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TechSTL Leadership Team

EMILY HEMINGWAY

Founding Executive Director

OMAR PERKINS

Director of AI & Black Tech Chair

JOHN CHEN

Director of Small Business Innovation & Foodtech Chair

RHONNA NOVY

Director of Tech Talent & Cybersecurity Chair

VIKRAM LAKHWARA

Director of Velocity & Startup World Cup

DAVID WEAVER

Director of AngelLAB & TechSTL Attorney

PAUL HEIRENDT

Co-Director of Mentoring, Founder Track

GAGE MCCALLISTER

Grow with Google Partner, QueerTech Chair

Technology Team

ERIK LUTENEGGER

Web & Digital Infrastructure Lead

DEANNA JANNUZZI

Digital Product Design Lead

Board of Directors

BRIAN MATTHEWS (President)

General Partner, Cultivation Capital

DANTE CANNAROZZI (Treasurer)

Chief Technology Officer, Invisibly

DEVON MOODY (Secretary)

Chief Executive Officer, The 89th Collective

SIMON BAILEY

Chief Executive Officer, T-Kartor

WENDELL COVINGTON

Founding Executive Director, VP Community Impact Foundation

PHYLLIS ELLISON

Vice President – Industry Cluster Initiatives, Greater St. Louis, Inc.

KEVIN GROSSNICKLAUS

Chief Executive Officer, Architect Now

JOHN KREWSON

Chief Executive Officer, Sketch Development Services

ALLISON MCCUTCHEON BARCZ

Chief Strategy & People Officer, Largely

ASHLEY PYLE

Chief Experience Officer, GadellNet

JOHN SIMANOWITZ

Chief Executive Officer, Integrity

KRISTIN TUCKER

Chief Executive Officer, TDK Technologies

2022 Advisory Team

  • Alison Niermann, CEO of Tilley Workforce Solutions
  • Tony Furhmann, Director, Madison County Employment & Training Department
  • Eduardo Platon, Executive Director of Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • Stacey Fowler, Director of Strategic Workforce and Business Inclusion, St. Louis Development Corporation
  • John Unger, Vice President of Data Services at Alliance Advisors, LLC
  • Kieran Blanks, Chief Growth Officer at OHUB
  • Dan Lauer, Founding Executive Director of UMSL Accelerate
  • Dana Lorberg, Executive Vice President of Mastercard
  • Lori Becker, COO, Starkloff Disability Institute
  • Mary Gay, Connected Communities Broadband Fellow, Leadership Council SWIL
  • Michael Gallagher, Senior Strategic Advisor at World Wide Technologies
  • Michael Holmes, Regional Vice President of Economic Development, Workforce Development and Strategic Partnerships Urban League
  • John Parker, Senior Director of Corporate Communications, Public Relations & Human Resources, Evolution St Louis
  • Jeff Coburn, Co-inventor and Chief Strategy Officer, Total Orbit
  • Tori Gonzalez, Adjunct Professor at Washington University

2022 Digital Infrastructure Team

  • Erik Lutenegger, CEO, Tenacity
  • Dave Costenaro, Crypto Economist, Protocol Labs
  • Michael Lamb, CEO, nativeMSG
  • Jomo Castro, Regional Director, External Affairs, State Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, AT&T
  • Brian Duffner, Solutions Engineering, Bluebird Network

2022 Founder Friendly Committee

  • Chris Cardinal, COO, Amptify
  • Devon Moody-Graham, CEO, CEO Mom Empire
  • Edwin Williams, CEO, Zenhammer
  • Ken Mocabee, Senior Strategist, Alliance Systems
  • Michael Margraf, CEO, Total Orbit
  • Ryan Richt, CEO, Well Principled
  • Tara Kraus, CEO, Breakwell
  • Marvin Francois, CEO, oneKIN

2022 Tech Talent Committee

  • Darren Jackson, Founder, Equity Studios
  • Koran Bolden, Founder, Bold Moves Agency
  • Rory Beelek, Director of Grants, and Institutional Development, St. Louis Community College
  • Brooke James, SummerSalt
  • Ebony Williams, Associate Director of Technology Development Program (TDP), AT&T
  • Kate Polokonis, Executive Director, STEMSTL

