Mentors
The Wond’ry Mentorship Program
Wond’ry Mentors are a network of entrepreneurs, executives, creatives, and forward thinkers eager to share their experience and insights with the Wond’ry ecosystem.
Through the one-on-one, personalized guidance of a Mentor, participants gain access to years of expertise in the fields they hope to enter, need help in, or seek to hire from.
To meet with a mentor, or for a consultation to help you find a mentor, please fill out this interest form.
If you wish to become a mentor, please email thewondry@vanderbilt.edu.
Active Wond'ry Mentors
Katie Anderson
Founder/Principal Consultant, K2A2 Consulting
Dennis Appel
Senior Vice President - Heat Exchangers Division, Danfoss
Patrick Baird
Engagement Manager, Lodestone Advisory Group
Jeff Bajorek
Founder/Principal, Parabola Consulting
Perry Bakas
Business Development Analyst, AES Distributed Energy
Manny Barriger
CTO, Rent-A-Blackbelt
Julianna Bass
Brand Strategest, Julianna Bass Design Consultancy
Tamara Baynham
Founder, Ingenuity Medical Device Research
Clara Belden
Founder, The Happy Hour
Jennifer Bennett
Founder, LunarLincoln
Blake Bernard
Associate, Waller Attorney
Michael Berolzheimer
Managing Partner, Bee Partners
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
Kelley Bonner
CEO, Burn Bright
Mark Boyajian
Executive VP, CGI
Taya Brown
Co-Founder, Del Fuego Project
Randy Bury
Director, Customer Logistics Strategy, Johnson & Johnson
Dan Cadenas
Financial Planner, Prudential Financial
Elizabeth Cambridge
Business Consultant, InfoWorks
Laura Campbell
Founder, Laura Campbell & Assoc.
Ray Capp
Advisor at JRI Ventures
Sean Casey
Head of Product, divvyDOSE
Shubha Chakravarthy
Founder, Achiiv
Glenn Clayton
Managing Partner, Mark Two Ventures
Patrick Cooney
Co-Founder, Mark Two Ventures
Robert Coop
Chief AI Officer, Advent Health Partners
Landon Cortenbach
CFO, MSH Talent Solutions
Shane Cortesi
Registered Patent Attorney, Wright, Cortesi & Gilbreath
Amulya Dhulipala
Instructor, Sustainability, National University of Singapore
Drew Digby
VP, CAPTRUST
James DiGiorgio
President, Applied Knowledge LLC
Austin Dirks
CEO, GreenLight Medical
Colleen Dowd
Asst. VP, HCA Healthcare
Sydney Dozier
CEO & Founder, Renaissance Marketing Group
Taylor Duncan
COO, Nxt Level
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
Colleen Flynn
Chief of Staff, FINTOP Capital
Abe Friedman
Partner / Head, PJT Partners, Inc.
Anant Gandhi
Innovation Principal, Bridgestone Americas
Chris Gardner
Senior Sales Executive, Oscar Insurance
Graham Gaylor
Co-Founder & CEO, VRChat
Stephen Glicken
CEO/Co-Founder, Project Admission
Shawn Glinter
Wond'ry Master Mentor - CEO, Nanoferix
Mark Godschalk
COO, Eclypsium
Zenobia Godschalk
SVP of Communications, Swirlds Labs & Founder, ZAG Communications
Andrew Goldner
Partner at GrowthX
Jose Abel Pedroza Gonzalez
AMS Fulfillment Operations PMO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Bruce Graham
Venture Capitalist | Founder
Frank Grant
CEO, Grant Ventures
Sarah Grant
Associate Professor of Anthropology, CSU Fullerton
John Grimes
PhD, MD
Beth Raebeck Hall
Founder, MusicRow411 & CrazyRae Music
Jack Michael Halverson
Visitor Experience Specialist, Nashville Convention & Visitor Corp
Chris Hand
CTO, Mark Two Ventures
Kane Harrison
VP & CMO of TalkApolis
Adam Harthcock
Co-Founder and COO of Utilize Healthcare
Page Haun
CMO, Cologix
Wayne Hawthorne
Senior Licensing Manager, Case Western Reserve University
Dov Hirsch
GM at Immersive Health Group
Brad Holliday
Co-Founder at ID8 Innovation
John Hope
CEO, Leading With Hope TN
Rahn Huber
Wond'ry Master Mentor - Former VU Business Librarian
Willlis Hulings
Associate Professor of Practice of Managerial Studies, VU College of Arts & Science
Rich Hull
Head of Global Distribution, Univision & President, VIX
Jamie Ikerd
COO, Built Technologies, Inc.
Mark Jack
Quantum Application Scientist, Zapata Computing
Crystal Jackson
CEO, CLJackson Group
Tommy Jacobs
Founder, Jacobs Cohen & Assoc.
Meredyth Jensen
Founder & CEO, The Eight
Aaron Yusef Johnson
Director of Operations, Missions Development Intl.
