Wond'ry Mentors are Nashville-area professionals who volunteer to meet students for one-on-one personalized guidance in their areas of expertise.  By encouraging the pursuit of meaningful connections, Mentors provide opportunities for learning outside the classroom and support for independent entrepreneurial and creative endeavors.

Email the Wond’ry if you are interested in meeting with a Mentor!

Current Mentors

Blake Bernard

Associate, Waller Attorney

John Bers

Adjoint Professor of Engineering Management

Woody Bibb

Founder, Bibb Ventures

Jeremy Burchard

Co-founder, RootNote

Jason Burchard

Co-founder at RootNote

Laura Campbell

Founder, Laura Campbell & Assoc.

Ray Capp

Advisor at JRI Ventures

Sean Casey

Head of Product for divvyDOSE

James DiGiorgio

President, Applied Knowledge LLC

Amr El-Husseini

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lodestone Advisory Group

Larry Felts

Partner, The KF Group

Anant Gandhi

Innovation Principal, Bridgestone Americas

Chris Gardner

Senior Sales Executive, Oscar Insurance

Shawn Glinter

Founder and CEO of Nanoferix

Andrew Goldner

Partner at GrowthX

Jeff Gould

Chief Strategy Officer for both Amplion Clinical Communications and Orchid International

Kane Harrison

VP & CMO of TalkApolis

Jessica Harthcock

Founder and CEO of Utilize Healthcare

Adam Harthcock

Co-Founder and COO of Utilize Healthcare

Dov Hirsch

GM at Immersive Health Group

Brad Holliday

Co-Founder at ID8 Innovation

Rahn Huber

Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt University Business Librarian, Walker Management Library Owen Graduate School of Management

Willlis Hulings

Associate Professor of Practice of Managerial Studies, VU College of Arts & Science

Diane Keeney

Senior Program Specialist, Cumberland Emerging Technologies, Inc

Paul King

Professor Emeritus of Bio- and Mechanical Engineering, VU School of Engineering

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

Libby Monette

Marketing Manager, AccuReg

Jeremy Park

Manager of Aduit & Accounting Services, Pershing Yoakley & Associates

Jorge Perez

VP of Engineering, Cylera

Danny Pippin

Exec. Dir., John Maxwell Team

Stephanie Pruitt

Poet & ARTrepreneur

Joe Rando

Associate Professor, Practice of Managerial Studies

Martin Renkis

GM, Johnson Controls

Peter Rousos

Director of New Ventures, VU CTTC

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

Thea Swenson

Resident, VUMC

Joe Thomas

Owner and Consultant Music City Cyber

Danielle Torrez

Chief Executive Officer Experience Global

Philip Tulimieri

Business Executive and Consultant

Stryker Warren

Senior Advisor at Savor Health

Diane Warren

VP of Merchandising, VF Workwear

Neil Whitney

Co-founder, Menud

Anderson Williams

VP of Operations, BOS Framework

Michael Woolf

Operations Exec | Legal Advisor | Entrepreneur