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.

Enterprise_Awards_Advisory_Board

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

Adam Dakin, Partner, DreamIT Ventures

Anthony Green, VP, Chief Scientific Officer, Ben Franklin Technology Partners SEP

Alan Golombek, Principle, HealthTech Horizons

Aron Starosta, Vice President, Commercialization and New Ventures, University City Science Center, Digital Health Accelerator

Benjamin Novak, Venture Capital Lawyer, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

Bracha Rosenstein, Managing Director, Accenture

Brian Litt, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

Brian McCabe, Senior Director, Technology Finance, BridgeBank

Carey Kulp, Senior Attorney, Volpe Koenig

Casandra Mann, Vice President of Operations, Precision Systems, Inc.

Chris Betz, CTO, United Effects LLC

David DeMuth, Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director, CFO Consulting Partners LLC

David Kramer, President, Domain Technology Group, Inc.

Elizabeth Hodgson, Associate, Fox Rothschild LLP

Elizabeth Sigety, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Erin Duffy, Partner, Duane Morris LLP

Evan Travis, SVP- Venture Banking, Live Oak Bank

Gina Wagner, Chief People Officer, Quil Health

Holly Clarke, COO, Astarte Medical

John Pennett, Partner, EisnerAmper, LLP

Josh Strober, Partner, Blank Rome LLP

Katie Wenger, Associate, CBRE, Inc.

Karen Johnston, Partner, Wipfli LLP

Katie Reuther, Executive Director, Penn Health-Tech

Katie Logan, HealthShare Exchange

Kevin Brophy, Life Sciences Industry Principal, SAP

Kevin Morrissey, Director of Business Development, Eversana

Laurie Actman, COO, Penn Center for Innovation, University of Pennsylvania

Mark Hughey, Principal Consultant, Arcweb Technologies

Michael Burton, VP, Value Engineering, Tendo

Michael Vennera, EVP, Chief Strategy, Corporate Development & Information Officer, Independence Blue Cross

Mihir Jhaveri, Managing Director, Risk & ESG Advisory Practice Leader, Centri Business Consulting, LLC

Mike Ravenscroft, Startup Success Manage, DreamIT Ventures

Robert Pugliese, Director, Innovation Design, Thomas Jefferson University

Ryan Brown, Associate, Duane Morris LLP

Ryan Carrozza, Senior Manager, Assurance, EY (Ernst & Young)

Samantha Yanczak, VP, Project Recruiting, Juno Search Partners

Sean Dowling, Partner, Osage Partners

Steve Owens, CTO & COO, Quantitative Radiology Solutions

Sushma Akunuru, SVP, Business Technology Services, Independence Blue Cross

Todd McQueston, Director of Business Development, Thesus Health

Todd Norton, Senior Attorney, Volpe Koenig

Todd Pietri, Managing Partner, Active Venture Partners, Milestone Partners

Tom Dwyer, Partner, Troutman Pepper

Tracey Welson-Rossman, Chief Marketing Officer, Chariot Solutions, Journal My Health

Vadim Cherkasov, McCarter & English

Vijay Verma, ACIO & AVP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Virginia Njagi, Vice President Engineering, Trice Medical, Inc.

Audrey Greenberg, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Center for Breakthrough Medicines

