Schulich Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Chris Carder
Executive Director
Jay Smith & Laura Rapp Chair in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Chelsea Gray
Associate Director
Shivam Sharma
MBA '25
Assistant Director
Schulich Venture Academy
Lee Williams Boudakian
MBA '21
Special Advisor
Schulich Venture Academy
Cherry Rose Tan
Schulich North Horizon Entrepreneur in Residence
Vinod Krishna
MBA '23
Head of Partnerships & BD
Schulich Venture Academy
Fatema Sadriwala
Program Manager
Schulich Venture Academy
Shray Kumar Bhatnagar
MBA '20
Special Projects Manager
Rodas Sbhatleab
Community Engagement Manager
Mohak Papola
MBA '26
Project Manager
Lavanya Grover
BBA '26
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Coming Soon!
Content Creator & Digital Marketer
Special Advisors to the Executive Director
Brice Scheschuk
Daniel Warner
MBA '12
Eva Lau
MBA '05
Jeffrey Man
BBA '21
John Ruffolo
BBA '88
Keith Loo
MBA '12
Matthew Lombardi
Peyvand Melati
EMBA '18
Snita Balsara
MBA '12
Schulich Startups Ambassadors and Program Trainers
Vito Giovannetti
BBA '14
Alumni Ambassador
Vinod Krishna
MBA '23
Alumni Ambassador
Rakshith Thalinki Nagaraj
MBA '24
Alumni Ambassador
Roshni Wijayasinha
MBA '09
Coaching and Advisory Support
Ben Stacey
SSN Pitch Coach; Together 4.0 Program Trainer
Ahmed Aslam
Venture Series Co-Host
Moshe Mikanovsky
Together 4.0 Trainer;
Cohort 4 Mentor
Reuben Tozman
Together 4.0 Program Trainer
Pankaj Thakar
Together 4.0 Program Trainer
Michael Gagliano
Together 4.0 Program Trainer
Shelley Li
MBA '19
Pitch Deck Advisor
Stuart Browne
MBA '08
Pitch Deck Advisor
Tarun Agarwal
MBA '20
Pitch Deck Advisor
Abdel Ali
MBA '21
Pitch Deck Advisor
Leah Perry
MBA '22
Pitch Deck Advisor
Ujwal Arkalgud
MBA '09
Pitch Deck Advisor
Artem Chaykovskyy
JD/MBA '24
Pitch Deck Advisor
Nikhil Nayar
MBA '21
Pitch Deck Advisor
Mudit Rawat
MBA '09
Pitch Deck Advisor
Sarah Willson
Pitch Deck Advisor
Cohort 4 Mentor
Ramin Wright
Cohort 4 Mentor
Mitch Solway
MBA '90
Cohort 4 Mentor
Tuan Nguyen
Cohort 4 Mentor
Alanna Harvey
Cohort 4 Mentor
Previous Team Members
Thank you for being part of the Schulich Startups journey!
Flora Xue
Community Engagement Manager
2024/25
Ronak Singhvee
Project Manager
2024/25
Anusha Khawaja
Digital Marketing Coordinator
2024/25
Jaime Li
Digital Marketing Coordinator
2024
Micaela Bacher
Project Manager
2024
Rakshith Thalinki Nagaraj
Project Manager 2023/24
Martin Fernandes
Digital Marketing Coordinator 2023/24
Salman Faridi
Project Manager 2023
Jessica Kabuli
Digital Marketing Coordinator
2023
Swathi Kalaivani Alagaraj
Project Manager
2022/23
Vito Giovannetti
Entrepreneur Strategist
2019-2022
Anjelica Ramsewack
Digital Marketing Coordinator
2022
Sofia Sadr
Digital Marketing Coordinator
2021
Shuvo Charles Gomes
Project Manager
2021/22
Abeera Khan
Digital Marketing Coordinator
2021
Simran Bhamra
Digital Marketing Coordinator
2021
Karan Vaish
Project Manager
2020/21
Satwik Nejigar
Project Manager
2020/21
Glory Samouel
Digital Marketing Coordinator
2020
Tamzid Azad
Project Manager
2020
Jasmine Musa
Digital Marketing Coordinator
2019
Lisa Graston
Project Manager
2018
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