The Community
Mentors
These 41 community leaders volunteered their time to guide Start It Up Georgia's mentor-led groups, meeting weekly with participants throughout the program.
Aaron Hurst
Endeavor Atlanta
AJ Piplica
Hermeus
Allison O'Kelly
Corps Team
Amelia Schaffner
Emory University
Andrew Bate
Safely
Arjuna Chala
HPCC Systems
Arthur Stepanyan
Georgia State University
Ashish Thakur
Atlanta CEO Council
A.T. Gimbel
Atlanta Ventures
Bradley Kirkland
Stone Soup Tech Solutions
Chuck Sparrow
Jabian Consulting
Cory Hewett
Gimme Vending Inc.
Denise Foss
General Assembly
Hoss Sooudi
Terminus Capital Holdings
Jacey Lucus
Atlanta Ventures
Jacqui Chew
Avertium
Jay Shaffer
Atlanta Technology Angels
Jerimiah Lancaster
Winning by Design
Jon Birdsong
Atlanta Ventures
Jon Hutson
Brand Culture Company
Josie Marshburn
Sales Enablement Benchmark
Karlee Goodwin
FoundersForge
Kylan Kester
Startup Atlanta
Lara Hodgson
NOW Corp
Lauren Kane
VC Worthy Business
Lavonya Jones
HBCUvc
Lindsay Trinkle
Makeswift
Marguerite Pressley Davis
Own Firm
Melissa Davis
Elev8 Hire Solutions
Michael Cohn
Overline VC
Michael Lan
Jabian Consulting
Musaddeq "MK" Khan
Georgia State University
Natalie Cheney
MemberSuite
Patrick Taylor
TechOperators Venture Capital
Russell Gottschalk
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta
Sara Saxner
Three Five Two
Scott Hilton
Georgians First Commission
Sean O'Brien
Overline VC
Shila Burney
Zane Venture Fund
Susanne Duke
MARNI & Co
Trey Taylor
Trinity-Blue Ventures
Zahir Ladhani
Velocity Strategic Consulting
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