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CIVSTART MENTOR NETWORK

CivStart mentors are seasoned state & local government industry leaders who share their time, experience, and broad knowledge base to support govtech entrepreneurs. They support the CivStart ecosystem through individual coaching, curriculum expertise, and acting as organizational ambassadors.

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Abhi Nemani

Managing Director / Senior Advisor to the Board

EthosLabs / Euna Solutions

Alex Gorelik

Associate Attorney

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Andrew Kirk

RVP of Strategic Sales

GovOS

Andrew Ngui

Senior Advisor, City Manager's Office

Kansas City, MO

Andrew Weidenhamer

Principal

RSM US LLP

Arthur Rader

Chief Operating Officer

Sustainable Transit Solutions

Barbara Cohn

Chief Data Officer

CO DOT

Barry Condrey

CIO

Chesterfield County Virginia, Government

Bert Jarreau

Professor

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC)

Brian Purchia

CEO

Riff City Strategies

Chris Sosnowski

Founder/CEO

Waterly

Christopher Wimbush

General Counsel & Chief of Staff

PicassoMD, Inc.

Corey Marshall

Principal & Founder

Catalyze Strategies

Dan Wu

GTM/Product Strategist

Joyful Ventures

Dean Alonistiotis

Chief of Staff for Commissioner Kim du Bucle

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD)

Doreen Raimondi

Director of Alliances and Partnerships

Avaya

Doug Matthews

Assistant City Manager & CAO

City of Grand Rapids, MI

Dr. Jonathan Reichenthal

Former Chief Information Officer

the City of Palo Alto, CA

Dustin Haisler

Chief Innovation Officer

e. Republic

Efrem Bycer

Global Policy Partnerships

LinkedIn

Elle (Beard) Hempen

CEO & Co-Founder

The Atlas for Cities

Emily Yates

Chief Innovation Officer

SEPTA

Eric Mattson

MBA Candidate at Stanford GSB

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Garrett Hernandez Rimer

Director of Customer Success

Polco (Balancing Act)

Gavriel Legynd

CEO

VisioneerIT

Glenn Angstadt

Former Chief Information Officer

Chester County, PA

Grant Schroll

Cofounder and CEO

Mission Collaborative

Hudson Hollister

CEO

HData

Jack Peterson

Director of Strategic Relations

National Association of Counties (NACo)

Jacquelyn Sommer

Product Manager

OneBrief

Jake Sager

Sr. Director, Platform Growth Strategy

Granicus

Jake Williams

VP - Content & Community

StateScoop & EdScoop

James Massaquoi

Analyst

Osage Venture Partners

Jason Huk

Jason Kiesel

Founder

Stealth

Jeff Friedman

Founder and CEO

The Kensington Collaborative

Jen Aceto

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Polco

Jeremy Bosch

VP of Marketing

Clarit

John Foster

Partner

Kestrel West

Jordan Abramson

Manager, Public Sector and Healthcare

Procore

Joseph M. Titlebaum

Founder

Black Lab Venture Studio

Josh Fruecht

Director, National Sales

Granicus

Kamran Saddique

Co-Founder & CEO

City Innovate

Kendall Wouters

MA/MBA Program

Johns Hopkins

Khaled Jaouni

Managing Director - International Operations

Accela

Madeline Zhu

Policy Advisor, SMART Grants

U.S. Department of Transportation

Madison Dias

Director of Sales & Business Development

Envisio Solutions Inc.

Martin Lind

Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships

Euna Solutions (Formerly GTY Technology)

Matthew Molter

CEO/Founder

Civic Thinker, Dogteampro

Michael Dombo

President

Kensington Sales Group LLC

Michael O'Brien

Founder & Principal

MOB Advocacy

Mychal Richardson

Venture Associate

Builders + Backers

Nader Afzalan

Advisor, Community and Economic Resilience

California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research

Naeim Khanjani

Founder and CEO

Electo Analytics

Nate Levine

EVP Strategy

Clariti

Niles Friedman

CivStart Board Chair

Exec. Advisor, Star Insights

Pam Davis

Assistant City Manager

the City of Boulder, CO

Rachel Stern

Chief Strategy Officer

Streamline

Rebecca A. Friedman

Founder & President

Koru Strategies

Richard Leadbeater

State & Provincial Government Industry Solutions Manager

esri

Rita Reynolds

Chief Technology Officer

NACo

Savita Chaudhary

Assistant City Manager

City of Fairfield

Scott Kubly

Former Director

Seattle Department of Transportation

Scott Smith

CEO

Amplifund

Stacey EV Wood Jackson

Federal Partner Development Manager

Google

Steve Dirks

North America Sales Director

Timescapes.co

Steve Machesney

Marketing Leader

Steve Monaghan

Agency Director, Information and General Services (IGS) Agency

Nevada County, California

Steven Lee

CEO

Rotunda Solutions

Tiffany Anzalone McCasland

Founder & CEO

Angelle Media

Tim Woodbury

Director, State & Local

Splunk

Tyler Masterson

CEO

TrueRoll

Tyler Sinclair

Founder

TGS Insights

Zach Beecher

Director of Operations

Healthworx at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

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