The following letter is written by private-sector company executives, startup founders, chamber of commerce presidents, and venture capitalists in support of sustained funding for the National Science Foundation's (NSF), a cornerstone of U.S. competitiveness.
Since the letter's initial draft in September of 2025, an increasing number of business leaders have added their signatures in endorsement.
Find an earlier version of the FY26 Founders-Business NSF Letter from September 23, 2025.
Dear Chairman Cole, Chairwoman Collins, Ranking Member DeLauro, and Vice Chairwoman Murray,
As founders of private sector companies and startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business leaders, we write to urge Congress to sustain funding for the National Science Foundation as a cornerstone of U.S. competitiveness. The agency’s investments are vital for maintaining American scientific leadership – and in many instances have proven critical for our own success as innovators, investors, and job creators.
Public investment in basic science has been key to our nation’s success since World War II: It has helped drive business productivity, enabled the creation of a highly skilled workforce, and yielded immense economic growth. In the American system of innovation, federal funding connects universities and businesses and allows ideas and talent to flow freely between the two. University-industry partnerships have benefited all Americans, and few entities have forged more successful linkages than the NSF.
For example, NSF investments in neural networks and cognitive science helped drive the development of modern-day AI. The NSF seeded the internet by investing in its own precursor, NSFNET, which built on the Department of Defense’s “ARPANET,” and by investing in research into digital networks and information; it also funded the graduate students who went on to found Google. And the NSF played an important role in the development of additive manufacturing through its investments in foundational research into materials science, mechanical engineering, and computational workflows. The sectors built around NSF-supported fields have added trillions of dollars to the U.S. economy, reflecting massive returns on federal investment.
As it happens, the areas of science and engineering in which the NSF has most excelled are exactly those domains in which China is now ascendant, thanks to its own long-term investments. China is now a clear technological rival in fields as diverse as robotics, materials, quantum communications, AI, and many others.
Though its mission continues to focus on basic science, the NSF does not operate in a vacuum. It proactively seeks to engage with industry through initiatives such as the Regional Innovation Engines program and the Engineering Research Centers, which have yielded hundreds of spinoff companies, supported students, and added more than $50 billion in economic value. Other programs like Small Business Innovation Research/ Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) have boosted scientific and commercial outcomes achieved by entrepreneurial firms while seeding industry players like Qualcomm and Symantec (now Gen Digital).
Lastly, the NSF is also important for its role in developing a skilled workforce. NSF research and educational awards provide substantial support for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers. The skills they develop while working on NSF-funded projects make them attractive hires and productive employees at the most innovative businesses and start-up companies.
If the United States wishes to sustain its ability to compete globally while continuing to reap the rewards proffered by innovation in the long run, it needs a strong and thriving NSF. We, as founders of private sector companies and startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business leaders, urge you to ensure NSF’s funding is sustained in FY26.
