The Founders Circle

The Founders Circle is a group of dedicated LaunchPad alumni who significantly contributed to the development of the program as students. As entrepreneurs and innovation professionals, they continue to be mentors and role models for current students.

They exemplify Syracuse University’s spirit of entrepreneurship. Feel free to connect with them through their LinkedIn profiles.

2023 Founders

Aidan Mickleburgh
Engineering and Computer Science
(Graduate, 2023)
Alexander Santangelo
VPA
(Undergrad, 2023)
Ben Delmarsh
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2023)
Ben Ford
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2023)
Carlos Magdeleno
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2023)
Fabio Xie
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2023)
Gabriel Ruoff
Engineering & Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2023)
Jack Adler
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2023)
Jared Anderson
Engineering & Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2023)
Justin Gluska
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2023)
Kelly Davis
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2023)
Lexi Cianfarani
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2023)
Nicholas Graham
Whitman & Newhouse
(Law, 2023)
Maya Tsimmer
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2023)
Sam Holland
Whitman & Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2023)
Sasha Temerte
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2023)
Selim Dangoor
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2023)
Zach Stahl
Engineering & Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2023)
Noah Mechnig-Giordano
Engineering & Computer Science
(Graduate, 2023)
Rob Goldblatt
Whitman
(Graduate, 2023)
Ethan Tyo
'17 iSchool, G'22 Falk
(Graduate, 2023)
Sydney Groso
'23 Falk/Maxwell
(Graduate, 2023)
Claire Howard
‘23, Maxwell
(Graduate, 2023)
Sasha Temerte
‘23 Arts & Sciences / Maxwell, Economics, Writing & Rhetoric
(Graduate, 2023)
Kelly Davis
’23 Whitman/Newhouse
Justin Gluska
‘23 Engineering and Computer Science
Coral Hunter Coad
'23 VPA

2022 Founders

Ben Olender
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)
Brian Burton
Maxwell & iSchool
(Undergrad, 2022)
Bruno Gonzalez-Hauger
Whitman
(Graduate, 2022)
Catherine Forrest
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2022)
David Williams
Maxwell & iSchool
(Undergrad, 2022)
Diego Luna
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2022)
Jack Lyons
Newhouse & Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)
Jack Ramza
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)
James LePage
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)
Josh Alter
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)
Koi Damaris Munyua
Whitman
(Graduate, 2022)
Marcus Webb
Whitman
(Graduate, 2022)
Matt Keenan
Newhouse & Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)
Mike Young
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)
Natasha Brao
VPA & iSchool
(Undergrad, 2022)
Nolan Kagan
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)
Paul Franco
Arts & Sciences
(Undergrad, 2022)
Paul Hultgren
Entrepreneur In Residence
(Undergrad, 2022)
Sam Hollander
Whitman & Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2022)
Simran Lakhani
Engineering & Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2022)
Sophia Sparrgrove
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)
Travis Ghirdharie
Maxwell
(Graduate, 2022)
Zach Goldstein
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2022)
Ze Zeng
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2022)

2021 Founders

Aanya Singh
Newhouse & Whitman
(Undergrad, 2021)
Bruno Andres Gonzalez Hauger
Newhouse & Whitman
(Undergrad, 2021)
Cassianne Cavallaro
VPA Illustration
(Undergrad, 2021)
Daniel Green
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2021)
Emma Rothman
Food Studies, Falk
(Undergrad, 2021)
Erica Morrison
Newhouse & Whitman
(Undergrad, 2021)
Erica Jules
VPA Industrial and Interaction Design
(Undergrad, 2021)
Ethan Clearfield
VPA Museum Studies
(Gradaute, 2021)
Ethan Tyo
Food Studies, Falk
(Graduate, 2021)
Gokul Beeda
VPA Industrial and Interaction Design
(Undergrad, 2021)
James Rudman
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2021)
Jules Moskowitz
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2021)
Kyra Thomas
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2021)
Madison Worden
VPA Industrial and Interaction Design
(Undergrad, 2021)
Max Freund
Newhouse & Whitman
(Undergrad, 2021)
Patrick Prioletti
Applied Data Science, iSchool
(Graduate, 2021)
Patrick Linehan
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2021)
Raul Guardans
VPA Acting
(Undergrad, 2021)
Ricardo Sanchez
VPA Industrial and Interaction Design
(Undergrad, 2021)
Russell Fearon
Engineering and Computer Science
(Graduate, 2021)
Ryan Ondocin
Applied Data Science, iSchool
(Graduate, 2021)
Sam Chazen
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2021)
Sam Hollander
Newhouse & Whitman
(Undergrad, 2021)
Sardor Askarov
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2021)
Shawn Gaetano
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2021)
Sloane Sexton
VPA Communications Design
(Undergrad, 2021)
Vaishnavi Subhedar
Engineering and Computer Science
(Graduate, 2021)
Zain Elwakil
Architecture
(Undergrad, 2021)
Zero Lin
Newhouse & Maxwell
(Undergrad, 2021)

