PACT Advisory Boards
PACT Advisory Boards bring together leaders across the PACT community to share best practices in their field, network, and assist in the development of PACT programming that provides professional development and thought leadership, opportunities to network, and resources for entrepreneurs and investors in our region. Each one of our eight advisory boards is made up of current PACT members who connect three (3) times per year.
PACT Advisory Boards work to promote thought leadership, growth of innovation and entrepreneurship in the region (and more). Advisory Boards are made up of industry leaders in fields such as:
⋅ MedTech
⋅ Life Sciences
⋅ Digital Health
⋅ FemTech
⋅ Talent
⋅ FinTech
⋅ SaaS Executives (by invite only)
⋅ Technology Executives (by invite only)
As committees, these leaders meet to discuss industry trends, network, and assist PACT in developing program topics based on the needs of Philadelphia entrepreneurs and/or investors in the field.
Check out our calendar of events and register for one (or more!) of our programs in core areas like FinTech, SaaS, Digital Health, Talent Connect, MedTech, FemTech, Life Sciences Roundtable, and the Technology Executives Roundtable (TER).
Requirements & Benefits
Requirements of Participation
Each Advisory Board member is expected to:
- Attend 2 out of 3 meetings a year
- Personally attend (or send a colleague) 2/3 of the programs in your advisory board’s focus area
- Market each program internally and on social media outlets
Benefits of Participation
- Listing on PACT website
- Listing in marketing materials
- Recognition on social media channels
- Peer-to-peer networking
- Exclusive invitation to Advisory Board events
Advisory Board Leadership
Kris Acharya, Director, Engagement Team Lead – Business Technology, Pfizer
Laurie Actman, Chief Marketing, Communications, and Programs Officer, Penn Center for Innovation
Chetan Bagga, Chief Executive Officer, Archetype Solutions Group
Zach Baumstein, Client Relationship Manager, SolomonEdwards Group
Chris Betz, CTO, United Effects
Deb Cypher, Chief Product Officer, Triduum
Adam Dakin, Managing Director, HealthTech, DreamIt Ventures
David Demuth, Senior Managing Director, CFO Consulting Partners
Patrick Dudley, Director, Clinical Care Innovation, Independence Blue Cross
Erin Duffy, Partner, Duane Morris
Tom Dwyer, Partner, Troutman Pepper
Robert Edelstein, Advisor, Investor, Mentor,
Alan Golombek, Principal, HealthTech Horizons
Anthony Green, Chief Scientific Officer, Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Phil Heifetz, Chief Busienss Officer, PHIT Circle
Shahram Hejazi, Partner, BioAdvance
Elizabeth Hodgson, Associate, FoxRothschild
Peter Hotz, President & CEO, vybe urgent care
Karen Johnston, Senior Manager, Wipfii
Frederick Jones, Partner, BioAdvance
Brian Litt, Co-Director, Penn Health-Tech
Katie Logan, Senior Project Manager, Healthshare Exchange
Casandra Mann, Marketing & Sales Manager, Precision Systems
Neil C. Maskeri, Senior Counsel, Young Basile
Brian McCabe, Senior Director, Bridge Bank
Scott Nepereny, Managing Director, Accenture
Todd Norton, Senior Attorney, Volpe Koenig
Benjamin David Novak, Partner, Morgan Lewis
Ellizabeth Orsinger, SVP – Technology, Venture Banking, Pacific Western Bank
Steve Owens, Chief Technology Officer, Quantitative Radiology Solutions
John Pennett, Partner, EisnerAmper
Todd Pietri, Managing Partner, Activate Venture Partners
Robert Pugliese, Director of Innovation Design, Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health
Sushma Rajagopalan, Venture Partner, Rittenhouse Ventures
Mike Ravenscroft, Startup Success Manager, DreamIt Ventures
Don Reed, SVP, COO, Privacy Officer, HealthShare Exchange
Saul Richter, Managing Partner, Rittenhouse Ventures
Bracha Rosenstein, Senior Manager, Accenture
Roy Rosin, Chief Innovation Officer, Penn Medicine
Kurt Schiller, Head of Marketing, Arcweb Technologies