Sincerely,
The individuals listed here are signing as individuals, not as formal representatives of their respective companies or organizations. Affiliations are included for identification purposes only.
Alabama
Michael Knotts, COO/Founder, Generational Systems (Gene-Sys) (AL)
Yuan Tian, Chief Technology Officer, VivoSphere LLC (AL)
Arizona
John LaLonde, COO, Abstrax, Inc. (AZ)
Mary Ann Przybylski, President/CEO, Apache Junction Area Chamber of Commerce (AZ)
Grace Appelbe, Director, Policy & Government Affairs, Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry (AZ)
Steven G. Zylstra, President & CEO, Arizona Technology Council (AZ)
Karla Bernal Morales, Vice President, Southern AZ, Arizona Technology Council (AZ)
John R. Selby, Managing Partner, AZ-VC (AZ)
Daniel Post, CEO, Banner University Medicine Division Phoenix (AZ)
Alison Flynn Gaffney, FACHE, CEO, Banner University Medicine Tucson (AZ)
Terri Kimble, President/CEO, Chandler Chamber of Commerce (AZ)
Lori Foster, President & CEO, Downtown Tempe Authority (AZ)
Todd Sanders, President & CEO, Greater Phoenix Chamber (AZ)
Thomas Maynard, CEO, Interim, Greater Phoenix Economic Council (AZ)
Neil Giuliano, President & CEO, Greater Phoenix Leadership (AZ)
Jonathan Cohen, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Idealab Arizona (AZ)
Sally Harrison, President & CEO, Mesa Chamber of Commerce (AZ)
Chris Erickson, Partner, Pangaea Ventures (AZ)
Rob Elias, President/CEO, Southern Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (AZ)
Ted Maxwell, President & CEO, Southern Arizona Leadership Council (AZ)
Robin Arredondo-Savage, President/CEO, Tempe Chamber of Commerce (AZ)
Andy Lombard, CEO, TESORO VC (AZ)
Michael Guymon, Chief Advocacy Officer, The Chamber of Southern Arizona (AZ)
California
Shawnnah Monterrey, CEO, BeanStock Ventures (CA)
Laure, Clark, Biocom California (CA)
Todd Sulchek, CSO and Co-Founder, CellFE (CA)
Steve Harrill, CEO, Chiller Services Refrigerants Recovery and Reclamation (CA)
Guillermo Gutierrez, CEO & Co-Founder, Eco Mercantile Corporation (CA)
Harold Monbouuette, Founder, ElectroNucleics Inc (CA)
Harsha Bojja, Principal AI Platform Architect, Google (CA)
Alex Andrianopoulos, Chief R&D Officer, Kairos Ventures (CA)
Jameel Francis, CEO, Kore Technologies, LLC (CA)
Ashley Conboy, Director, Global Government Affairs, Lam Research Corporation (CA)
Maria Salinas, President & CEO, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce (CA)
Stephen Cheung, President & CEO, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) | World Trade Center Los Angeles (WTCLA) (CA)
David B Singer, Managing Partner, Maverick Ventures (CA)
Daniel Pettay, CTO, Co-founder, NodaFi, Inc. (CA)
Timothy O'Reilly, Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media (CA)
Kay Plantes, Founder/Principal, Plantes Company (CA)
Chris Nwakalo, Founder, PUSH R&D (CA)
Alfred Chuang, Founding & Managing Partner, Race Capital (CA)
Camille Gamboa, AVP, Corporate Communications, Sage (CA)
Doug Erickson, Executive Director, Santa Cruz Works, Inc. (CA)
David Palter, VP, Civic Impact, Silicon Valley Leadership Group (CA)
John Hennessy, Professor (Stanford) and Chair of the Board (Alphabet), Stanford/Alphabet (CA)
James Hanley, CEO, TeraFiber, LLC (CA)
Eric Johnson, Sr. VP of Capital Projects and Sustainability, The Wonderful Company (CA)
Eileen McCullough, CEO, Tiller Therapeutics, Inc. (CA)
Kelly Beck, CEO, Trench Therapeutics, Inc. (CA)
Stuart Waldman, President, Valley Industry and Commerce Association (CA)
Bob Kocher, Partner, Venrock (CA)
Racquel Bracken, Partner, Venrock (CA)
Siobhan Nolan Mangini, Partner, Venrock (CA)