2020 Founders

Adam Johnson
VPA Industrial and Interaction Design
(Undergrad, 2020)
Aakash Parekh
Whitman
(Graduate, 2020)
Alden Morris
MPS SUNY ESF
(Graduate, 2020)
Alec Gillinder
VPA Industrial and Interaction Design
(Undergrad, 2020)
Amos Cohen
Whitman and iSchool
(Undergrad, 2020)
Annabelle Lincoln
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2020)
Anthony Obas
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2020)
Audrey Miller
Maxwell
(Undergrad, 2020)
Brendan O’Keeffe
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2020)
Brianna Howard
Falk
(Undergrad, 2020)
Caleb Obiagwu
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2020)
Courtney Jiggetts
VPA Environmental and Interior Design
(Undergrad, 2020)
Daniel Zimmerman
Falk
(Undergrad, 2020)
Elizabeth Diaz
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2020)
James Carver
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2020)
Jane Lee
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2020)
Jiaman (Maggie) Peng
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2020)
Maxim Glagolev
Mawell
(Graduate, 2020)
Michael Paris
VPA Communications Design
(Undergrad, 2020)
Nick Barba
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2020)
Nicole D'Souza
VPA Film
(Undergrad, 2020)
Nikita Chatterjee
Maxwell
(Undergrad, 2020)
Nikita Kuckian
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2020)
Oladeji Awe
VPA Industrial and Interaction Design
(Undergrad, 2020)
Peter Mignacca
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2020)
Quinn King
VPA Industrial and Interaction Design
(Undergrad, 2020)
Russell Fearon
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2020)
Ryan Taggart
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2020)
Sammy Steiner
Bandier Program, Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2020)
Sharif King
Newhouse
(Graduate, 2020)
Sophia Jaberi
VPA School of Design
(Undergrad, 2020)
Victoria Lawson
VPA Industrial and Interaction Design
(Undergrad, 2020)
William DeVito
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2020)
Wilson Hunsinger
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2020)

2019 Founders

Aja Selbach-Broad
VPA Department of Transmedia
(Undergrad, 2019)
Angelica O'Hara
Engineering & Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2019)
Attila Melegh
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2020)
Bridget McDonough
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2019)
Brooke Walden
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2019)
Chris Chomicki
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2019)
Chris Sekerak
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2019)
Daniel McMurray
Maxwell
(Undergrad, 2019)
David Fox
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2019)
Divya Murthy
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2019)
Elizabeth Tarangelo
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2019)
Geena Matuson
Newhouse
(Graduate, 2019)
Jaclyn Hingre
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2019)
Jacob deHahn
VPA School of Design
(Undergrad, 2019)
Jose Garcia
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2019)
Josh Jackson
iSchool
(Graduate, 2019)
Justina Hnatowicz
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2019)
Kaelan Selbach-Broad
VPA Department of Transmedia
(Undergrad, 2019)
Kayla Simon
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2019)
Kelsey Davis
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2019)
Kennedy Rose
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2019)
Kevin Rieck
University College
(Undergrad, 2019)
Marcus Cook
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2019)
McKenna Murtha
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2019)
Peter Hartsock
VPA Department of Transmedia
(Undergrad, 2019)
Phil McKnight
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2019)
Randy Ginsburg
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2019)
Ryan Williams
Falk
(Undergrad, 2021)
Samantha Santoni
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2019)
Saniya More
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2019)
Tay Lotte
University College
(Undergrad, 2019)
Zeus Rocancourt
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2019)

2018 Founders

A Wortz
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2018)
AJ Damiano
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Amanda Chou
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2018)
Angela Kim
VPA School of Design
(Undergrad, 2018)
Brandon Eng
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Brian H.C. Kam
Maxwell
(Undergrad, 2018)
Brittany Berry
VPA School of Design
(Undergrad, 2018)
Charles Keppler
Engineering and Computer Science
(Undergrad, 2018)
Chase Guttman
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2018)
David Zuleta
Arts and Sciences
(Undergrad, 2018)
Diethard Struelens
Janklow Arts Leadership
Dylan Gans
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Dylan Kim
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Emily Dang
iSchool
(Undergrad, 2018)
Erin Miller
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2018)
Gabriela Escalante Mejia
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Giorgio Parlato
Whitman
(Graduate, 2018)
Jack Phillips
Architecture
(Undergrad, 2018)
James Ransom
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Jason Kuperberg
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Joshua Aviv
iSchool
(Graduate, 2018)
Joshua Moon
Arts and Sciences
(Undergrad, 2018)
Julia Haber
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2018)
Kate Beckman
Newhouse
(Graduate, 2018)
Kennedy Patlan
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2018)
Lawrence YongZhang Lin
Maxwell
(Undergrad, 2018)
Logan Bonney
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Losa Amara Meru
Newhouse
(Undergrad, 2018)
Louis Bookoff
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Luka Negoita
Arts and Sciences
(PhD, 2018)
Matthieu D. Menand
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Nathan Elequin
School of Education
(Undergrad, 2018)
Quentin Rosso
Whitman
(Undergrad, 2018)
Ryan Brinkerhoff
Maxwell
(Undergrad, 2018)
Thuy Nguyen
Whitman
(Graduate, 2018)
Will McKnight
Arts and Sciences
(Undergrad, 2018)

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