Mark Schuber, Vice President, Design Services, Think Company
Gregg Shibata, VP Payor Market Development, Quil
Elizabeth Sigety, Attorney at Law, Fox Rothschild LLP
Jonathan Smith, Director, Fairmount Partners
Aron Starosta, VP, Commercialization & New Ventures, University City Science Center
Evan Travis, SVP, Venture Banking, Live Oak Bank
Vijay Verma, Associate CIO, Emerging Technologies & Transformation, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Tracey Welson-Rossman, Chief Marketing Officer, Chariot Solutions
Katie Wenger, Associate, CBRE
Samantha Yanczak, VP, Project Recruiting, Juno Search Partners
Scott Yoder
Laurie Actman, Chief Marketing, Communications, and Programs Officer, University Of Pennsylvania
Zach Baumstein, Client Relationship Manager, SolomonEdwards Group
Joe Bodnar, Investment Analyst, Zeke Capital
Ryan Breen, Managing Director, KPMG
Carol Burns, CoFounder, President & CEO, Cagent Vascular
Joe Camaratta, President & CEO, Quantitative Radiology Solutions
Edward Chan, Partner, 1315 Capital
Phil Charron, Executive Vice President, Think Company
James Cleffi, Managing Director, Accenture
Lauren Consentino, Vice President, Life Sciences Group, Bridge Bank
Jay Coogan, Partner, Ballard Spahr
Adam Dakin, Managing Director, Health Tech, Dreamit HealthTech
David DeMuth, Senior Managing Director, CFO Consulting Partners
Dana Donofree, CEO, AnaOno
Alexander Dundara, Team Leader, Life Sciences, Withum
Robert Edelstein, Advisor, Investor, Mentor,
Scott Fraser, Founding Partner, Fraser Healthcare, LLC
Alan Golombek, Principal, HealthTech Horizons
Tony Green, Chief Scientific Officer, BenFranklin Technology Partners
Dawn Gulick, President, Therapeutic Articulations, LLC
Lise N. Halpert, President & CEO, InnoVision Medical Technologies
Michael Harrington, Partner, Fox Rothschild
Brian J. Hubbard, Partner, Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP
Richard Hughen, CEO, Linshom
Ping Jiang, CFO, CFO Consulting Partners
Camille Jolly-Tornetta, Director, Office of Technology Transfer, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Kathie Jordan, Program Director, Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Partnership Program
Steve Kemler, Director, Life Sciences Senior Analyst, RSM
Anna Koulas, VP, Drexel Solutions Institute, Drexel University
Brian Litt, Professor of Neurology and Professor of Bioengineering, Penn Medicine
Paul Magers
Matthew Maltese, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, X-Biomedical
JeanMarie Markham, Founder & CEO, ClinLogix
Neil C. Maskeri, Senior Counsel, Young Basile
Rightley McConnell, Vice President, Operations, Precision Systems
Godfrey Nazareth, President & CEO, X-Biomedical
Zach Noling, CFO, CamberSpine
Tom Olenzak, Director of Innovation and Corporate Development, Independent Blue Cross
John Pennett, Partner, EisnerAmper
Rob Pugliese, Director of Innovation Design, Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health
Joe Rafferty, CEO, VESTECK
Sushma Rajagopalan, Venture Partner, Rittenhouse Ventures
Katie Reuther, Executive Director, Penn-Health Tech
Sharon Ross, QED Program Manager, University City Science Center
Adam Salamon, CEO, Pression LLC
Harm Scherpbier, Cheif Medical Information Officer, Healthshare Exchange
Melissa Sherman, CEO, MOBILion Systems
Sri Sriadibhatla, Investment Director, Healthcare Investment Group, BenFranklin Technology Partners
Katie Wenger, Associate, CBRE
Troy Wilford, Director, Commerciallization Solutions, University City Science Center
Amy Williams, President & Managing Partner, SageWork RX
John Witkowski, President, DSM Biomedical
Samantha Yanczak, Vice President, Project Recruiting, Juno Search Partners
David Yonce, CEO, Cogwear
Aimee Senour, Vice President Business Development, Cigniti Technologies
Allan Frank, CEO, Think New Visions
Ben Askin, CIO, Vertex
Chris Nichols, EVP, Research & Development, iPipeline, Inc.
