Women Startup Challenge 2015 DC Jury

As an investor who backs women-led businesses and films through her portfolio company See Jane Invest, Kelly helps startups and creatives communicate their vision, plan for growth and pitch to partners, collaborators and investors on a daily basis.

A frequent judge on CNBC’s Power Pitch and Fox Business’s Elevator Pitch, Kelly has spoken internationally and given talks at The United Nations, General Assembly, Angel Summit, Harvard, University of California-Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, Dubai Internet City and the Mill Valley Film Festival, where a film she co-produced about female founders (She Started It) was shown. She has currently invested in and advised over thirty startup companies and films, and launched a podcast called SEE JANE INVEST.

A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, St. John’s College, and the University of Detroit Mercy, Kelly holds a Masters in Business Administration, J.D., Masters in Liberal Arts, and a B.A. in English Writing 
and History.

Over the last 30 years Jeff has been a designer, CEO, educator, consultant and investor. He enjoys the creative process, both from an artistic and organizational perspective. Currently he's bringing these divergent experiences together in order to help companies develop more conscious, purpose driven business models; and to help investors build societal as well as financial value. He tries to bring right and left brain thinking to problem solving, business creation and investing ideas; hopefully asking better questions and using his expertise to make the lives of those around him more fulfilling and successful.

As the founder of the Porter Group, CEO of SHIFT Ventures and Founder and Executive Director of Conscious Venture Lab, Jeff is an evangelist for the transformation of capitalism. Working with private investors and early-stage businesses his goal is to create businesses that are operating at the intersection of profit and purpose. As an expert in the emerging field of Conscious Capitalism Jeff has been invited to speak or present at a number of universities around the country on the topic of impact investing and new models of business. These include: The University of Maryland, The Darden School at the University of Virginia, Yale University, Columbia University, The Booth School at the University of Chicago, Howard Community College and The University of Baltimore.

Jeff is a recovering NCAA DIII Football player, has a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and currently studies Krav Maga, the martial art and self-defense system developed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Dr. Steve Davis worked at SpaceX since 2003 and was one of the first employees in a company which has grown to 6,000+ employees. At SpaceX, Steve was the Director of Advanced Projects, and also worked as Chief Engineer on the Falcon-1 Guidance, Navigation, and Control system and as Lead Systems Engineer on the Dragon Spacecraft Program. The latter culminated in SpaceX’s “Dragon Demo C1 Mission,” the first time in history that a private entity launched, orbited, reentered, and recovered a space capsule.

Steve founded several retail food businesses, his favorite concept being the Mr. Yogato frozen yogurt stores, where customers can earn discounts in goofy ways, such as doing the Thriller dance, getting a stamp on their forehead, or reciting the Braveheart speech.

Steve has a B.S. in Finance and a B.A.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Particle Physics from the University of Durham, an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University.

Dubbed “The Coach” by Marie Claire, Natalia (she/her and two last names–Ms. Oberti Noguera) is Founder & CEO of Pipeline Angels. Pipeline Angels is changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for women and non-binary femme social entrepreneurs.

Natalia is also Creator & Host of Pitch Makeover, a podcast on pitching and investing that spotlights startups launched by women, non-binary people, and men of color. She holds a BA in Comparative Literature & Economics from Yale, as well as an MA in Organizational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Natalia serves on the boards of Walker’s Legacy and iRelaunch. Inc. Magazine selected Natalia as one of “The Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs of 2016,” Latina.com included her in their list of “25 Latinas Who Shine in Tech,” and Women’s eNews recognized her as one of 21 Leaders for the 21st Century for 2012. StartOut, a network of LGBTQ entrepreneurs, honored Natalia (a cis queer Latina) with the 2017 Nixon Peabody Trailblazer Award, “recognizing an entrepreneur whose pioneering approach or vision has set a trend for an entire industry.”

Lisa Stone is an investor, co-founder and c-level entrepreneur with extensive experience working successfully across sales, product, engineering, marketing, content and community to design platforms, programs, pricing and partnerships that activate millions of people and achieve defined business goals. As a social media pioneer, Lisa has used technology to create scale consumer movements and communities (25-127 million monthly uniques) on topics ranging from lifestyle to enterprise (BlogHer, Ellevest, Law.com, Women.com Networks, Fortune 100 clients, various advisory boards). Specialties: Storytelling with data, putting millions of dollars in the pockets of women, and advocacy for inclusivity in tech. Awards and honors include Fortune’s MPW Entrepreneur Award, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business and a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University. 

Diane works on communications, events and programs for Mozilla's 1000+ global staff. Previously, she worked in Mozilla's MDN Web Docs group supporting web developers worldwide. She joined Mozilla to run WebFWD, Mozilla’s accelerator for open source startups. She currently works on internal communications; previously she was Program Manager for Mozilla’s Developer Relations team. Pre-Mozilla she did communications, marketing, product management, and business development at various startups as well as at Charles Schwab. She got her MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and her BA in History from Stanford.

As an investor who backs women-led businesses and films through her portfolio company See Jane Invest, Kelly helps startups and creatives communicate their vision, plan for growth and pitch to partners, collaborators and investors on a daily basis.

A frequent judge on CNBC’s Power Pitch and Fox Business’s Elevator Pitch, Kelly has spoken internationally and given talks at The United Nations, General Assembly, Angel Summit, Harvard, University of California-Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, Dubai Internet City and the Mill Valley Film Festival, where a film she co-produced about female founders (She Started It) was shown. She has currently invested in and advised over thirty startup companies and films, and launched a podcast called SEE JANE INVEST.

A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, St. John’s College, and the University of Detroit Mercy, Kelly holds a Masters in Business Administration, J.D., Masters in Liberal Arts, and a B.A. in English Writing 
and History.