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, email us at thewondry@vanderbilt.edu.
Active Wond'ry Mentors
Katie Anderson
Founder/Principal Consultant, K2A2 Consulting
Patrick Baird
Engagement Manager, Lodestone Advisory Group
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
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
Glenn Clayton
Managing Partner, Mark Two Ventures
Robert Coop
Chief AI Officer, Advent Health Partners
Landon Cortenbach
CFO, MSH Talent Solutions
James DiGiorgio
President, Applied Knowledge LLC
Austin Dirks
CEO, GreenLight Medical
Colleen Dowd
Asst. VP, HCA Healthcare
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
Frank Grant
CEO, Grant Ventures
Sarah Grant
Associate Professor of Anthropology, CSU Fullerton
John Grimes
VUSM Medical Innovators Development Program
Beth Raebeck Hall
Founder, MusicRow411 & CrazyRae Music
Kane Harrison
VP & CMO of TalkApolis
Adam Harthcock
Co-Founder and COO of Utilize Healthcare
Page Haun
CMO, Cologix
Dov Hirsch
GM at Immersive Health Group
Brad Holliday
Co-Founder at ID8 Innovation
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
Crystal Jackson
CEO, CLJackson Group
Abhinav Khanal
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Bean Voyage
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
Clark Landry
Managing Partner, Clover Leaf Ventures
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
Nerissa Marbury
Founder & CEO, One Epiphany
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
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.
Libby Monette
Marketing Manager, AccuReg
Aaron Ogunro
Assoc. Atty., Polsinelli
Carlos Ortiz Pérez
Global Sustainability Manager, Volcafe
Robert Peoples
Executive Director, Carpet America Recovery Effort
Jorge Perez
CTO, AssetDash
Tina Phillips
Founder and CEO, 615innovations
Danny Pippin
Exec. Dir., John Maxwell Team
Jerry Powers
Founder, JV Powers & Co
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
Mike Rosengarten
Co-Founder & CEO, Camino.ai
Dan Rosenzweig
Co-Founder, Kettle
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
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
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
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
Michael Sylvester
Sales Director, Axogen
Joe Thomas
Owner and Consultant Music City Cyber
Carolyn Thompson
MD, FACOG
Sarah Vollman
Writer's Assistant, HBO & Founder, Jessica Vollman Foundation
Diane Warren
VP of Merchandising, VF Workwear
Billy Whalen
Founder/CEO, Stealth startup
Neil Whitney
Co-founder, Menud
Erin Wilkins
Market President, Press Ganey Assoc.
Anderson Williams
VP of Operations, BOS Framework
George Wilson
New Ventures Officer, Vanderbilt CTTC
Loren Wood
Co-Founder, Impaktfel
Michael Woolf
Operations Exec | Legal Advisor | Entrepreneur
Deetricha Younger
CEO/CMO, Deetricha Younger, LLC