Dan Klein, Managing Director, Slalom
Evan Swartley, Head of IT Division Strategy, Vanguard
Jad Abou-Maarouf, Chief Data Officer, Fulton Bank
Janet Harrison, Division Director – Information Systems, Ametek, Inc.
Jeff Richardson, Chief Data Officer, Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Ken Weirman, Retired
Kim Susko, Principal, Management Consulting, RSM
Robert Taylor, CTO, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commision
Russ Starke, CEO, Think Company
Sanjay Sharma, EVP & Global Head of Private Banking, SEI
Sassan Hejazi, Director, Technology Solutions, Kreischer Miller
Srinath Chigullapalli, Head of Identity and Access Management, Vanguard
Stefan Neubig, Vice President, Chief Customer Officer, SAP
Steve Tranchida, Vice President, Digital Solutions, Veristor
Tom Rivera, Director, Information Technology, Vertex
Ken Weirman, TER AB Emeritus
Terry Ammons, Partner, Wipfli
Brad Armstrong, Partner, Lovell Minnick Partners
Joe Bodnar
Chris Bradley, Customer Relations Manager, 4TelecomHelp, Inc.
Glenn Bressner, Managing Partner, Activate
Srinath Chigullapalli, Senior Program Manager, Vanguard
Jennifer Ciotti, Program Manager, SEI Ventures, SEI
Jay Coogan, Partner, Ballard Spahr
Ryan Corcoran, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, FinPay
Richard Craft, CEO, Wealth Advisory Group
Matthew R. DiPuppo, Financial Advisor, Principal Financial Group
Charles Durkin, Co-Founder, President & CEO, Privakey
Scott Feldman, Manging Director, Susquehanna Growth Equity
Mia Fioravanti, Executive Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, FS Investments
Jessica Gallagher, Senior Scrum Master, SEI
John Gilmore
Jim Gunton, Manging Parter & Founder, Tech Council Ventures
Joseph P. Gushue, Shareholder, Volpe Konig
Bill Hunter, SVP Sales, iPipeline
John Jacobs, VP, Channel Management, InstaMed
Amanda Kalk, Director, Technology, Think Company
Terrence Kerwin, Partner, Fox Rothschild
Douglas Kingston, Partner, Morgan Lewis
Russ Kliman, Head of Strategic Programs & Innovation, SEI
Anna Koulas, Executive Director, Drexel Business Solutions Institute, Drexel University
Tim Kowalski, President & CEO, Finpay
Michelle Lowry, TD Bank Endowed Professor, Finance, Drexel University
Anurag Mathur, Founder, ITX Hub
John Maylath, Managing Partner and Practical Strategist, Advisory Hub
David McLaughlin, Chief Executive Officer, QuantaVerse
Sangram Mohite, Operations and Account Lead, Accenture
James Murphy, CEO, Greenphire
Andy Newcomb, Managing Partner, Mission OG
Todd Norton, Senior Attorney, Volpe Koenig
Kevin O’Nell, Osage Partners
Elizabeth Orsinger, SVP – Technology, Venture Banking, Pacific Western Bank
Joe Paddock, VP, Sales, iPipeline
Jim Paolino, Founder / CEO, LodeStar Software Solutions
Warren Pennington, Principal, Vanguard
Travis Pierce, Vanguard Fintech Ventures & Investment Management Fintech Strategies, Vanguard
Siva Raman, Associate Vice President, Cigniti
Falk Riker, Global VP & Global IBU Head for Banking, SAP
Laura Scannapieco, Technology Consulting Senior Manager, Accenture
