Brady Sidwell is the Assistant Manager of Strategic Advisory and Research in the Food and Agribusiness Branch of Rabobank International in Hong Kong. Sidwell worked previously as a student intern in the offices of U.S. Senator Don Nickles in Washington, D.C. and the U.S.D.A. Foreign Agricultural Service at U.S. Embassies in South Korea and Thailand. Brady Sidwell holds a Bachelor of Science degree (cum laude) in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Economics degree from the University of Hong Kong where he studied as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to China.
Christopher Fong is the Education Vertical Lead at Google.com. In this role, he leads the advertising division's efforts in the education industry. He also volunteers with Google.org on initiatives to find investments to develop utility-scale renewable energy and to aid small and medium-size enterprises in the developing world.
Before joining Google, Fong worked in business development and marketing roles for Expedia's Seattle, Dallas, Toronto and Las Vegas offices.
Marlene Van Es is the Co-Founder/Principal Attorney at Trellis Legal LLC. Marlene Van Es received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Philip Krim is the CEO of Casper, a sleep startup that launched with an outrageously comfortable mattress. Its direct-Âto-Âconsumer model has been praised for disrupting the mattress industry.A serial entrepreneur, Philip Krim started his first company out his dorm room at the University of Texas over a decade ago. As an early e-Âcommerce executive, Philip has been focused on the evolving consumer shopping trends - both online and off - in a number of different verticals throughout his career. Philip Krim is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
Neil Parikh is the Co-founder and VP of Operations of Casper. Neil Parikh is a graduate of Brown University.
<p>James Connolly is a product line manager for Nike's Global Men's Athletic Training Apparel business. He is responsible for the product creation engine that creates essential training silhouettes for athletes in american football and baseball. In addition James' oversees both the men's and women's LIVESTRONG apparel assortment. This assortment has helped create more than $80,000,000 in revenue for the Lance Armstrong Foundation and its fight against cancer.</p> <p> Prior to Athletic Training James worked as both a Product Line Manager and Associate Product Line Manager for Nike's women's training apparel business. </p> <p>James Connolly received a BS from Cornell University's Department of Applied Economics and Management. </p>
<p>Lauren Berger is called "The Intern Queen" after completing 15 internships during her 4 years at college. Berger is CEO of Intern Queen Inc., an internship destination site where employers find interns and students connect with internships - all with the personal touch of "The Intern Queen". Lauren was just named #5 on BusinessWeek's Annual "Top 25 Entrepreneurs 25 and Under" List. Her website currently gets approximately 25,000 unique visitors each month. The site also features Lauren's Blog: I AM INTERN - providing internship advice for employers, students, parents, and professors. She has recently placed students with The Academy Awards, NBC Universal, Nielsen Business Media, Clear Channel, and many more.</p> <p>Lauren Berger graduated from The University of Central Florida (Orlando) in 2006.</p>
Vijay Nathan is a Product Manager with Apartment Therapy. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of NoshOnIt. After realizing that he was much better suited to be cooking at home instead of in a professional kitchen, Vijay traded in his chef hat for an apron and has committed himself to helping everyone realize that they can cook great food at home. You\'ll often find him traversing the city for the best ethnic eats or experimenting in the kitchen with new cuisines. Prior to NoshOn.It, Vijay was the Co-Founder and CEO of MyReci.com, an online recipe box application that allows you to manage, save, and share all of your recipes from any website in one place. MyReci was born out of Vijay\'s entrepreneurship and brand management focus at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, where he received his MBA. Vijay Nathan received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University and his MBA from Cornell University.
Dar Caldwell is a founding partner of LaunchHouse, a Cleveland-based business incubator and seed capital investment group that invests money, mentorship, education and business development resources into the Midwest's most promising young entrepreneurs. The young investors of LaunchHouse (almost all are under the age of 30) manage a diverse portfolio of technology, alternative energy, global aid, urban agriculture and medical device ventures. They have converted a vacant car dealership in Shaker Heights into 23,000 sq. ft. affordable and collaborative work space that is home to over 50 exciting startup ventures. Dar Caldwell is a graduate of Cornell University.