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
Tamara Baynham
Founder, Ingenuity Medical Device Research
Clara Belden
Founder, The Happy Hour
Jennifer Bennett
Founder, LunarLincoln
Blake Bernard
Associate, Waller Attorney
John Bers
Adjoint Professor of Engineering Management, Vanderbilt University
Woody Bibb
Founder, Bibb Ventures
Brandon Bir
Director of Sustainability, Crimson Cup Coffee
Lynn Blake
VP of Mobility & CEO of Carsharing Ops., PSA
David Blossom
CEO, Skope LLC
Mark Boyajian
Executive VP, CGI
Stuart Brent
Online Business Growth and Development
Taya Brown
Co-Founder, Del Fuego Project
Jason Burchard
Co-founder at RootNote
Jeremy Burchard
Co-founder, RootNote
Randy Bury
Director, Customer Logistics Strategy, Johnson & Johnson
Dan Cadenas
Financial Planner, Prudential Financial
Elizabeth Cambridge
Business Consultant, InfoWorks
Ray Capp
Advisor at JRI Ventures
Sean Casey
Head of Product, divvyDOSE
Trevor Clark
Regional Educator, Counter Culture Coffee
Robert Coop
Chief AI Officer, Advent Health Partners
Landon Cortenbach
CFO, MSH Talent Solutions
Sydney Dozier
CEO & Founder, Renaissance Marketing Group
Jonathan Dyke
CEO, FutureSelf Network
Lauren Egge
Freelance Design Strategist and Facilitator | Founder
Amr El-Husseini
Wond'ry Master Mentor - CEO, Lodestone Advisory Group
Vera Espíndola Rafael
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Azahar Coffee Company
Zach Evans
CTO, XSOLIS
Larry Felts
Partner, The KF Group
Anant Gandhi
Innovation Principal, Bridgestone Americas
Chris Gardner
Senior Sales Executive, Oscar Insurance
Graham Gaylor
Co-Founder & CEO, VRChat
Shawn Glinter
Wond'ry Master Mentor - CEO, Nanoferix
Andrew Goldner
Partner at GrowthX
Bruce Graham
Venture Capitalist | Founder
Sarah Grant
Associate Professor of Anthropology, CSU Fullerton
John Grimes
VUSM Medical Innovators Development Program
Kane Harrison
VP & CMO of TalkApolis
Adam Harthcock
Co-Founder and COO of Utilize Healthcare
Page Haun
CMO, Cologix
Brad Holliday
Co-Founder at ID8 Innovation
Rahn Huber
Wond'ry Master Mentor - Former VU Business Librarian
Rich Hull
Head of Global Distribution, Univision & President, VIX
Crystal Jackson
CEO, CLJackson Group
Abhinav Khanal
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Bean Voyage
Woody Klemmer
Head of Growth, ForMotiv
Chak Kolli
Global CTO, Insurance, DXC Technology
Yiorgos Kostoulas
Associate Professor, Engineering Management Program
Mary Landry
Consultant, Deloitte Consulting
Dawei Li
Co-Founder, Aloa
Sebastian Lim
Software Development Engineer, Amazon Web Services
Rachel Limor
Creative Design Director, Implement Now
Tracy Litt
Founder, The Litt Factor
Robinson Littrell
Consultant, Deloitte Consulting
John Loudenslager
Product Design & Industrial Engineering
Alana Mann
Principal, Cultivation Capital
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
Lane Mitchell
Director of Marketing & Business Development, Café Femenino Coffee & Joe Van Gogh, Inc.
Aaron Ogunro
Assoc. Atty., Polsinelli
Carlos Ortiz Pérez
Global Sustainability Manager, Volcafe
Robert Peoples
Executive Director, Carpet America Recovery Effort
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
Oz Rashid
CEO, MSH Talent Solutions
Martin Renkis
Wond'ry Master Mentor - GM, Johnson Controls
Robert Ritchie
Partnerships Associate, Cadence Solutions
Brittani Roberts
Principal, FINTOP Capital
Nic Roth
Head of Engineering, Postscript
Dan Ryan
Principal for Ryan Search and Consulting
Bayard Saunders
CMO of MiiA Digital
Jan Schlueter
COO, Darvis
Frederick Scholl, Ph.D.
Senior Consultant and Thought Leader , Cybersecurity Risk Management
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
Ryan Sullivan
External Relations, Millennium Foundation Kosovo
Eric Sullivan
Wond'ry Master Mentor - Co Founder and Principal of PCG Equity, and CEO of Quantum Technology
Thea Swenson
Resident, VUMC
Joe Thomas
Owner and Consultant Music City Cyber
Carolyn Thompson
MD, FACOG
Danielle Torrez
Chief Executive Officer Experience Global
Sarah Vollman
Writer's Assistant, HBO & Founder, Jessica Vollman Foundation
Diane Warren
VP of Merchandising, VF Workwear
Billy Whalen
Founder/CEO, Stealth startup
Anderson Williams
VP of Operations, BOS Framework
George Wilson
New Ventures Officer, Vanderbilt CTTC
Michael Woolf
Operations Exec | Legal Advisor | Entrepreneur
Deetricha Younger
CEO/CMO, Deetricha Younger, LLC