager of advanced analytics and growth at Airbnb
Tyler Shultz
Professional speaker at Cultivating Courage
Andrew Sieja
Founder and executive chairman at Relativity
Robby Stein ('07)
VP of product management at Google
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
Heather Walsh
Executive director at Astellas Pharma
Julie Wenah
Associate general counsel of civil rights at Meta
Michele Wucker
Founder and CEO of Gray Rhino & Company