Thiry-one local and national leaders with expertise in business, entrepreneurship, conservation, economic development, economic mobility, health and well-being and philanthropy agreed to judge the Richard King Mellon Foundation’s second annual social-impact pitch competition.
Social-Impact Investment
Pitch Competition Judges
Will Allen
Partner, Magarac Venture Partners
Michael Annichine
Chief Executive Officer, Magee Women’s Research Institute & Foundation
Kenya Boswell
Senior Vice President, Community Affairs, Highmark Health
Eric Boughner
Managing Director, BNY Mellon Pennsylvania; Global Head, Treasury Services Business Development, BNY Mellon Pennsylvania; Chairman, BNY Mellon Pennsylvania
Cait Brumme
CEO, Mass Challenge
Lynsie Campbell
Founder & Managing Director, Better Work Ventures
Kelly Collier
Program and Ecosystem Development, LifeX
Kate Dewey
Senior Advisor, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby
Ilana Diamond
Managing Partner, 412 Venture Fund LP
Jackie DiMonte
Partner, Chicago Ventures
Rebecca Doerge
Dean, Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Matt Flanagan
Founding Partner, fama PR; General Partner, fama Ventures
Jill Ford
Principal, Toyota Ventures
Bruce Gebhardt
Co-Founder & Partner, Pathfinder Capital Advisors LLC
Gerardo Interiano
Interim Vice President of People, Aurora
Lee Kimball
Investment Director, Pittsburgh, Arctaris Impact Investors
Kim Kolt
Founder, For Good Ventures
Christopher Martin
President, Carnegie Bosch Institute, Director, Research + Development at Bosch: AI
Dave Mawhinney
Executive Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Carnegie Mellon University
Alicia McGinnis
General Partner, Audrey's Kitchen
Patrick McKenna
Co-Founder/Executive Chairman, Facet Wealth
Nitin Pachisia
Founding Partner, Unshackled Ventures
Jean-Luc Park
Senior Director Social Impact Funds, TEDCO
Carlos Peña
Director of Investments, ImpactAssets
Joey Rahimi
Co-Founder & CMO, Niche.com
Kendra Ross
Head of Social Impact, Duolingo
Juan Scarlett
Managing Director, OneValley Ventures
Larry Selzer
President & Chief Executive Officer, The Conservation Fund
Jeffrey Solomon
Chief Executive Officer & Chair, Cowen Inc.
John M. Wallace, Jr.
Vice Provost, Faculty Diversity and Development, University of Pittsburgh
Larry Weidman
Chief Financial Officer & Strategic Advisor, Diamond Kinetics
Social-Impact Investment Pitch Competition
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