GET INVOLVED
Support the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders.
GET INVOLVED
Support the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders.
SPEAKER
Have an interesting story about how you launched your business? Share your expert advice, life lessons and how you made it to where you are today.
Service Commitment: Varies depending on program interest.
MENTOR
Are you an experienced entrepreneur with expertise and a track record in launching successful startups? Basement teams need your advice and mentorship!
Service Commitment: Varies depending on availability.
JUDGE
Do you have the expertise to quickly evaluate a business pitch? We need knowledgeable startup experts to judge Basement team competitions.
Service Commitment: 2 hours monthly (during recruitment or competition cycles)
EXPERT
Can you review business plans, contribute pro bono professional services, or other skills to help student startups?
Service Commitment: 1-2 hours monthly
Experts Needed: All areas needed. ( e.g. Finance, Tech., Marketing, Law)
EVENT/ PROGRAMS VOLUNTEER
Do you love developing, producing, leading, organizing events or programs? We need your expertise to grow Basement programs.
Service Commitment: Varies depending on program interest.
Mentors, Experts, & speakers
Mentors, Experts, & speakers
Navid Alipour '00
Co-Founder, Managing Partner,
Analytics Ventures
Denise Bevers '97
Founder, COO,
Kindred Biosciences, Inc.
Todd Coleman
Professor, UC San Diego,
Jacobs School of Engineering
Jeff Draa
Co-Founder, CEO, Grolltex
Rana Ghezelayagh
Owner, Anar Couture
Arnel Guiang '01
Founder, ChatApp & G Labs, LA
Jordan Hudson
Principal, Upfront Ventures
Edward Lee '00
Founder and CEO, HelloAdvisr
Don Norman
Director, The Design Lab, UC San Diego
Bill Proffer '76, '78 MS
Chief Systems Engineering, leidos
Eddie Wang Rodriguez
Attorney, Mintz Levin
Pierre Sleiman '13
Founder, CEO, Go Green Agriculture
Mark Suster '91
Partner, Upfront Ventures
Tali Tuchin '94
Attorney, Mintz Levin
Annie Brown
CEO of Lips
Tabrez Ebrahim
Associate Professor of Law & Patent Attorney
Hem Suri
Board & Executive Advisor at ClearVision Equity Partners
David Wachtel
CEO & Founder of MePlusMore
Steve Kennedy
Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Edwards Lifesciences
Josh Maher
Founder and President of Seattle Angel
Greg Bohdan
CFO of Mako Labs
Nabil Takla
Founder & CEO of N3Ventures LLC
Ashok Kamal
Executive Director at Tech Coast Angels - San Diego
Daniel DeVille
Co-Founder and CEO of Sentry Residential
Rick Cooper
CEO of MANTA Instruments Inc
Kim Folsom
Co-Founder of Founders First Capital Partners, LLC.
Scott Chacon
Co-founder and CEO at Chatterbug. Previously co-founder of GitHub.
Sharon To
Software Engineer at SurveyMonkey
Melanie Turmlin
Programs Director at STE(A)M Truck
Adam Moyer
Founder and CEO at Knockaround, LLC
Fareid Asphahani
Patent Agent, Perkins Coie, LLP
Neville Billimoria '82
UCSD Alumni Board of Directors
Ted Daley
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, UC San Diego
Babak Forutanpour '92
Machine Vision Engineer,
Outerwall Inc.
Jared Graham '13
Strategy Consultant
Taner Halicioglu '96
Angel Investor & Lecturer,
UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering
Kim Davis King
Lecturer,
Rady School of Management
Silvia Mah '04 PhD, '10 MBA
Executive Director, Hera-Labs
Dr. Rosibel Ochoa,
Executive Director, Von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center, UC San Diego
Mike Pusateri
Founder & CEO, BentPixels
J. Summer Rogers '02
CEO, South Doctors, Inc.
Luke Sophinos
Founder, CEO, CourseKey
Coco Tihanyi '89
President, Owner, Surf Diva
Ping Yeh '99, 01 M.S.
Co-Founder, CEO, StemoniX
Andrew Kirk
COO of CitySourched
Dor Ashur
Registered Patent Agent at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati
Evan Shoemaker
Founder & CEO of WeBuild
Ibrahim Sezan
Principal and Founder at Distinct Insights, LLC
Brendon Bock
Client Executive at Marsh
Josh Wortman
Data Science Executive at General Forensics
Barbara Cox
Coaching Psychologist at Dr. Cox Consulting
Frank Stonebanks
Founder & Managing Partner of Pipeline Ventures, LP
Charles Zahl
Board Member at SoCal EED, Inc.
