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Accelerate Investor Conference

2026 Panelists

Tim Boltz

Program Director for Education Technology

Carahsoft

Brandon Card

Founder & CEO

Terzo

Wendy Cofran

Founding Partner & CEO

Novosity

Kathryn Dougherty

Chief Growth and Innovation Officer

WellLink

Andrew Gamino-Cheong

Co-Founder & CTO

Trustible

Sam Gray

Head of Strategic Affairs

JetZero

Katherine Hennessey

Head of US Government Strategy

Everpure

Amyn Jan

Former AI Chief Architect

DoW

Artur Kiulian

Co-Founder & CEO

Principle

Caleb Max

President and CEO

National Artificial Intelligence Association

Kelly McVearry

CEO

Bento Bio

Michael McGinley

Senior Of Counsel

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Kristina Montague

Chair

Angel Capital Association

Dr. Jason Rathje

President, Public Sector @ webAI

Former Director, Office of Strategic Capital, DoW

John Reardon

Managing Director

KPMG   

Heather J. Richman 

Founder, Defense Investor Network 

Entrepreneur in Residence, BMNT  

David Rothzeid

Principal

Shield Capital

Dr. Pallavi Sandhiya 

Chief Technology Officer for Analysis Solutions

Leidos

Dr. Ann Marie Sastry

Founder & CEO

Amesite

Andrew Seter

Investment Principal  

Savano Capital Partners 

Ravindra Shukla

SVP, Head of AI

22nd Century Technologies, Inc    

Dave Vennergrund

Vice President of AI and Data Insights

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)

Tom Weithman

VIPC Chief Investment Officer & Managing Director

Virginia Venture Partners     

Justin Wilder

Partner

IQT