Bryan Roberts, Partner, Venrock (CA)
Jenna Fernandes, Co-Founder, Venture University (CA)
Colorado
Poolad Imany, CEO, Icarus Quantum (CO)
Ian Dickinson, CEO, LongPath Technologies (CO)
Tyler Evans, Co-founder, CEO, Mana Battery, Inc. (CO)
Laura Kroeger, Executive Director, Mile High Flood District (CO)
Paul Nelson, Managing Partner, Saoradh Enterprise Partners (CO)
Connecticut
Adam Gilbert, Principal, AMG Consulting (CT)
Anuj Purohit, CEO, Atlantic Sea Solutions DBA Atlas (CT)
Stephen Bloch, General Partner, Canaan Partners (CT)
Perry Hoffmeister, Managing Partner, Colter Lewis Investment Partners (CT)
Paul Denslow, CEO, Intus Bio (CT)
Raymond Smets, President & CEO, Quantum Circuits, Inc. (CT)
Mowaffak Midani, Head of Solutions Architecture and Strategic Relations, Quantum Circuits, Inc. (CT)
Kathleen Silard, President & CEO, Stamford Health (CT)
Robert Williams, PhD, Co-founder, State 4 Therapeutics, Inc. (CT)
District of Columbia
Chinyere Hubbard, President & CEO, DC Chamber of Commerce (DC)
Josh Green, Former Chairman, National Venture Capital Association, Silicon Valley Advisor (DC)
Florida
Christopher Mussey, President, American Refrigerants (FL)
Piyush Jain, Co-founder, CasNx (FL)
Shannon Landin, Founder & CEO, Codecraft Works (FL)
Mona Patel, Fund Operations, DeepWork Capital (FL)
Andrew S. Duffell, President, Florida Atlantic Research and Development Authority (FL)
Jim Greenwood, President, Greenwood Consulting Group, Inc. (FL)
Jianping Huang, Startup Founder, Immunogenik (FL)
Shari Costantini, CEO, Kismet Technologies (FL)
Richard Douglas, Chairman and Director, Novavax, MaxCyte, Aldeyra Therapeutics (FL)
Pablo Casilimas, Managing Partner, OneSixOne Ventures (FL)
Evan J. M. Raketic, CEO, Rake Technologies (FL)
James Gibson, Investor & Entrepreneur, Space Dolphin Labs Inc (FL)
Scott Schroeder, Executive Director, startGNV (GAIN) (FL)
Timothy Cartwright, Chairman, Tamiami Angel Funds (FL)
Andreas Calabrese, General Partner, Tampa Bay Ventures (FL)
Christopher Somogyi, CEO, VitalPhase (FL)
Samuel Baker, CEO, WriggleBrew (FL)
Georgia
Andrei Fedorov, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Regents Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Board Member, Andson Biotech (GA)
Christine O'Brien, Chief Scientific Officer, Armor Medical Inc. (GA)
David Ku, President and CEO, Athena Devices, Inc (GA)
Baratunde Cola, CEO, Carbice (GA)
Rampi Ramprasad, Regents' Entrepreneur & Founder, Matmerize, Inc. (GA)
Dave Williams, Chief Policy Officer, Metro Atlanta Chamber (GA)
Mark Prausnitz, Founder, Micron Biomedical, Clearside Biomedical, Piezo Therapeutics, Alys Pharmaceuticals, and Serene Ophthalmic (GA)
Horace Nalle, Chief Executive Officer, Nutrivert Inc. (GA)
Santiago Grijalva, Chairman, ProsumerGrid, Inc. (GA)
Jared Kee, CEO, Turbine Logic (GA)
Lewis H. Motion, Founder and CEO, WEAV3D Inc. (GA)
Iowa
Barbra Solberg, Public Policy Strategist, Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance (IA)
Ryan Moon, Director of Government Relations & Public Policy, Greater Des Moines Partnership (IA)
Nancy Bird, President & CEO, Greater Iowa City, Inc. (IA)
Illinois
Jerome Wolf, Former Deputy Chief Credit Officer, ABN/AMRO North America, Inc. and LaSalle National Bank (IL)
Laura McGovern, PE, Chief Process and Innovation Officer, Benesch (IL)
Omer Inan, Chief Scientific Officer, Cardiosense (IL)
Johannes Pollanen, CSO, EeroQ Corp. (IL)
Jamie Fuhrman, Director, EY-Parthenon (IL)
Laura Schoppe, Chief Commercialization Officer, Fuentek: A TechPipeline Company (IL)
Lou Sandoval, President & CEO, Illinois Chamber of Commerce (IL)
Christy George, President & CEO, Illinois Economic Development Corporation (IL)
Mark Denzler, President & CEO, Illinois Manufacturers' Association (IL)