Brian McVeigh, CEO, Code Biotherapeutics

Cindi Blackburn, Director, Digital Health, CSL Behring

Heather Steinman, VP, Business Development, The Wistar Institute

Joan Lau, CEO, Spirovant Sciences, Inc

Laurie Actman, COO, Penn Center for Innovation, University of Pennsylvania

Lori Gavrin, CBSO, NeuExcell Therapeutics

Matthew Gantz, CEO Castle Creek Biosciences

Pierantonio Russo, CMO, Eversana

Steven Kelly, President & CEO, Carisma Therapeutics

Tom Anderson, CEO, Director, SwanBio Therapeutics

Adam Salamon, CEO & Founder, Pression LLC

Adam Dakin, Partner, DreamIT Ventures

Alan Golombek, Principle, HealthTech Horizons

Allison Morrissey, McCarter & English

Anna Koulas, Vice President, Drexel University

Buyan Thyagarajan, Director, Eigen X, LLC

Carol Burns, CEO & President, Co-Founder, Cagent Vascular, LLC

David Yonce, CEO, Cogwear

Ed Chan, Principal, 1315 Capital

Erica Valente, Senior Manager, Baker Tilly

Godfrey Nazareth, President & CEO, X-Biomedical

Jay Coogan, Partner, M&A, Ballard Spahr LLP

Jay Halt, Shareholder, Volpe Koenig

Jeff Bowley, Managing Director, Technology, Centri Business Consulting, LLC

Jeff O’Donnell Jr., General Partner, Runway Healthcare, LP

Joe Camaratta, President and CEO, Quantitative Radiology Solutions

John Pennett, Partner, EisnerAmper, LLP

Joseph Rafferty Sr., CEO, VESTECK

Katie Reuther, Executive Director, Penn Health-Tech

Katie Wenger, Associate, CBRE, Inc.

Laurie Actman, COO, Penn Center for Innovation, University of Pennsylvania

Lise Halpern, President & CEO, InnoVision Medical Technologies

Mark Foster, CEO, Trice Medical, Inc.

Matthew Maltese, Co-Founder, X-Biomedical

Michael Harrington, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Paul Magers, VP Sales, ECRI Institute

Phil Charron, Executive Vice President, Think Company

Robert Pugliese, Director, Innovation Design, Thomas Jefferson University

Ryan Carrozza, Senior Manager, Assurance, EY (Ernst & Young)

Samantha Yanczak, VP, Project Recruiting, Juno Search Partners

Sarah Sachinis, Chief Sales Officer, Trice Medical, Inc.

Scott Fraser, Founding Partner, FG Partners, Fraser Healthcare

Sri Sriadibhatla, Manager, Tech Commercialization Group, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA

Steve Kemler, Director, Life Sciences Senior Analyst, RSM

Thomas Olenzak, Managing Director, Cigna Ventures

Todd McQueston, Director of Business Development, Thesus Health

Tony Green, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA

Troy Wilford, Assistant Vice Provost for Entrepreneurial Development, Drexel University

Virginia Njagi, Vice President Engineering, Trice Medical, Inc.

Allan Frank, CEO, Think New Visions

Allison Carey, Chief Strategy Officer, Global Private Baking & Wealth Management, SEI

Ben Thrift, VP, Engineering, Greenphire

Chris Nichol, EVP, Research & Development, iPipeline, Inc.

Jad Abou-Maarouf, Chief Data Officer, Fulton Bank

Janet Harrison, Division Director – Information Systems, Ametek, Inc.

Jennifer Kurtz, CTO, Infinite Blue

Matthew Sullivan, SVP, Mindcracker Inc

Robert Taylor, CTO, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

Russ Starke, CEO, Think Company

Sassan Hejazi, Director, Technology Solutions, Kreischer Miller

Srinath Chigullapalli,. Head of Identity and Access Management, Vanguard

Stefan Neubig, Vice President, Chief Customer Officer, SAP

Tom Rivera, Director, Information Technology, Vertex

Hannah Forstner, Vice President, Fairmount Partners

Jessica Kinman, Principal Technologist, Boomi

Liz Campana, Vice President, AB Bernstein, Bernstein Private Wealth Management

Matthew Reber, Partner, 1315 Capital

Sima Singadia Kulkarni, Special Counsel, Duane Morris LLP

Audrey Greenberg, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Center for Breakthrough Medicines

Cindi Blackburn, Director, Digital Health, CSL Behring

Bill Hunter, SVP, Sales, iPipeline, Inc.

Anna Koulas, Vice President, Drexel University

Charles Durkin, Chief Executive Officer, PrivaKey

Christopher Johnson, Senior Strategist, Vanguard

David McLaughlin, Chief Executive Officer, QuantaVerse, AMLRightSource

Dax Hill, Senior Innovation Manager, Vanguard

Douglas Kingston, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

Elizabeth Orsinger, SVP – Technology, Venture Banking, Pacific Western Bank

Eric Segal, Managing Director, CFO Consulting Partners LLC

Evan Travis, SVP- Venture Banking, Live Oak Bank

Gretchen Roede, Chief Executive Officer & President, Broadpath, Inc.

