Advisory Board
One of the greatest assets that we can bring to a company is our network of experts in a variety of fields. The advice and support of this board is responsible for the success of URGENT VC, and will be a valuable asset to all of our portfolio companies.
Public Policy
| Curtis Archer | President, Harlem Community Development Corp. |
| Andy Bresiau | Executive Director, City Futures |
| Majora Carter | President, The Majora Carter Group, LLC |
| John P. DeVillars | Managing Partner, Blue Wave Ventures and former EPA Region 1 Administrator for the Clinton Administration |
| James Florio | Governor (retired), New Jersey; US Representative (retired), New Jersey |
| Doug Foy | President, DIF Enterprises |
| Randy Mitchell | Sr. Advisor for Entrepreneurship, U.S. Department of Commerce - International Trade Administration |
| Tom J. Rossi, Professor | Johnson and Wales University, Graduate School, Providence RI |
| Keith D. Sernick | Principle, State Street Advisers |
| Eric Strausse | PhD, Boston College |
| Charles Tansey | Senior Advisor, Neighborhood Reinvestment Co. |
Operations
| Leon Agnew | Senior Executive, Enterprise Ireland, Ireland |
| Titus Brenninkmeyer | President and CEO, Solgenix |
| Eric Brisson | Ilog, IBM |
| Roger M. Freeman, Esq. | Ferriter Scobbo & Rodophele PC |
| Len Green | CEO, Green Group |
| Tom Harrison | Chairman, Morston Assets UK |
| Andrew Karsgaard | VP, Bank of Montreal |
| Shelley Kaplan | Sustainability Manager, Babson College |
| Glenn Kaufman | President, Kaufman and Company |
| Susan Gluck Pappajohn | Principal, Phillips Oppenheim - Executive Search |
| Enda O’Coineen | Kilcullen Kapital Partners, Czech Republic |
| Paul Rich | Partner, Rothstein Kass- CPA/Financial Services, New York |
| Charles Roussel | MD (retired), Accenture |
| Patrick Walsh | VP, Intel Corporation, Intel Capital |
Innovation Assessment
| Michael Ditmore | Founder and Chairman, Novim |
| Jim Dunn | Director (retired), NASA NE Regional Technology Transfer Center |
| Michael Hoffman | Director, Agricultural Experimental Station, Cornell University; CU-Renewable BioEnergy Institute |
| Matthew Kressy | Principle, Design Turn Inc |
| Alejandro Lacreu | President, Tasher Tech |
| Ben Linder | PhD, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering |
| Wilson McGarel | Director, Questor Centre- Environmental Science and Technology Research Centre, The Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Paul Sabin | Product and System Design, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering & Principal, Fikst Product Development |
| Jessica Townsend | PhD, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering |