ADVISORY COUNCIL
We are grateful to the Nelson Center Advisory Council, a group of experienced leaders and entrepreneurs who help us support the broader Brown entrepreneurship community. With varied backgrounds, they are all committed to building a world-class center that combines the best of Brown’s liberal arts tradition with the entrepreneurial tools needed to help students “discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation.” Building and growing the Nelson Center is a team effort, and we would not be able to do so without our generous and talented council members.
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MEMBERS
Terri Alpert ’85
Serial Entrepreneur
Andrew L. Ansin ’85
CEO, Sunbeam Television Corporation
Christian J. Anthony ’96
Co-CEO & Co-founder, ListenFirst Media
Alexa Baggio ’09
Founder & Principal at Kolective HR, Advisor of Strategic Operations at AXIM Fringe Solutions Group
Emma Butler ’20
Founder & CEO, Liberare
Daniel Breyer ’17
Partner at Breyer Capital, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Breyer Labs, Co-Founder at Flare
Kris Brown ’89, P’22, P’26
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Morgan Cheatham ’17
VP at Bessemer Venture Partners, Co-Founder at Decoding Bio, Limited Partner at Silver Beech Capital Management
Ben Chesler ’15
Co-Founder at Imperfect Foods, Director of Venture Creation at the Roux Institute of Northeastern University
Caroline Diamond ’86, P’25
Consultant
Stuart J. “Stu” Ellman P’22, P’27
Founder and General Partner, RRE Ventures
Karim Faris ’92
General Partner, Google Ventures
Scott Friend ’87, P’22
Partner, Bain Capital Ventures
Cynthia A. Kaufmann Gabay ’92
Entrepreneur & Consultant, Advisor at Oberon Securities Consumer & Retail Team
Karla Gallardo ’05
Co-Founder & CEO, Cuyana
Lisa Gelobter ’91
CEO and Co-founder, tEQuitable
Riche Holmes Grant, Esq. ’99
Executive Producer, The Riche Life and Founder, BambiniWare
Troy Henikoff ’86
Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners
Eliot Horowitz ’03
Founder & CEO, Viam, Inc.
Matt Jarvis ’93
Chairman at 72andSunny, Founder at Brand Citizens, Founder at Sundae, Founder at Hecho Studios
Richard Katzman ’78, P’14
Early-stage investor
Jessica Kim ’00
Co-Founder and Executive Chairwoman, ianacare
Sadie Kurzban ’12
Founder and CEO, 305 Fitness
Liz Lange ’88
CEO & Creative Director, Figue
Larisa Leventon ScM’93 ScM’95 PhD’97
Investor, Academic Director for the Master in Technology Leadership Program at Brown University
Chris Masto ’89, P’21, P’22, P’24
Co-founder & Senior Advisor, FFL Partners, Director and Investor at Katapult
Andrew Moses ’86
CEO & Managing Partner, WAM Equity Partners
Brian Moynihan ’81, P’14, P’19
CEO, Bank of America
Jessica Arredondo Murphy ’00
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of True Fit
Scott Norton ’08
Founder and General Partner at N+1 Ventures, Host of “At Large with Scott Norton“, Co-founder, Sir Kensington’s
Daniel O’Keefe ’97
Chief Innovation Officer for the State of Connecticut, Commissioner at the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
Lorine T. Pendleton ’91
Venture Investor
Bob D. S. Place ’75
Managing Partner, Clean Energy Venture Group
Steven Price ’84, P’18, P’20
Co-Founder & CEO, 25 Madison
Benjamin Pruzan ’17
Technology/Internet Investor
Lawrence Rand ’64, P’93
Executive Chairman, Kekst and Company
Ashley Ryder ’13
Partner, VamosVentures
Basem Salfiti ’93, P’25
Chairman of the Board, Bank al Etihad
Luke Sherwin ’12
Co-founder at Casper & Block Renovation
Nicole Shimer ’16
Principal, Insight Venture Partners
Josh Silverman ’91
CEO, Etsy
Julian D. Steinberg ’01
Managing Partner, Alliance Consumer Growth
Ragy Thomas P ’25
Founder & Co-CEO, Sprinklr
Laura N. Thompson ’09
Venture Investor and Serial Entrepreneur
Ari Zweiman P’27
Managing Partner at 683 Capital Management