Kate Calabra, CEO, Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (IL)
Haven Allen, Chief Executive Officer, mHUB (IL)
Indiana
Wade Lange, Chief Commercial Officer, FiberX Inc. (IN)
Dan Fennell, Director - HPC/AI & Storage Sales, PIER Group (IN)
Chad Williams, President, PIER Group LLC (IN)
Kansas
Patrick Gouhin, CEO, Angel Capital Association (KS)
Jerome Ratzlaff, Architect, Clark & Enersen (KS)
Ted Kihm, Founder, Euphemystic Ventures (KS)
Mark B. Shiflett, Chief Science Officer, Icorium Engineering Company (KS)
Kalin Baca, CEO, Icorium Engineering Company (KS)
David Alburty, Chairman, InnovaPrep (KS)
Daniel Aires, CEO, Kanpecia (KS)
Christopher Crook, Executive Director, KanREN Inc. (KS)
Lindsey Slater, Vice President, Strategic Communications, KU Innovation Park (KS)
Kerri Johnson, Internal Operations Manager, KU Innovation Park (KS)
Richard Watkins, Founder, Net Zero C6, Inc. (KS)
Walid Maaty, Director of Manufacturing and Laboratory Operations, Phoreus Biotechnology (KS)
Amber Copeland, CEO, SoraCeuticals (KS)
Kearsti Conner, Co-Owner, Chief Operating Officer, SoraCeuticals, LLC (KS)
Connor Katz, Co-Founder, UpsideAtlas (KS)
Amber Rowland, CEO, VOISS LLC (KS)
Kentucky
Holly Payne, R&D Engineer, Midea (KY)
Louisiana
Susanna Lamers, CEO, BioInfoExperts LLC (LA)
Massachusetts
Kate Dineen, President & CEO, A Better City (MA)
Pavan Kota, CEO, Co-founder, Anvil Diagnostics Inc. (MA)
Brooke Thomson, President and CEO, Associated Industries of Massachusetts (MA)
Kirsten Hoffman, General Counsel, Beacon Capital Partners, LLC (MA)
Kord Jablonski, Executive Director, Boston Building Resources (MA)
Paul Bierden, President/CEO, Boston Micromachines Corporation (MA)
Deena A. Berton, CEO, Cambridge Computer Services, Inc. (MA)
Greg Reibman, President & CEO, Charles River Regional Chamber (MA)
Lily Volper, Associate Marketing Project Manager, Cicada (MA)
Michael Abdelmessih, Operations Manager, Ithaca Clean Energy (MA)
Beth O'Neill Maloney, Executive Director, Kendall Square Association (MA)
Olu Ibrahim, CEO, Kids in Tech (MA)
Kendalle Burlin O'Connell, CEO & President, MassBio (MA)
Tamara Small, CEO, NAIOP Massachusetts, The Commercial Real Estate Development Association (MA)
Jim Brett, President and CEO, New England Council (MA)
Sameer Bharadwaj, Chief Executive Officer, Orbia (MA)
Kevin Ohashi, Managing Partner, Pond Capital (MA)
Tom Klaff, CEO, Revolution Cooking, LLC (MA)
Matthew Stein, CEO, Salient Predictions, Inc. (MA)
Terrence Hayes, President, Siena Construction Corporation (MA)
Ben Downing, Chief Growth Officer, The Engine (MA)
William K Park, CSO/Co-founder, Theromics Inc (MA)
Phil Weilerstein, President & CEO, VentureWell (MA)
Marc Margulies, President, Wharf District Council (MA)
Timothy P. Murray, President & CEO, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce (MA)
Jim Cassetta, President, WORK, Inc/FM&M (MA)
Maryland
Rose Wang, Founder & CEO, 1104Health (MD)
Jenny Herbach, CEO & Co-Founder, Adventris Pharmaceuticals (MD)
Michael, Guarnieri, Animalgesics Laboratories (MD)
Geoffrey Lynn, Chief Scientific Officer, Barinthus Biotherapeutics (MD)
Wayne Sternberger, CEO, Co-Founder, BLOCKsynop, Inc. (MD)
Therese Canares, CEO, CurieDx, Inc (MD)
Mark Juetten, Portfolio Development Officer, Early Charm Ventures (MD)
Deborah Hemingway, Managing Partner, Ecphora Capital (MD)
Brian Toll, CEO, EDAC Labs (MD)
Dr. Samantha Scott, CEO, JuneBrain Inc. (MD)
Bailey Surtees, CEO, Kubanda Cryotherapy (MD)
Grason Wiggins, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Maryland Chamber of Commerce (MD)
Colin Harmer, CEO, Materic (MD)
Simon P. Selwood, CEO and CoFounder, Neuros Biotechnology Inc (MD)
Alexander Trick, CEO, Co-Founder, Prompt Diagnostics (MD)
Daniel Saragnese, CEO & Co-founder, SereNeuro Therapeutics (MD)
