2025 Delegates

  • Dr. Sherif Abdelhamid
    Assistant Professor; Co-Founder
    VMI; NetSense LLC
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  • Joe Benevento
    President & CEO
    Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
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  • Julie Brown
    Vice President Advanced Learning
    Institute for Advanced Learning and Research
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  • Jim Cheng
    Co-Founder & Co-Chair
    CAV Angels
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  • Rasheeda Creighton
    Executive Director
    The JWC Foundation
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  • Kevin Eisenfrats
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Contraline
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  • Omar Garriott
    Executive Director
    Batten Institute
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  • Zack Golden
    State Director
    Senator Warner
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  • Ernisha Hall
    President & CEO
    Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce
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  • Nikki Hastings
    Co-Founder, Executive Director
    CvilleBioHub
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  • Sarah Hayes
    Director of Innovation and Workforce Development, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
    Virginia Tech University
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  • John Heeley
    Director of Business Development and Innovation
    Owens & Minor
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  • Graham Henshaw
    Assistant Provost for Entrepreneurship
    William & Mary College
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  • Debbie Irwin
    Managing Director
    Lighthouse Labs
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  • Christine Mahoney
    Professor of Public Policy, Chief Innovation Officer
    University of Virginia
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  • Lori McMahon
    Vice President for Research
    University of Virginia
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  • Paul Nolde
    Managing Director
    757 Collab
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  • Will Payne
    Managing Partner
    Coalfield Strategies, LLC
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  • Evan Scott
    Professor & Director of nanoSTAR; Founder
    UVA; SNC Therapeutics
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  • Adam Sledd
    Executive Director
    Dominion Energy Innovation Center
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  • Paula Sorrell
    Associate Vice President of Innovation and Economic Development
    George Mason University
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  • My Lan Tran
    Executive Director
    Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce
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  • Garret Westlake
    Associate Vice Provost in Innovation, Executive Director
    VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation
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  • Charles Whitfield
    President
    Martinsville-Henry County Minority Business Consortium
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