CORNELL UNIVERSITY - Key Persons


Aaron Proujansky

Job Titles:
  • Investor / Greengage, LLC

Amina Omari

Job Titles:
  • Director

Anne Greven

Job Titles:
  • Global Head of Food and Agribusiness Innovation and the FoodBytes! Platform / Rabobank

Beth Mielbrecht - VP

Job Titles:
  • Senior Engineer
  • Vice President

Brad Gouldthorpe

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur - in - Residence

Charlie Mulligan - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Dave Eilers

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur - in - Residence

Donna Howell

Job Titles:
  • Director of Industry Outreach / Cornell Center for Materials Research

Drury Mackenzie

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies

Eric Mozdy

Job Titles:
  • Innovation Execution Director / Corning Research and Development Corporation

Felix Litvinsky

Job Titles:
  • Director of Blackstone LaunchPad

Heather Sandford

Job Titles:
  • Owner

High Strain

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Holly Hillberg - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Jenn Smith

Jenn Smith leads food and ag startup programs for Cornell's Center for Regional Economic Advancement, including the Grow-NY program, an annual $3M competition for innovative, early stage, high growth potential businesses working anywhere in the agrifood system. Through CREA she co-directs an ag tech hardware accelerator and runs a Dairy Product Innovation initiative and activities supporting the cultivation of Upstate New York's regional agrifood ecosystem. In her role she draws on her background in entrepreneurship in the food and farming space and subject matter expertise in craft beverage market development, gained while the Executive Director of the New York Cider Association and the New York State Distillers Guild. In addition to leading NYCA and NYSDG, Jenn has helped entrepreneurs throughout the Northeast launch value-added products, agritourism ventures and hospitality businesses.

Jennifer Tegan

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director / New York Ventures

John Caltabiano

Job Titles:
  • EVP, Innovation Leader

John Liddy

Job Titles:
  • Principal / Liddy Enterprises Inc

John Ng

Job Titles:
  • President and Founder / Hudson

Kaari Stannard - President

Job Titles:
  • Owner
  • President

Laura Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Student Entrepreneur in Residence / Binghamton University

Mary Shelman - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder

Nate Cook

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur - in - Residence and Independent Attorney at Law

Rich Delmerico

Job Titles:
  • President / RD & Associates Consulting

Roland Scott

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Samantha Abrams - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder

Sarah A. Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Program Associate for Cornell University 's Grow
Sarah A. Meyer is a Program Associate for Cornell University's Grow-NY program. She leverages her familiarity with food, agriculture, and community innovation to provide administrative and management support to the Grow-NY Food & Agriculture Competition. Experiences gained in her most recent roles as Project Manager of the Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech and Director of Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park are an asset to Grow-NY and its continued dedication to strengthening New York's viable food system.

Sharon Samjitsingh

Job Titles:
  • Director of Commercialization

Sheila A. Marshman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Agricultural Business

SUNY Morrisville

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Xanthe Matychak

Job Titles:
  • Director of Tech Extension