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
Christian J. Anthony ’96
Co-CEO & Co-founder, ListenFirst Media
Norman Atkins ’84, P’10 AM’10, P’14
Co-founder & President, Relay Graduate School of Education
Emma Butler ’20
Founder, Liberare
Daniel Breyer ’17
Investor, Breyer Capital
Kris Brown ’89, P’22, P’26
Partner at Goodwin Procter LLP
Mariah Calagione ’93 P’22
Vice President, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Morgan Cheatham ’17
Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners
Ben Chesler ’15
Co-Founder, Imperfect Foods
Caroline Diamond ’86, P’25
Consultant
Stuart J. “Stu” Ellman P’22
Founder and General Partner, RRE Ventures
Scott Friend ’87, P’22
Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures
Cynthia A. Kaufmann Gabay ’92
Duet Group
Lisa Gelobter ’91
CEO and Co-founder, tEQuitable
Robert Goodman ’82, P’18, P’24
Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
Andrew Goldman ’90 P’21
Co-founder & CEO, Writable
Marcos Gonzalez ’89
Founder & Managing Partner, Vamos Ventures
Riche Holmes Grant, Esq. ’99
Executive producer, The Riche Life and Founder, BambiniWare
Elizabeth Hamburg ’86
Founder, Candoo Tech
Troy Henikoff ’86
Managing Director, MATH Venture Partners
Eliot Horowitz ’03
Co-founder, MongoDB
Matt Jarvis ’93
Chairman, 72andSunny
Richard Katzman ’78, P’14
Early-stage investor
Jessica Kim ’00
Co-Founder/CEO, ianacare
Sadie Kurzban ’12
Founder, 305 Fitness
Liz Lange ’88
CEO & Creative Director, Figue
Larisa Leventon ScM’93 ScM’95 PhD’97
Investor
Chris Masto ’89, P’21, P’22, P’24
Co-founder & Senior Advisor, FFL Partners
Harald Mix ’83, P’19, P’20, P’23
Managing Partner, Altor Equity Partners
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 Customer Officer of True Fit
Scott Norton ’08
Co-founder, Sir Kensington’s
Daniel O’Keefe ’97
Managing Partner, Apax Digital
Lorine T. Pendleton ’91
Venture Investor
Bob D. S. Place ’75
Managing Partner, Clean Energy Venture Group
Steven Price ’84, P’18, P’20
Chief Executive Officer, 25 Madison
Benjamin Pruzan ’17
Analyst, Insight Venture Partners
Lawrence Rand ’64, P’93
Executive Chairman, Kekst and Company
Basem Salfiti ’93, P’25
Supervisory Board Head, Bank al Etihad
Luke Sherwin ’12
Co-founder at Casper & Block Renovation
Nicole Shimer ’16
Investment Team, Insight Venture Partners
Julian D. Steinberg ’01
Managing Partner, Alliance Consumer Growth
Ragy Thomas P ’25
Founder & CEO, Sprinklr
Laura N. Thompson ’09
Venture Investor and Serial Entrepreneur
Amy Wolf ’90
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Lykos Capital Partners
Jayna Zweiman ’01
Creator/Founder, Welcome Blanket & Co-Creator/Founder, Pussyhat Project