People

Faculty and staff

Advisory board

Our advisory board is made up of experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders, including several iSchool alumni:

• Abhishek Unnam / AI Manager, SHL Labs
• Albert Lam / Product Manager, UiPath
• Amy Hutchins / Director of Product – Mapping and Locations, Procore Technologies
• Andy Wu / Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
• Colleen Hilton / Co-founder and CEO, Alli Connect
• Eric Larsen / Vice Chairperson, Alliance of Angels
• Jax Morgan / Software Investor, Turn/River Capital
• Julie Averill / Former EVP and Chief Information Officer, lululemon
• Kabir Shahani / Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Avante and Adora
• Kristie Duffin / CTO, Cascade Asset Management Company
• Nick Whiting / Technical Co-founder, kumikai
• Prem Kumar / Co-founder and CEO, Humanly
• Spencer Christiansen / Head of Operations, Loyal VC
• Tim Kotin / Director of Data Analytics and GenAI, AmaliTech Services

Entrepreneurs-in-residence (EIRs)

Our EIRs support our community events and provide mentorship to first-time student founders. EIRs are typically UW students who bring substantial prior experience as entrepreneurs or VC investors. If you’re an iSchool student and would like to meet with an EIR, please stop by during their drop-in office hours or contact us for additional scheduling options.

Autumn 2025 – Spring 2026 EIRs

• Jordan Lee / Founder, Superclassroom
• Meera Patel / Founder, ReFactory
• Nick Clark / Founder, SimLoop AI

Spring 2025 EIRs

• Joy Tang / Startup fundraising specialist
• Luna Chen / Fellow, 8VC

Autumn 2024 – Winter 2025 EIRs

• Brian Cao / Founder, Amethyst
• Luna Chen / Fellow, 8VC

Spring 2024 – Summer 2024 EIRs

• Brian Cao / Founder, Amethyst
• Jake Harper / Founder, Napkin

Winter 2024 EIRs

• Sierra Lee / Co-founder, DubHacks Next