2022 Steering Committee

  • Andy Dearing, President, Spatial STL Advisors
  • Anjie Sanford, Manager, BioGenerator
  • Aurora Bihler, Coordinator, Building Upon Diversity
  • Benjamin Johnson, Vice President of Programs, BioSTL
  • Chris Cardinal, President & COO, Amptify
  • Christian Johnson, CEO, Respond AI
  • Courtney Corman, County Data Officer, St Louis County Government
  • Courtney Breckenridge, Specialist of Alternative Credentials and Grants Development, Southern Illionois University Edwardsville
  • Cyril Loum, Assistant Director of Venture Development, Skandalaris Center at Washington University
  • Daniel Schaub, CEO, SF Advisors
  • Danish Nagda, Founder & CEO, Rezilient Health
  • Darcella Craven, President & Chief Fear Conqueror, VetBiz
  • Darren Jackson, Founder, Equity Studios
  • Dave Costenaro, Chief Data Officer, Capacity
  • David Reddick, Executive Director, Gateway Higher Education Cybersecurity Consortium (GHECC)
  • Deann Donohue, Vice President of Technology Hub, Mastercard
  • Don Harvey, CEO, Harvin AR
  • Edwin Williams, CEO, ZenHammer
  • Eric Moraczewski, CEO, NMBL Strategies
  • Frank Hopper, Managing Director, Capital Innovators
  • George Holmes, CEO, Hire Henry
  • Greg Laposa, Director of Workforce Development, St Louis County
  • Hayley Johnston, Community Manager, Spark Coworking St Louis
  • II Luscri, Assistant Vice Provost/Managing Director, Skandalaris Center at Washington University
  • Jack Scatizzi, Executive Director, Missouri Technology Corporation
  • Jack Bader, Chairman, 1904Labs Inc.
  • Jason Hall, Chief Executive Officer, Greater St Louis, Inc.
  • Jeffrey Mazur, Executive Director, The LaunchCode Foundation
  • Jerod Williams, Leasing Manager, WeWork
  • Jessica Maurer, Director of External Partnerships, Rung for Women
  • Jimmy Cornbleet, Founder, Network for You
  • Jomo Castro, Regional Director of External Affairs, AT&T
  • Joseph Blanner, Partner, McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer, LC
  • Justin Raymundo, Manager of Regional Workforce Strategy, BioSTL
  • Kara Corches, Vice President Governmental Affairs, Missouri Chamber of Commerce & Missouri Technology Alliance
  • Karla Roeber, Vice President Public and Government Affairs, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
  • Kevin Wilson, Executive Director, Small Business Empowerment Center
  • Kieran Blanks, Chief Growth Officer, OHUB
  • Kimberly Erskine, Workforce Development Strategic Partnership Manager, Ameren
  • Koran Bolden, CEO, Bold Moves Agency
  • Kyle Anderson, Executive Director, Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois
  • LaKricia Cox, Director of Programs, The Little Bit Foundation
  • Laura Burkemper, CEO, The Catalyst Center
  • Lewis Sheats, Director, Chaifetz Center of Entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University
  • Linda Harris, Vice President of Impact Strategies and Systems, United Way of Greater St Louis
  • Lindsey Forsythe, Director of Employee Relations, STL Youth Jobs
  • Lori Becker, COO, Starkloff Disability Institute
  • Mary Brice, Board Member, St Louis Arch Angels
  • Mary Gay, Connected Communities Broadband Fellow, Leadership Council SWIL
  • Matt Menietti, Executive Director, Conflux Co-Learning
  • Melissa Grizzle, Director of Entrepreneurship, ITEN
  • Michael Margraf, CEO, Total Orbit, Inc
  • Natalie Self, SVP Equitable Economic Impact, Cortex Innovation Community
  • Neal Richardson, Executive Director, St Louis Development Corporation
  • Nicole Mathern, Community Partners, K-Careers, Inc
  • Olakunle Ayeni, President & Founder, Claim Academy
  • Patty Hagen, Executive Director, T-REX
  • Paul Sorenson, Director, St Louis Regional Data Alliance
  • Peter Davidson, CEO, P. Davidson & Company
  • Phyllis Ellison, Vice President of Partnerships, Cortex Innovation Community
  • Pravina Pindoria, Co-Founder, Tallyfy
  • Quentin Ortega, Executive Director, ITEN
  • Richard Schumacher, Manager of Tech Initiatives, St Louis Community College
  • Rikki Henry, Program Manager, Center for Emerging Technologies
  • Robert (Bob) Guller, Founder & Board Member, Arch Grants
  • Rory Beelek, Director of Grants, and Institutional Development,  St Louis Community College
  • Ryan Richt, CEO, Well Principled
  • Scott Chadwick, Chief of Corporate Partnership Acquisitions, Maryville University
  • Simon Huang, Chief Technology Officer, City of St Louis
  • Stacey Fowler, Director of Strategic Workforce and Business Inclusion, St Louis Development Corporation
  • Stefani Weeden-Smith, Director, St Louis Anchor Action Network
  • Stephanie Regagnon, Executive Director Innovation Partnerships, Danforth Plant Science Center
  • Steve Bryant, Career Pathways Manager, MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
  • Tara Kraus, Founder, BreakWell
  • Thad Simons, President, The Yield Lab Institute
  • Thomas Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum
  • Tina Haberberger, Coordinator of Talent Development and Skilled Workforce, Regional Business Council
  • Tony Furhmann, Director, Madison County Employment & Training Department
  • Wendell Covington, Executive Director, NPower Missouri
  • Weston White, Project Management & Marketing Communications Coordinator, Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois
  • Will Werner, Director, UMSL

Meet Our Founding Members