Eric Segal, Managing Director, CFO Consulting Partners
Evan Travis, SVP, Venture Banking, Live Oak Bank
Joseph P. Ujobai, CEO, Alternative Investment Exchange
Katie Wenger, Associate, CBRE
Stephen Zafarino, Talent Director, Sales & Marketing, Juno Search Partners
Nick Amadio, Senior HR Business Partner, SEI
Michael Bertoni, Founder & CEO, PhillyTech
Ray Bixler, President & CEO, SkillSurvey
Stephen Brittin, VP, Growth & Strategy, Juno Search Partners
Jen Clement, Manager, Corporate Learning & Development, SEI
Suzanne Cruit, Director, Corporate and Community Relations, Penn State Great Valley
Remy De Vlieghere, Founder & CEO, SmartTechs.io
Greg Doran, CFO, Frontline Education
Kristy Flynn, Co-Founder, CEO, GoCoach
Emily Foote, Principal, Osage Partners
Carly Gardner, Social & Community Manager, Juno Search Partners
Pam Hernandez, Training Specialist, SEI
Sarah Herrmann, VP, National Accounts, Tech & Marketing, Juno Search Partners
Anna Koulas, VP Drexel Solutions Institute, Drexel University
DJ Krebsbach, Chief Culture Officer, Boomi
Nora Leco, Vice President, Internal Operations, Think Company
Bob Lucci, President & Chief Revenue Officer, ORS Partners
Alicia Mandracchia, Senior Director, Human Resources, Clinlogix
Bruce Marable, Co-Founder, CEO, EmployeeCycle
Bruce McMahon, Chief Operations Officer, Think Company
Lori Mighton, Head of Enterprise Advice Platform Operations, Vanguard
Sylvester Mobely, Chief Executive Officer, Coded By Kids
Priya Muddu, Human Resources Manager, Cigniti
Katie Perry, Project Manager, The O’Connor Group
Jess Podgajny, Founder & CEO, Lluna
Lisa Proto, Manager, Learning, Leadership & CoachingTeam, SEI
Lori Reiner, Chief People Officer, EisnerAmper
Vicki Sack, Founder & Chief Voice of Reason, Juno Search Partners
Tom Schwenger, President & COO, Veeva
Fiona Scull, Manager, Talent & Culture, Sidecar
Haniyyah B. Sharpe-Brown, Philadelphia Metro Market Lead, Accenture
Gina Wagner, Chief People Officer, QuilHealth
Katie Wenger, Associate, CBRE
Caitie Zajko, Campus Director, Philadelphia, Tech Elevator
Allen Born, Director, Internet & Cloud Investment Banking, Fairmount Partners
Bernie Wojcik, VP Finance, Planalytics, Inc.
Bill Redmond, VP IT Ops, FinOPs, and Cloud Operations, iPipeline, Inc.
Borzou Motlagh, CEO, United Effects LLC
Christopher Miller, Partner, Corporate and M&A, Troutman Pepper
Doc Parghi, Operating Partner, SRI Capital
Elijah Dornstreich, Principal, AB Bernstein
Frank Shultz, President & CEO, Infinite Blue
Greg Doran, Operating Partner, Thoma Bravo, Frontline Education
Jen Goldsmith, President, Tendo
John Viglione, CEO, quantumreg.tech
Kate Shields, Chief Customer Officer, Vertex
Mark McGuriman, Director, CBIZ, Inc.
Michael Bachman, Global Architect & Principal Technologist, Boomi
Ned Moore, CEO, Clutch Holdings, LLC
Rick Nucci, CEO, Guru
Stefan Neubig, Vice President, Chief Customer Officer, SAP
Suchit Bachalli, CEO, Unilog
Tim Filewicz, Vice President, Lockton Companies, LLC
Tom Schwenger, President & COO, Veeva Systems