Accelerate Investor Conference

2024 Panel Speakers

Gitanjali Baveja

Chief Medical Officer

Zasti

Gilman Callsen

Founder & CEO

Rho Impact

Farhad Chowdhury

Founder

Vianova AI

Chris Cleary

Vice President

Global Cyber Practice, ManTech

Abha Divine

Managing Director

Techquity Growth Capital, LLC

Lisa Donnan

Chairman

Advisory Board College of Engineering & Computing

Ilana Fogelman

Co-Founder

C2N Diagnostics

Noel Gorelick

Chief Extraterrestrial Observer

Google

Daryl Haegley

Technical Director

Control Systems Cyber Resilience, United States Department of the Air Force

Kate Hudson

Deputy Vice President & Counsel

Association of American Universities (AAU)

Chris Israel

Senior Partner

American Continental Group

Michael Labriola

Partner

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Andrew Magyar

Co-founder

Capra Biosciences

William "Mac" McHenry

Sr. Advisor

Defense Innovation Unit

John Newby

CEO

Virginia Bio

Mary O'Brien

Retired Director of Command

US Air Force

Alison Perez

Senior Investment Manager

Lockheed Martin Ventures

Daniel Saragnese

CEO & Co-Founder

SereNeuro Therapeutics, Inc.

Brian Smith

Senior Partner

In-Q-Tel

Ralph Smith

CEO

Global Solutions Consulting

Tom Weithman

Chief Investment Officer VIPC

Managing Director, Virginia Venture Partners