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Leadership<\/h3><\/span>
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Lorne Novick<\/h3>

Interim Chief Executive Officer<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Kathy Heflin<\/h3>

Chief Financial Officer<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Nicki Hubbard<\/h3>

Chief Marketing Officer<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Corey James<\/h3>

Chief Impact & Partnership Officer<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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John Grace<\/h3>

Chief Workforce Officer<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Matt Riehl<\/h3>

Head of Government Relations<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Staff<\/h3><\/span>
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Abel Castillo<\/h3>

Venture Analyst<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Alexis Watkins<\/h3>

Marketing Administration Coordinator<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Alison King<\/h3>

Director, Burton D. Morgan Mentoring Program<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Andrew Santiago<\/h3>

Senior Accountant<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Antoinette Berry-Snowden<\/h3>

Program Support Specialist, Cleveland Learning Centers<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Callie Reynolds<\/h3>

Senior Manager, Communications & Media Relations<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Camille Heard<\/h3>

Director, High Growth Services<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Cara Perez<\/h3>

Manager, Development Operations<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Cary Berman<\/h3>

CFO-In-Residence<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Christopher Smith<\/h3>

Director, National Programs<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dan Brown<\/h3>

Director, Stark Entrepreneurial Services<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Danielle Morris<\/h3>

Senior Director, Revenue & Compliance Management<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Darsani Alapati<\/h3>

Data Analyst<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Devin Bates<\/h3>

Curriculum Manager<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Drew Nanda<\/h3>

Data Analyst<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ed Valentin-Lugo<\/h3>

Learning Center Media Coordinator<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Eric Amanfoh<\/h3>

Vice President, Finance<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Evan Matuszak<\/h3>

Manager, Startup Engagement<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Feowyn Mackinnon<\/h3>

Senior Director, Strategic Business Initiatives<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Freddie Coffey<\/h3>

Senior Director, Marketing<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Haley Burk<\/h3>

Director, Network Management<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jaclyn Williams<\/h3>

Sr. Analyst, Market Research<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jagadeesh Bhupathiraju<\/h3>

Data Analyst<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jennifer Palla<\/h3>

Executive Administrator<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jennifer Rowen<\/h3>

Senior Manager, Program Operations<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jeri Shelton<\/h3>

Sr. Manager, Salesforce Administration<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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John Kozsey<\/h3>

Multimedia Designer<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jos\u00e9 Col\u00f3n<\/h3>

Senior Manager, Small Business Capital and Services<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Justin McKeal<\/h3>

IT Systems Coordinator<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Kaleigh Gallagher<\/h3>

Vice President, Tech Services & Network Management<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ke'Lani Hall<\/h3>

Manager, National Operations<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Kimalon Dixon<\/h3>

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Laura Beans Sika<\/h3>

Communications Manager<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Lauren Jordan<\/h3>

MCC Events and Marketing Associate<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Lauren Smith-Petta<\/h3>

Senior Director, Educational Services<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Mary Paxton<\/h3>

Vice President, Development<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Megan MacKinnon<\/h3>

MCC Guest Service Coordinator<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Merinda Davis<\/h3>

Reception & Front Desk Concierge<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Mery Sanchez<\/h3>

Digital Marketing Associate<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Michele Hicks<\/h3>

Senior Director, Human Resources<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Michelle Vazquez<\/h3>

Staff Accountant<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Nelson Foster<\/h3>

Manager, Data & Systems<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Nilda Medina-Gonzalez<\/h3>

Manager, Facilities Operations & Engagement<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Patrycja Ajdukiewicz<\/h3>

Vice President, Small Business Capital and Services<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Phelan Spence<\/h3>

Manager, Business Strategy Services<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Rachna Lather<\/h3>

Director, Commercial Go-to-Market Strategy<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Rayne Elder<\/h3>

Analyst, Small Business Deal Flow<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sacha Bleck<\/h3>

Finance Associate<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Shanelle Johnson Zeigler<\/h3>

Senior Associate, Small Business Deal Flow<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sydney Evans<\/h3>

Program Impact Analyst<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tina Stingu<\/h3>

Human Resources Generalist<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Tyler Kohrt<\/h3>

Program Manager, Trailblazer Accelerators<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Zeenat Nadvi<\/h3>

Manager, Preferred Partnerships<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53418,"parent":770,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25873","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nJumpStart Team - Our People Make the Difference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our JumpStart team consists of diverse professionals focused on helping entrepreneurs with growth and problem solving of their ideas or businesses\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jumpstartinc.org\/about\/team\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our Team\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our JumpStart team consists of diverse professionals focused on helping entrepreneurs with growth and problem solving of their ideas or businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jumpstartinc.org\/about\/team\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JumpStart Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-30T15:11:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jumpstartinc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/team-header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"14 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jumpstartinc.org\/about\/team\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jumpstartinc.org\/about\/team\",\"name\":\"JumpStart Team - 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