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.
Annual Virtual Ceremony
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 from 4:00 – 4:45 pm ET
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)