Jad Abou-Maarouf, Chief Data Officer, Fulton Bank

James Murphy, CEO, Greenphire

Jay Coogan, Partner, M&A, Ballard Spahr LLP

Jessica Gallagher, SEI

Jim Gunton, Managing Partner & Founder, Tech Council Ventures II LP

Joe Paddock, VP, Sales, iPipeline, Inc.

Joseph Gushue, Shareholder, Volpe Koenig

Katie Wenger, Associate, CBRE, Inc.

Kurt Simmons, Partner, WithumSmith+Brown, PC

Mark deGrandpre, Investment Director, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA

Michael Gadsby, Co-Founder/Chief Innovation Officer, O3 World

Michelle Lowry, TD Bank Professor of Finance LeBow College, Drexel University

Mike Andrusko, Managing Director, Digital Assets Practice Leader, Centri Business Consulting, LLC

Nigel Rughani, VP Corporate Development, Vertex

Omar Mencin, Managing Director, IT Investment Group, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA

Phil Schmoyer, Senior Manager, Baker Tilly

Rick Craft, CEO, Wealth Advisory Group

Roger Yomba Ngue, Founder & CEO, Dhaxle, Inc.

Russ Kliman, Global Leader, SEI Ventures, SEI

Ryan Corcoran, Business Development Manager, EisnerAmper, LLP

Skip Massengill, CEO, TracDiem

Srinath Chigullapalli, Head of Identity and Access Management, Vanguard

Terrence Kerwin, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Terry Ammons, Partner, Wipfli LLP

Tim Kowalski, President & CEO, Board Director, FinPay

Todd Norton, Senior Attorney, Volpe Koenig

Tolu Oleru, Vice President, Pacific Western Bank

Travis Pierce, Investment Management Fintech Strategies, Vanguard

Warren Pennington, Vanguard

Anna Koulas, Vice President, Drexel University

Bob Lucci, President and Chief Revenue Officer, ORS Partners, LLC

Bruce Marable, CEO, Employee Cycle

Bruce McMahon, COO, Think Company

Buyan Thyagarajan, Director, Eigen X, LLC

Camille Colvin, Practice Lead, Executive Search, ORS Partners, LLC

Carly Gardner, Social and Community Manager, Juno Search Partners

Ed Epstein, Vice President, Staffing Solutions, Be Group

Emily Foote, Principal, Osage Venture Partners

Greg Grimm, VP, Benefits, Exude, Inc

Haniyyah Sharpe-Brown, Philadelphia Market Development Lead  , Accenture

Jay Aigner, Founder, JDAQA

Jess Podgajny, CEO, LLUNA

Joseph Mohr, Director, Enterprise Direct Sales, Comcast Business Services

Katie Perry, Project Manager, The O’Connor Group

Katie Wenger, Associate, CBRE, Inc.

Keith Cook, Chief Marketing Officer, SkillSurvey

Lisa Sydney, Philadelphia Campus Director, Tech Elevator

Lori Mighton, Head of Enterprise Advice Platform Operations, Vanguard

Lori Reiner, Chief People Officer, EisnerAmper, LLP

Michael Warech, Managing Director, Human Resources Advisory Practice, Centri Business Consulting, LLC

Pam Hernandez, Training Specialist, SEI

Ryan Onushco , Senior Manager, Baker Tilly

Shaunak Roy, CEO, Yellowdig

Suzanne Cruit, Director, Corporate & Community Relations, Penn State Great Valley

Sylvester Mobley, Founder & CEO, Coded by Kids

Vicki Sack, Partner, Juno Search Partners

Dax Hill, Senior Innovation Manager , Vanguard

Greg Doran, Operating Partner, Thoma Bravo, Frontline Education

Tom Schwenger, President & COO, Veeva Systems

Bernie Wojcik, VP-Finance, Planalytics, Inc.

Allen Born, Director, Internet & Cloud Investment Banking, Fairmount Partners

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

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