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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

Chief Digital Officer

Kansas City, MO

Andrew Weidenhamer

Principal

RSM US LLP

Andy Szekeres

Chief Deputy City Clerk

City and County of Denver

Arthur Rader

Chief Operating Officer

Sustainable Transit Solutions

Barbara Cohn

Chief Data Officer

CO DOT

Barry Condrey

IT Consultant - CIO/CISO

Condrey and Associates, LLC

Bert Jarreau

Professor

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC)

Bill Nixon

CIO, Director of Technology & Innovation

Johnson County, KS

Brandon Natsuhara

Director of Strategic Partnerships

National League of Cities

Brian Purchia

CEO

Riff City Strategies

Cameron Demetre

Director of Government Affairs

hims & hers

Cameron Powell

Head of AI

Holon Law

Chris Sosnowski

Founder & CEO

Waterly

Christine Preizler

CEO

Spencertown Partners

Christopher Wimbush

General Counsel & Chief of Staff

PicassoMD, Inc.

Corey Marshall

Partner

VITAL

Dan Wu

CEO and Lead Innovation Advisor

Joyful Ventures

Dean Alonistiotis

Chief of Staff for Commissioner Kim du Bucle

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD)

Doug Matthews

Assistant City Manager & CAO

Grand Rapids, MI

Dr. Jonathan Reichenthal

Former Chief Information Officer

Palo Alto, CA

Dustin Haisler

President

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

Hillary Orr

Deputy Director of Transportation

Alexandria, VA

Hudson Hollister

CEO

HData

Jack Peterson

Director of Strategic Relations

NACo

Jacquelyn Sommer

Product Manager

OneBrief

Jake Sager

Sr. Director, Platform Growth Strategy

Granicus

Jake Williams

VP, Content & Community

StateScoop & EdScoop

James Massaquoi

Associate

Glasswing Ventures

Jason Huk

Industry Sales Executive

Oracle

Jason Kiesel

Founder

Stealth

Jeff Friedman

State & Local Government Partner Manager

Granicus

Jen Aceto

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Polco

Jennifer Saha

CEO

Golden Bridge Strategies LLC

Jeremy Bosch

VP of Marketing

Clarit

John Foster

Partner

Kestrel West

John McKenzie

CEO

Elucid8

Jordan Abramson

Vice President of Sales

Profit.co

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

Kevin Lyons

Co-Founder & CEO

Governance Sciences Group, Inc. dba FlashVote

Khaled Jaouni

Managing Director, International Operations

Accela

Kory Fortman

Enterprise Account Executive

Anaplan

Lea Eriksen

CIO

Long Beach, CA

Madeline Zhu

Policy Advisor, SMART Grants

U.S. Department of Transportation

Madison Dias

Director of Sales & Business Development

Envisio Solutions Inc.

Mark Stodder

Advisor

Independent consultant

Martin Lind

Matthew Molter

CEO & Founder

Civic Thinker / Dogteampro

Michael Dombo

President

Kensington Sales Group LLC

Michael O'Brien

Founder & Principal

MOB Advocacy

Mike Vichich

Cofounder, CEO

Pursuit

Mychal Richardson

Venture Associate

Builders + Backers

Nader Afzalan

Founder & CEO

The Triangle

Naeim Khanjani

Founder & CEO

Electo Analytics

Nate Levine

EVP Strategy

Clariti

Niles Friedman

CivStart Board Chair

Exec. Advisor, Star Insights

Nolan Sunderman

Chief Strategy Officer

City of Olathe, KS

Pam Davis

Assistant City Manager

Boulder, CO

Rachel Stern

Founder & CEO

Govtech Ventures

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

Fairfield, CA

Scott Smith

CEO

Amplifund

Smita Bhattacharjee

Deputy Chief Innovation Officer

San Jose, CA

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 & General Services (IGS) Agency

Nevada County, CA

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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