Charlie Johnson
Partner, Eidolon Capital
Blythe Karow
CCO, NeuroGeneces
Abhinav Khanal
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Bean Voyage
Jonn Kim
CEO & CTO of Geeks and Nerds
Paul King
Professor Emeritus of Bio- and Mechanical Engineering, VU School of Engineering
Woody Klemmer
Head of Growth, ForMotiv
Chak Kolli
Global CTO, Insurance, DXC Technology
Yiorgos Kostoulas
Associate Professor, Engineering Management Program
Philip Kovacs
Chief Revenue Officer, Mark Two Ventures
Chetan Kulkarni
Technical Fellow / Research Scientist , KBR
John Lanahan
Director of Financial Strategy, Compass East
Clark Landry
Managing Partner, Clover Leaf Ventures
Mary Landry
Consultant, Deloitte Consulting
Karen Laos
CEO, Karen Laos Consulting
Jennifer Lee
Founder & CEO, JLC Advisory
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
Kamaal Malak
Multimedia Producer, KM Entertainment
Alana Mann
Principal, Cultivation Capital
Nerissa Marbury
Founder & CEO, One Epiphany
Nathaniel Mason
Exec. Dir. of Product Planning, Nissan
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
Rich McCormack
Enterprise Account Exec., DataRobot
Esteban Mezquiriz
Director of Delivery & Strategy, Globant
Andrew Mitchell
Head of Analytics & Automation, Mechanical Licensing Collective
Lane Mitchell
Director of Marketing & Business Development, Café Femenino Coffee & Joe Van Gogh, Inc.
Mark Mobley
Head of Product, Mark Two Ventures
Libby Monette
Marketing Manager, AccuReg
Sai Nandi
CBO, Oryzon Genomics
Kira Noodleman
Partner, Bee Partners
Aaron Ogunro
Assoc. Atty., Polsinelli
Michel Oostwal
SVP of R&D, MARS Petcare
Carlos Ortiz Pérez
Global Sustainability Manager, Volcafe
Austin Paramore
Senior Copywriter, Leo Burnett
Mridu Parikh
Founder and Productivity Coach, Life Is Organized, LLC
Chris Paterson
EVP, Product Design & Innovation, VINCI Brands
Robert Peoples
Executive Director, Carpet America Recovery Effort
Michael Pereira
Senior Life Sciences Executive
Jorge Perez
CTO, AssetDash
Danny Pippin
Exec. Dir., John Maxwell Team
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
Partnership Associate, Cadence Solutions Inc.
Robert Ritchie
Partnerships Associate, Cadence Solutions
Brittani Roberts
Principal, FINTOP Capital
Gordon Rogers
Technology Executive
Mike Rosengarten
Co-Founder & CEO, Camino.ai
Dan Rosenzweig
Co-Founder, Kettle
Will Roth
VP of Investor Relations, Unchained Partners
Nic Roth
Software Engineering Executive, Ford Motor Company
Peter Rousos
Director of New Ventures, VU CTTC
Dan Ryan
Principal for Ryan Search and Consulting
Luke Sagaser
COO, VidaEats
Aster Samuel
UX Designer, Google
Bayard Saunders
CMO of MiiA Digital
Jan Schlueter
COO, Darvis
Jeff Schneider
President, Red Cedar Corp
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
Bryan Smith
Founder, South Wilson Consulting
Peter Smith
President/COO, Golden Spiral
Todd Smith
CEO, Deane | Smith
Douglas Song
Managing Partner, Prodos Capital
Adam Spector
Head of Product, AbstractOps
Dwayne Spradlin
CEO, Buzz Points
Dawn Stone
CEO, The Conflict Chick
Jeremy Strickland
Head of Strategy, Operations, & Special Projects, Amazon
Ryan Sullivan
Co-Founder & CSO, Space Kinetic
Eric Sullivan
Wond'ry Master Mentor: Co Founder and Principal of PCG Equity, and CEO of Quantum Technology
Thea Swenson
Resident, VUMC
Zaffer Syed
Entrepreneur in Residence, TMC Innovation
Michael Sylvester
VP of Sales - U.S. Markets, BioStem Technologies
Virginia Tenpenny
Impact ESG Advisor, Tenpenny Impact
Joe Thomas
Owner and Consultant Music City Cyber
Carolyn Thompson
MD, FACOG
Don Turner
CEO, Neosinus Health & NeoPath Wellness
Jon Vlassopulos
Managing Partner and Funder, A-Force Ventures
Sarah Vollman
Writer's Assistant, HBO & Founder, Jessica Vollman Foundation
Diane Warren
VP of Merchandising, VF Workwear
Marc Weill
Senior Advisor, Two Sigma Ventures
Billy Whalen
Founder/CEO, Stealth startup
Neil Whitney
Co-founder, Menud
Aaron Wierenga
Senior Product Designer, Iron Mountain
Jeff Wilcoxon
VP of Strategic Partnerships, Nationwide
Scott Wilker
Co-founder & CEO, Sonic Blocks, Inc.
Erin Wilkins
Market President, Press Ganey Assoc.
Anderson Williams
VP of Operations, BOS Framework
George Wilson
Asst. Dir. of New Venture Programs, Vanderbilt CTTC
Loren Wood
Co-Founder, Impaktfel
Michael Woolf
Operations Exec | Legal Advisor | Entrepreneur
Deetricha Younger
CEO/CMO, Deetricha Younger, LLC