Gavin Lew
Managing Director at Bold Insight
Ryan Hodson
Serial Founding Investor
Ann Crady Weiss
CEO and Co-founder at Hatch Baby
Steve McCloskey
Founder and CEO at Nanome Inc.
Sypraseuth Vandy
Senior Product Designer at Intuit
Edith Guerrero
Wireless Reach Manager at Qualcomm
John Beane
Entrepreneur-In-Residence, UC San Diego
Aryeh Bourkoff '95
Founder & CEO, Liontree LLC
Lakshya Datta
Founder & CEO, Launchora
Rob Fuller
Growth Architect, UC San Diego
Dr. Rajesh Grover
Assistant Professor, The Scripps Research Institute
Jarrod Hammes '00, '08 M.B.A.
Senior Product Manager, ecoATM
Sam Knight '73
VP Customer Relations, LocationSmart
Adam Markowitz '08
Founder, CEO, Portfolium
Geoff Odell
CEO, Trusted-Hit
Dr. Lada Rasochova
Executive Director, California Institute for Innovation and Development (CIID),
Rady School of Management
Tim Rueth
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Tiffany Stone, '12
Founder, CEO, Menagerie
Rebecca Tilghman '99
Accounting Manager, CEA, LLP
Erik Vieira '97
Patent Counsel and Owner,
Vieira and Associates
Monica Mo
Founder and CEO of WellSeek
Takashi Kiyoizumi
EVP of International at Thrive Bioscience, Inc.
CEO & CoFounder at GroundMetrics, Inc
Danielle Rowley
Founder of bizPROFI
William Allen
Co-Founder and General Partner at Harpoon Ventures
Jason Partin
Keri Yen Ng
VP of Willow
Mike Miller
Principal of Wild Horse Labs
Brian Israel
Co-Founder & Legal Counsel, ConsenSys Space
Mohamedi "Mo" Kagalwala
Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Siragen Inc.
Ryan Smith
’94 Associate at Duane Morris LLP
Clarissa Redwine
Senior Design & Technology Outreach Lead at KickStarter
Sergey Sundukovskiy
Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer at Raken, Inc.
Elina Kim
Senior XD Prototyper at Intuit
Michael Thatcher
President and CEO at Charity Navigator
Jeffrey Belk ’83
Managing Director,
Forecast Ventures
Deb Bronston-Culp '80
Managing Partner, Samothrace Partners, LLC
Ben Diederich '01
Patent and IP Consultant
Eric Gasser
Board Member, Tech Coast Angels
Martyn Gross '15
CEO, Skylit Medical
Greg Horowitt '80
Co-Founder, Director, T2 Venture Capital
Daniel Lee '14
Co-Founder, Hush
Gioia Messinger '84
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, UC San Diego
Walt Paley '04
Director of Marketing, SafeLogic
Paul Roben
AVC Innovation and Tech, UC San Diego
Alejandro Saad
Founder, CEO, Shuttle Wizard
Pedro Suarez
Attorney, Mintz Levin
Edgar Tirado
Partner, Dottir LLP
Ray Freiwirth
Patent Strategist
Arthur Morelli
Founder and CEO of Arthur F. Morelli and Associates
Cami Eiskamp
Senior Educational Consultant at Quantum Learning Network
Murray Reicher
Serial healthcare entrepreneur, inventor, executive, angel
Billy Lister III
Senior Associate at Motion Venture Fund
Jimmy Kan
Senior Associate at Anzu Partners
Jarrod Hammes
Senior Manager and Head of UX of ecoATM Gazelle
Renee Zau
Co-Founder & CEO of DonationMatch.com
Ken Davenport
CEO & Co-Founder of Mission Edge
Dan Hendricks
Founder and President at Open Source Maker Labs
Raksha Shah
Founder and CEO of Obsidio Therapeutics, Inc.
Amber Jackson
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Blue Latitudes, LLC
Sam Ramji
VP Cloud Platform at Autodesk
Jessica Mong
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at SurveyMonkey
Laura Gomez
Founder & CEO of Atipica
Amy Jo Kim
CEO of ShuffleBrain and author of gamethinking.io