Barrett Hazeltine Prize in Entrepreneurial Mentorship
In honor of Professor Barrett Hazeltine’s 50+ years of dedication to mentoring, and in particular, of his mentorship of aspiring entrepreneurs, a group of alumni and members of the local community, came together in 2013 to create this award.
Special thanks to Stephen Siegel ScM’83, PhD’85, P’19, P’21, Michael Alfant, Peter Damon, Charlie Kroll ’01, Jeffrey Weiss P’12 MD’16, and Chuck Boisseau for making it happen.
Previous Awardees
2024
Liz Hamburg '86
Founder, Candoo Tech
Bob Place '75
Managing Partner, Clean Energy Venture Group
2023
Terri Cohen Alpert '85
Serial Entrepreneur, Mentor, & President's Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship
Dr. Banu Ozkazanc-Pan
Professor of Practice, School of Engineering, & Director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab
2022
Alexa Baggio '09
Founder, Mentor, B-Lab Guest Lecturer
Andrew Moses '85
Brown Venture Prize Mentor
Riche Holmes Grant '99
Entrepreneur in Residence
2021
Watch the 2021 virtual event.
Hamzah Ansari, PRIME '09
B-Lab Entrepreneur in Residence;Partnership Manager/Adjunct Lecturer - PRIME
Troy Henikoff '86
Alum, Van Wickle Ventures Investment Committee
2020
Watch the 2020 virtual event.
Dr. Jennifer Nazareno
Assistant Professor of Public Health & Entrepreneurship
Professor Don Stanford ‘72 ScM ’77
Adjunct Professor of the Practice of Computer Science
2019
Kris Brown '89
Nelson Center Mentor, President's Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship
Jessica Kim '00
2018 Entrepreneur in Residence, President's Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship
2018
Jason Harry
Professor of the Practice, Breakthrough Lab Director
2017
Danny Warshay '87
Executive Director, Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship; Professor of the Practice
2016
Ian Gonsher
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Engineering
2015
Deb Mills-Scofield ‘82
Mentoring Maven at the Nelson Center
2014
Randy Haykin ‘85
EP Mentor
2013
Alan Harlam
Mentoring Leader, Former Social Innovation Initiative Director (Swearer Center)