Danielle Weinblatt is the Founder and CEO of Take the Interview.
Prior to Take the Interview, Weinblatt was a private equity professional and the Junior Recruiting Captain for Cornell University during her time at Citigroup. While at Citigroup, Weinblatt was a member of the Investment Banking Group, where she specialized in Energy Mergers & Acquisitions. She is a member of Springboard Enterprises, a network of female technology CEOs and an Advisor to DreamIt Ventures Israel, an incubator supporting Israeli startups.
Danielle Weinblatt holds a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Applied Economics from Cornell University and achieved Honors at Harvard Business School.
Cheryl Swirnow is the co-founder and COO of Sherpaa.
Prior to co-founding Sherpaa, Swirnow worked with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Quintessentially, Nike, The Barbarian Group and Rent the Runway.
Cheryl Swirnow graduated from Cornell University's Hotel School with a concentration in HR.
Caitlin Strandberg is an Associate at Flybridge Capital Partners whose investment interests and experience broadly cover companies and technologies across the information technology sector including ad tech, digital media, fin tech, and consumer internet.
Caitlin joined the firm in August 2012 from LearnVest, a personal finance start-up in NYC, where she served as Director of Business Development. Previously, she was the Associate Director of Business Development at Behance, a platform for showcasing and discovering creative work online. Caitlin was also the President and Co-founder of Slope Media Group, a student-run media organization based out of Cornell University that includes internet radio, internet television and a digital magazine.
Caitlin Strandberg holds a BA in History from Cornell University with a minor in Science and Technology Studies.
Christine Marchuska is CEO of c. marchuska. c. marchuska is an eco-friendly clothing line by Christine Marchuska and Brooke Bresnan, which provides chic and sustainable clothing at affordable prices. Manufactured in New York City, the clothing is designed to embody versatility throughout different trends and seasons in order to stay true to the sustainable fashion mantra of producing less waste.
Christine Marchuska's comments are from a panel entitled "Fashion With Social Awareness" from the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration in April 2010.
Christine Marchuska is a graduate of Cornell University.
Marissa Goodman was the marketing manager for Celebrity Brands at Steve & Barry's from 2006-2008 where she oversaw creative production and promotions. Marissa is now an account executive for Verizon at Momentum, an event marketing agency located in New York City.
Marissa Goodman is a graduate of Cornell University.
Amy Breitberg began her professional career in Citigroup's Financial Division as part of their analyst program. She is currently working in the Strategy and Planning Department where she has been part of the incentive compensation team as well as a team which supports the equities business from a planning and analysis perspective.
She was recently promoted to Assistant Vice President.
Amy Breitberg is a graduate of Cornell University.
Katie Lucchesi and Chaun Sims are both students at Colorado State University who placed third in the 2006 University of Colorado at Boulder Cleantech Innovators' Challenge for their company, Bright Light Innovations.
Bright Light Innovations produces the Firefly Stove, an inexpensive stove that provides heat and electricity without emitting harmful kerosene or wood smoke. The company says it is designed for use in homes without electricity in developing countries. But the stove isn't just for cooking and warming a room. Because it uses a thermo-electric generator, a device that converts heat from the stove into electricity, the electricity generated can be used for light or stored in a battery for use at a later time.
Since placing third and winning $5,000 in the contest, Bright Light Innovations has received a grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, which allowed the team to build and field test prototype stoves in India. The team, now working on a redesigned stove based on the field test results, expects that an updated model will be available in limited quantities later this year. Team members expect to establish a profitable business within a few years.
Katie Lucchesi is a senior at Colorado State University and expects to graduate in 2007.
Ashleigh Smith is the founder of Make It Happen. The mission of Make It Happen (MIH) is to provide educational and therapeutic mateirals for children with autism and special needs.
Ashleigh Smith is expected to graduate Cornell University in 2007.
Meghan Cross is a Managing Director at Red Bear Angels. She has nearly a decade of operating experience launching and growing media & software companies in New York and Silicon Valley. As an early Director at StyleCaster Inc., Meghan led the digital media conglomerate’s marketing team through the business’ exit to She Knows Media. Prior, Meghan was in Public Relations, helping to build such brands as Skype and Foursquare into household names. She draws venture experience from working with Bowery Capital, Foundation Capital, Metamorphic Ventures, and StarVest Partners, where she analyzed potential investments and provided portfolio value-add. She is the founder of Cross Venture Services LLC, a launch advisor to such commerce platforms as Sailo (TechStars ’15), Shareswell, and Thursday Boot Co. Meghan Cross received her B.S. in Fiber & Textile Science from Cornell University and M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, where she co-led of the school’s entrepreneurship program and was Steve Blank’s teaching assistant for The Lean Launchpad.