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
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