Founders & Ventures

IssueVoter is a nonpartisan, online platform and your guide to contacting Congress. IssueVoter makes civic engagement accessible with alerts before Congress votes, gives individuals a…

Iván Ernesto Barragán Gutiérrez is an entrepreneur, consultant, researcher, and mechanical engineer with a Master’s degree and (as of 2025) nearly four decades of…

With a background in Community Development and Project Planning, Ivan Otieno is passionate about creating livelihoods, promoting environmental conservation, and empowering smallholder farmers in…

J.M. Contreras is a co-founder of Aymara, a company dedicated to developing and deploying tests that measure unintended harms in generative artificial intelligence (AI)…

Jacob Maina is a Kenyan computer scientist with over a decade of expertise in machine learning, computer vision, and AI-driven solutions. Born and raised…

Jamal Abrams was born and raised in Baltimore, MD. He later earned his BFA in dance from the University of the Arts. He has…

James Bagley (COO) has over 14 years of professional IT experience and has a very strategic mindset regarding business operations. He provides insight into…

Janae Williams (juh weems) is a fat black genderqueer circus of a human being born and raised in the Black Baptist church pews of…

Jane Kim is the founder of KindEd, a social media and AI literacy program that takes a behavior-focused approach to healthy and responsible digital…

Janet Akande-Dokun is one of the co-founders of Moremme VA LLC and a pharmaceutical scientist, with more than 25 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical…

Jasmin Hinnant is an HR professional with experience in Org Development, Talent Development, and DEI. Jasmin graduated from Temple University (’14) and Michigan State…

Jasmine Jones is the founder and CEO of Cherry Blossom Intimates. Inspired by her grandmother’s battle with breast cancer, Jasmine created the company to…