Doug Falk, CEO, Vita Therapeutics (MD)
Michigan
Adam Majestic, Director, Detroit Regional Chamber (MI)
William Brinkerhoff, Board Chair, EVOQ Therapeutics (MI)
Keith A. Crandall, PhD, CEO, Genoma LLC (MI)
Patricia Glaza, Managing Director, Invest Detroit Ventures (MI)
Roy Clarke, Co- founder and Chief Science Officer, K-space Associates Inc. (MI)
Stephen Rapundalo, PhD, President and CEO, Michigan Biosciences Industry Association (MichBio) (MI)
Ara Topouzian, Executive Director, Michigan Venture Capital Association (MI)
Carolyn Taylor, Clinical Research Manager, Stryker (MI)
Maria Thompson, Retired CEO/Founder, T/J Technologies (MI)
Jim Adox, Managing Partner, Venture Investors Health Fund (MI)
Minnesota
Kendra Lewis, CEO, C360 Consulting (MN)
Ryan Weber, Founder / Managing Partner, Great North Ventures (MN)
Peter Frosch, CEO, GREATER MSP (MN)
Mike Logan, President & CEO, Minneapolis Regional Chamber (MN)
B Kyle, President & CEO, St. Paul Area Chamber (MN)
Rand Whillock, Owner, Whillock Visions (MN)
Mississippi
Kevin Shearry, Founder, Care On Demand Technologies Enterprise (MS)
Missouri
Emily Lohse-Busch, Executive Director, 39 North AgTech Innovation District (MO)
Marc Gregoire, VP Nuclear Strategy and Development, ABK Biomedical (MO)
Dr. Matthew MacEwan, Founder / Chief Science Officer, Acera Surgical, Inc. (MO)
Richard Clark, CEO, AirSeal Cardiovascular (MO)
Gabe Angieri, Executive Director, Arch Grants (MO)
David Smoller, Entrepreneur in Residence, BioGenerator Ventures (MO)
James McCarter, MD, PhD, Senior Managing Director, BioGenerator Ventures (MO)
Dennis Ridenour, President & CEO, BioNexus KC (MO)
Donn Rubin, Founding President and CEO, BioSTL (MO)
Gregory M Lanza, James R. Hornsby Family Professorship in Biomedical Sciences/Founder and CSO, Capella Imaging, Inc (MO)
Lan Yang, Co-founder and CTO, DeepSight Technology (MO)
Giles Oldroyd, President, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (MO)
Kater Murch, Charles M. Hohenberg Professor of Physics, Facet Lab LLC (MO)
Jordan Russell, Co-founder & CEO, Gateway Quantum Electronics LLC (MO)
Ron Kitchens, Chief Executive Officer, Greater St. Louis, Inc. (MO)
Julie Bergfeld, Owner, Julie Bergfeld Coaching (MO)
Kelly Gillespie, President / C.E.O., Missouri Biotechnology Association (MO)
Charlie Bolten, CEO, Missouri Innovation Center (MO)
Casey Wasser, CEO/Executive Director, Missouri Soybean Association (MO)
Joe Bales, President, MO SCI, LLC (MO)
Joy Jiang, Co-founder, Prognosia inc. (MO)
Graham A Colditz, MD, Founder, Prognosia, Inc. (MO)
Karen Branding, President & CEO, St. Louis Regional Business Council (MO)
Bill Ma, President, CEO, ThermAvant Technologies, LLC, ThermAvant Internaitonal, LLC (MO)
Joseph Gaut, Founder; Professor and Division Chief Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Trusted Kidney (MO)
Tom Cirrito, CEO and Chairman, Varro Life Sciences (MO)
North Carolina
Trevor Ham, Chief Science Officer and Co-founder, Atlantic Fish Co (NC)
Scott Lyman, CEO, Belhaven Biopharma, Inc. (NC)
Billy Heim, COO, BioAesthetics Corporation (NC)
Tim Hopper, CEO, Cerulean Scientific (NC)
Terressa Cunningham, CAO, Cerulean Scientific Inc. (NC)
Ed Burgard, President, Dignify Therapeutics (NC)
Thomas H. LaBean, CSO, Helixomer, Inc. (NC)
Rajeev Dharmapurikar, CEO, Higgs Boson Health (NC)
Nandan Lad, Co-Founder, Higgs Boson Health (NC)
Hortense Dodo, President/Entrepreneur, IngateyGen (NC)
Jiarui Li, CEO, Innatrix (NC)
Anjani Jha, Founder & CEO, MAA Laboratories Inc. (NC)
Anindya Chanda, Ph.D., CEO and Founder, Mycologics Inc (NC)
Charles Askew, President, NabGen, Inc. (NC)
Robert Boyce, CEO, Plakous Therapeutics, Inc (NC)
Michael Berger, PhD, VP Engineering, Plakous Therapeutics, Inc. (NC)
Jay Fisher, CSO, Redbud Labs (NC)
Michelle Ormond, Research Consultant, TechPipeline (NC)
