Mentors
Mentors in Residence will hold open office hours at the Wond’ry so that students can receive one-on-one personalized guidance and gain access to years of expertise in the fields they hope to enter. This is one of many Wond’ry programs designed to increase learning outside of the classroom and to encourage the pursuit of meaningful connections that lead to independent entrepreneurial and creative endeavors.
Email the Wond’ry if you are interested in becoming a mentor/entrepreneur in residence.
Mentors
Perry Bakas
Business Development Analyst, AES Distributed Energy
Blake Bernard
Associate, Waller Attorney
John Bers
Adjoint Professor of Engineering Management, Vanderbilt University
Woody Bibb
Founder, Bibb Ventures
David Blossom
CEO, Skope LLC
Stuart Brent
Online Business Growth and Development
Jason Burchard
Co-founder at RootNote
Jeremy Burchard
Co-founder, RootNote
Randy Bury
Director, Customer Logistics Strategy, Johnson & Johnson
Dan Cadenas
Financial Professional, Prudential Financial
Elizabeth Cambridge
Business Consultant, InfoWorks
Ray Capp
Advisor at JRI Ventures
Sean Casey
Head of Product, divvyDOSE
Lauren Egge
Freelance Design Strategist and Facilitator | Founder
Amr El-Husseini
Wond'ry Master Mentor - CEO, Lodestone Advisory Group
Larry Felts
Partner, The KF Group
Anant Gandhi
Innovation Principal, Bridgestone Americas
Chris Gardner
Senior Sales Executive, Oscar Insurance
Shawn Glinter
Wond'ry Master Mentor - CEO, Nanoferix
Andrew Goldner
Partner at GrowthX
John Grimes
VUSM Medical Innovators Development Program
Kane Harrison
VP & CMO of TalkApolis
Jessica Harthcock
Founder and CEO of Utilize Healthcare
Adam Harthcock
Co-Founder and COO of Utilize Healthcare
Brad Holliday
Co-Founder at ID8 Innovation
Rahn Huber
Wond'ry Master Mentor - Former VU Business Librarian
Diane Keeney
Senior Program Specialist, Cumberland Emerging Technologies, Inc
Yiorgos Kostoulas
Associate Professor, Engineering Management Program
Greg Lewis
CEO, Tennessee Center for Family Business
Dawei Li
Co-Founder, Aloa
Robinson Littrell
Consultant, Deloitte Consulting
Marcia Masulla
CEO of Roar Nashville, Founder & Managing Partner of Nashville Fashion Week, Founder & Executive Director of Tiny But Mighty Fund
Ryan Mays
VP of Finance, Forever Oceans
Aaron Ogunro
Assoc. Atty., Polsinelli
Jorge Perez
VP of Engineering, Cylera
Danny Pippin
Exec. Dir., John Maxwell Team
Jerry Powers
Founder, JV Powers & Co
Stephanie Pruitt
Poet & ARTrepreneur
Joe Rando
Associate Professor, Practice of Managerial Studies
Martin Renkis
GM, Johnson Controls
Nic Roth
Head of Engineering, Postscript
Dan Ryan
Principal for Ryan Search and Consulting
Bayard Saunders
CMO of MiiA Digital
Fred Scholl
Global Senior Information Security Risk Manager
Yolanda Shields
Author, Speaker, and Coach
Phil Shmerling
SVP, Relationship Manager, Studio Bank
Peter Smith
President/COO, Golden Spiral
Todd Smith
CEO, Deane | Smith
Adam Spector
Head of Product, AbstractOps
Thea Swenson
Resident, VUMC
Joe Thomas
Owner and Consultant Music City Cyber
Carolyn Thompson
MD, FACOG
Danielle Torrez
Chief Executive Officer Experience Global
Philip Tulimieri
Business Executive and Consultant
Diane Warren
VP of Merchandising, VF Workwear
Stryker Warren
Wond'ry Master Mentor - Vanderbilt University CTTC, EAC & Healthcare Consultant
Billy Whalen
Head of Corporate Development, Anthemis Group
Anderson Williams
VP of Operations, BOS Framework
Michael Woolf
Operations Exec | Legal Advisor | Entrepreneur