Pathway to Silicon Valley Speakers & Mentors
Join the next cohort on December 1st-4th 2025
Previous Speakers & Mentors
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Vrinda Agarwal
Investor @ Penny Jar Capital
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Eliza Dragomir
Investor @ JetBlue Ventures
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Donna Griffit
Corporate Storyteller and Pitch Alchemist
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Jwo Sarina
Associate Attorney @ Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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Ray Kruck
Founder & Director @ Pointgrey Partners
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Jennifer Nieva
Previous Director of Product Innovation, Netflix
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Farouk Ladha
Managing Partner at Four Rivers Group
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Natasha Allen
Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP
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Dia Bondi
Author & Leadership Communications Coach @ Dia Bondi Communications
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Ameena El-Bibany
Investor
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Nina Lualdi
Business Transformation and Start-up Incubation and Acceleration Consultant
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Loewen Cavill
Founder of Amira
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Shelly Morales
Founder, Fractional Chief People Officer, Advisor at MoralesHR
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Gloria Maceiko
CEO & Founder at Silicon Valley Advantage
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Shelley Force Aldred
CEO & Co-founder at Rondo Therapeutics LinkedIn
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Gwen Edwards
Board Member, Advisor, Investor
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Kandice Cota
VC | Founder | Product Innovator for Macy’s, PayPal, CBS, Samsung, Shiseido, Target
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Heather Jerrehian
VP, Product Management, Employee Workflows at ServiceNow
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Wendy McCall
Director, Microsoft Global Partner Leader
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Jessica Leitch
VP, General Manager, Head of Service Design at frog
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Alex Marquez
Founder, Global Managing Director @ Experian Ventures
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Caroline Sawamoto
Principal and Co-Founder @ irlabs
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Faz Bashi
Portfolia’s Femtech Funds, Life Science Angels, Angel Capital Association
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Nancy Hayes
Angel Investor, Advisor
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Deborah Kattler Kupetz
Category Designer, Investor, Advisor
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Peter Goldie
Category Designer, Investor, Advisor
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Tannis Baldock
Principal Consultant, Baldock Communications
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Vicki Knott
CEO & Co-Founder @ Crux OCM
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Sepideh Mousakhani
Partner | Cooley LLP
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Kane Hsieh
General Partner at Root Ventures
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Michelle Killoran
Former Principal at OMERS Ventures
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Gretchen Salyer
Founder, CEO at The June Care Company
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Serena Ziskroit
Fractional CPO @ Mighty One Holding
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Josh Withers
Co-Founder of True & host of the True Builders Podcast
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Sara Riedl
Founder @ Pathways People Consulting
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Francisca Gilmore
Investment + Platform at f7 Ventures
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Mona Sabet
Corporate Strategy, Investor, Board Member
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Stasia Obremskey
Managing Director at RH Capital
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Rochael Adranly
Angel Investor, Adranly Ventures
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Amy K Musson
Executive Growth Coach | The Growth Moment Podcast
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Nancy Hayes
Angel Investor l Advisor to Women Entrepreneurs | Executive Coach
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Sajal Sahay
Chief Marketing Officer @ Chief Outsiders
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Jen Apy
Chief Marketing Officer @ Chief Outsiders
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Anne-Flore Goldsberry
Chief Marketing Officer at Chief Outsiders
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Julie Castro Abrams
Managing Partner @ How Women Invest & CEO @ How Women Lead
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Collen A. Blake
Chief People Officer @ Dremio
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Coco Brown
Chief Corporate Strategy Officer @ UserTesting
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Didi Dayton
Head of Platform & Community @ True Search
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Luanne Tierney
Board Director, Chief Marketing Officer @ Misson
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Steve McElfresh
Founder @ HR Futures
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Sara Ledterman
Sustainability Investing | Women in Blockchain | Venture Capital | Founder Advocate
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Neal Dempsey
Managing GP @ Bay Partners
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Landon Steele
Partner @ Hawkwood Biotech Partners
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Cassie Chao Leemans
Director, Talent at Craft Ventures
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Ann Torres
SF Managing Director, SVP of Engineering at Synapse