Ian Scott, Vice President, Advocacy, The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro (NC)
Gautam Aggarwal, President, Founder, TiE Carolinas, Triangle Insights (NC)
Ted Belleza, President & CEO, URO-1, Inc. (NC)
Galen Robertson, CEO, VQ Biomedical (NC)
Nebraska
Heath Mello, President and CEO, Greater Omaha Chamber (NE)
New Hampshire
Jake Reder, Cofounder and CEO, Celdara Medical (NH)
Fridon Shubitidze, Founder/Owner, Deep Sense Electromagnetics and Consulting, LLC (NH)
William Ware, Co-Founder, CEO, DoseOptics LLC (NH)
Trip Davis, CEO, FreshAir Sensor LLC (NH)
Solomon Diamond, Founder and CTO, Lodestone Biomedical Inc. (NH)
Ryan Halter, CEO, RyTek Medical, Inc (NH)
Dan Seguin, General Manager, Sequence BioTech, LLC (NH)
Eric Soederberg, CEO, Suntra MedTech Solutions (NH)
New Jersey
Ian McLaughlin, Vice President, Government Affairs, BioNJ (NJ)
Hilary Chebra, Director, Government Affairs, Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey (NJ)
Wes Mathews, President & CEO, Choose New Jersey (NJ)
Steve Issenman, Senior Vice President - Federal and External Affairs, HealthCare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ) (NJ)
Riyaz Papar, Engineering Fellow, Hudson Technologies Company (NJ)
Scott Daniel, CEO, Materium Technologies Inc. (NJ)
Michele N. Siekerka, President & CEO, New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJ)
Tom Bracken, President/CEO, New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce (NJ)
Ryan Berger, Assistant Executive Director, NJ SEED (NJ)
Peter Vetter, President of Bell Labs Core Research, Nokia Bell Labs (NJ)
Thierry Klein, President, Bell Labs Solutions Research, Nokia Bell Labs (NJ)
Hal English, President/CEO, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce (NJ)
Robert V Chimenti, Director/Owner, RVC Photonics LLC (NJ)
Jessica Paolini, Manager of Economic Development, Somerset County, Office of Economic Development (NJ)
New York
Klaus Mueller, CEO, Akai Kaeru LLC (NY)
Cynthia L. Bristow, CEO, Alpha-1 Biologics (NY)
Randy Peers, President & CEO, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (NY)
Thomas J. O'Connor, Vice President, Government Relations, Capital Region Chamber (New York) (NY)
Bob Duffy, President/CEO, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce (NY)
Marshall Cox, CEO, Kelvin (NY)
Tarek Rakha, CEO and Co-founder, Lamarr.AI (NY)
Cian Cavooris, Founder/CEO, Magnet Launch, LLC (NY)
Jessica Walker, President and CEO, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce (NY)
Anurag Purwar, CEO and Co-Founder, Mechanismic Inc. (NY)
David Arfin, CEO and Co-Founder, NineDot Energy (NY)
James Atwood, Chief Executive Officer, Opentrons Labworks, Inc. (NY)
Alexander Orlov, CEO, Superclean Glass Inc. (NY)
Benjamin S. Hsiao, Chairman & Chief Scientific Officer, SWFT Labs (NY)
Crystal Griffith, Director, Workforce Development, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. (NY)
Molly Rafelson, Program Director, The Clean Fight (NY)
Carol Corrado, Distinguished Principal Research Fellow in Economics (retired), The Conference Board (NY)
Thomas Blum, Cleantech Investor, The New York Angels (NY)
Ohio
Richard A. Stoff, Founding and former president and CEO, Ohio Business Roundtable (OH)
Oregon
Jonathan Hurst, Chief Robot Officer, Agility Robotics (OR)
Trevor Nicks, PhD, Founder & CEO, Caravel Bio (OR)
Jean Summerton, CEO, EndoRel Biosciences (OR)
Brittany Quick-Warner, President & CEO, Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce (OR)
Dr. David Farrell, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Gamma Diagnostics, Inc. (OR)
Patti White, President and CEO, Hemex Health, Inc. (OR)
Stephen T. Meyers, CEO, Inpria Corporation (OR)
Benjamin Yu, Founder, Nuoli Health (OR)
Christopher Stoeger, President, OcuCell, Inc. (OR)
Heather Ellis, Executive Director, Oregon Bioscience Incubator (OR)
Gordon Hoffman, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Oregon Bioscience Incubator (OR)
Cara Turano, President & Executive Director, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OR)
Liisa Bozinovic, Executive Director, Oregon Life Sciences (OR)
Jeffrey Jensen, CEO, OryGyn Medical Devices, LLC (OR)
Andrew Hoan, President & CEO, Portland Metro Chamber (OR)
Angela Jackson, Managing Director, Portland Seed Fund (OR)
John Harkness, CEO, Rewire AI (OR)
Anil Kumar, CEO, RxHomeTest (OR)
Skip Newberry, President & CEO, Technology Association of Oregon (OR)
Connor Barth, Cofounder & CEO, Trace Biosciences (OR)
Pennsylvania
Jackie Erickson, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Allegheny Conference on Community Development (PA)
Marina Despotopoulou, R&D Director, Arkema Inc. (PA)
Trisha Jha, Co-founder, Basilisk Robotics (PA)
Mitchell Fogelson, CEO, Beyond Reach Labs Inc (PA)
Hongzhang He, CEO, Captis Diagnostics (PA)
Jody Madala, CEO | Co Founder, Culturora (PA)
Stuart Diller, CEO, ESTAT Actuation (PA)
Susan Gerenstein, Vice President, Professional Development, FullBloom (PA)
John Nosek, President, Guiding Technologies Corp (PA)
Dr. Bel Mekonnen, Founder, CEO & President, Hager Biosciences (PA)
Dalfoni Banerjee, Founder & CEO, ImmuNovX Biotech (PA)
Jonathan Minden, Professor and CEO, Impact Proteomics, LLC (PA)
Sara Longo, Senior Program Manager, Innovation Works (PA)
Brandon Taylor, Computer Vision Engineer, Journey Robotics (PA)
John Waldeisen, CEO & Co-founder, LiteraSeed, Inc. (PA)
Kevin Dai, CEO, Mimetic Ink Corp. (PA)
Brett Zubiate, Chief Operations Officer and Co-Founder, Omnibus Medical Devices (PA)
Yacoub Habib, Ph.D., MBA, CEO, Ophidion, Inc. (PA)
Kirsten Leute, Partner, University Relations, Osage University Partners (PA)
Steven Bodner, Partner, REMAX Centre Realty (PA)
Aniket Kittur, Founder & Professor, Skeema (PA)
Pulkit Grover, Co-Founder & CEO, Synapse Symphony, Inc. (PA)
Craig Serio, CEO, Thread Bioscience Inc (PA)
John Stamper, CEO, TutorGen, Inc. (PA)
David S. Touretzky, President, Visionary Machines LLC (PA)
Varsha Raj, President, Co-Founder, Wood Wide AI, Inc. (PA)
Rhode Island
Daniel Gold, President and CEO, LNA Laser Technology (RI)
South Carolina
Laura Boccanfuso, CEO, Van Robotics, Inc (SC)
Tennessee
Amy Booth, Professor, COG Learning (TN)
Mark Blaze, President & CEO, Greater Nashville Technology Council (TN)
Dan Lin, Professor, iPrivacy Lab Co. (TN)
Chris Ramezanpour, President, Secure Food Solutions (TN)
Justin Baba, Cofounder & Chief Scientific Officer, Yaya Scientific, LLC (TN)
Texas
Jim Seely, VP, O&G Solutions, Authentix (TX)
Josh Zwickl, Business Development, BP (TX)
Bryan Guido Hassin, CEO, DexMat (TX)
Michael Irwin, President, DirectH2, Inc (TX)
Taylor Landin, Executive Vice President, Greater Houston Partnership (TX)
Wei Meng, CEO, LumiStrain, Inc. (TX)
Mark W. Wingate, Founder, Maxivolt Corporation (TX)
Kurtis Miller, Owner, Micro Evaluation Group, LLC (TX)
John Li, Interim President, Pattern Materials Corporation (TX)
Ryan DuChanois, CEO, Solidec (TX)
Gabriela Perdichizzi, VP, Government Relations, Texas Association of Business (TX)
John Li, Founder and CEO, United Standard Materials Corporation (TX)
Utah
Cindy Davis, Director of Engineering, Apogee Worx (UT)
S. Ray Isaacson, Associate Director R&D, Becton Dickinson (BD) (UT)
Ken Muir, Chief Executive Officer, DeliciousAI (UT)
John Minson, CEO, GRIP6 INC. (UT)
Jeffery Nelson, Independent Business Advisor, Former Chairperson (retired), Nelson Laboratories, Inc. (UT)
Pete Singh, P.E., Vice President, Engineering, PacifiCorp/Rocky Mountain Power (UT)
Don R. Brown, PhD, CEO, Partnet (UT)
Darren Wesemann, CEO, Paxel AI, Inc (UT)
Eric Smith, CTO, SAVI IQ (UT)
Greg McKee, Senior Manager, Texas Instruments (UT)
J. Jeffrey Gunn, Managing Shareholder, TraskBritt, P.C. (UT)
Vic Hockett, Associate Commissioner/Talent Ready Utah, Utah System of Higher Education (UT)
Mark S Jonaitis, SVP, GM Sources, Varex Imaging (UT)
Victor H Garcia, Senior Vice President - Regulatory, EHS and Quality Compliance, Varex Imaging Corporation (UT)
Bruce Gale, Chairman, wFluidx (UT)
Vermont
Jenny Barba, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Features Capital (VT)
Jeff Chu, Managing Partner, Features Capital (VT)
Paul Meaney, President, VertSure LLC. (VT)
Virginia
John R. Dearie, President, Center for American Entrepreneurship (VA)
Chris Stone, PE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE, CEO, Retired, Clark Nexsen, Architecture & Engineering (VA)
Vinton Cerf, Internet Pioneer, IPNGROUP (VA)
Benton Calhoun, CEO, Everactive (VA)
Vinton Cerf, Internet Pioneer, IPNGROUP (VA)
Olivier Pfister, Co-Founder, QC82 (VA)
U.S. Virgin Islands
Dr Peter B Corr, Co-Founder and Managing General Partner, Auven Therapeutics (VI)
Washington
Marc Cummings, President & CEO, Life Science Washington (WA)
Robert Morton, PhD, Head of Security Assurance for National Clouds, Microsoft (WA)
Baining Guo, Technical Fellow, Microsoft Corporation (WA)
Pat Hanrahan, Co-Founder and CTO / Professor, Tableau Software / Stanford University (WA)
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Taralinda Willis, CEO, Agrograph (WI)
Abhay S Chauhan, Chairman, Amruth Group, LLC (WI)
Matthew Ray, Co-founder and Managing Director, Aurora Catalytic LLC (WI)
Lisa Johnson, CEO, BioForward Wisconsin (WI)
Christina Lopez-Prado, Founder & CEO, Casita Prado (WI)
Alex Vodenlich, President & CEO, Cellular Logistics, Inc. (WI)
Alana Platt, CEO, Classmunity (WI)
Connie Tommerdahl, Director of Finance and Operations, COnovate, Inc. (WI)
Daniel Cho, MD, PhD, FACS, CEO, CranioSure LLC (WI)
Rukmini Banerjee, CEO and Founder, CuroNow (WI)
Arul Mariamuthu Bharath Jayapal, Founder, EQSEER LLC (WI)
Max Duckworth, Co-founder, FAR Biotech (WI)
Abby Kursel, Partner, gener8tor (WI)
Mary Hannes, Associate Director, Golden Angels Investors (WI)
Zach Brandon, President, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce (WI)
Fred Robertson, Board of Directors, Illuminated Holdings (WI)
Walter Block, Co-Founder and VP, ImgGyd (WI)
Craig Atwood, CEO, JangoBio (WI)
Mary Pellettieri, President, La Pavia Beverage Inc (WI)
Tracy Yaktus, Investor, Lancaster Investments (WI)
Pam Christenson, Director, Madison Gas and Electric (WI)
Randolph S. Ashton, CEO & Co-founder, Neurosetta LLC (WI)
Peter Klug, Co-Founder, Novir (WI)
Karen Laing, CEO/Co-Founder, Okkanti (WI)
Michael Szewczyk, COO & Co-Founder, Okkanti Inc (WI)
James Mullooly, Founder, Playbright LLC (WI)
Paige Peters, PhD, Founder and CTO, Rapid Radicals Technology, Inc. (WI)
Kieran Furlong, CEO, Realta Fusion (WI)
Richard Burgess, Founder, ConjuGon, Scientific Advisor, aMBR Genomics and FAR Biotech (WI)
Sundus (Sadie) Jaber, CFI Fund Development Manager & Startup Founder, Silken Biotech (WI)
Mahmood Lahroodi, CEO, Spatium (WI)
Steven Visuri, PhD, CEO, Stem Pharm, Inc (WI)
Colin Guest, CEO, Syrenn (WI)
Dan Fogarty, Founder, Talkbox (WI)
Bradley Woods, Founder/CEO, The Virtual Foundry, inc (WI)
Austin Triggs, President, The Virtual Foundry, Inc. (WI)
Matthew Kee, Manager, Tundra Angels (WI)
Jennifer Abele, Founder & Managing Partner, VC 414 (WI)
John Neis, Partner, Venture Investors Health Fund (WI)
Scott Button, Partner, Venture Investors Health Fund (WI)
Bob Wood, Co-Manager, Wisconsin Investment Partners (WI)
Thomas W. Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council (WI)
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