Associate Members
Team Members
Eloisa Acha
Business Development
Eloisa Acha is a senior executive with 20 years of experience in marketing and sales, business development and strategic partnerships in the high-tech industry. She has a demonstrated ability to successfully set up and scale new teams and programs to drive sales and marketing results. Proven ability to design and implement plans to drive new […]
Wade Allen
Business Strategy
Wade Allen is the CEO of Cendea, and is a results-oriented, start-up, turn-around and high-growth executive with 25 years of experience of starting and driving companies to success.
Ryan Baker
Business Management & Strategy
Ryan is a Senior Consultant at Deloitte providing strategic visioning and growth strategies to public sector and nonprofit clients. He is passionate about bringing business solutions to support impact-focused organizations. Ryan has also worked for a venture philanthropy firm supporting social enterprises. He earned an MBA from the University of Texas with a focus on […]
Nick Baldi
Healthcare, Public Health, & Pharmaceuticals
Nick Baldi has broad experience in healthcare, public health, and pharmaceuticals, having worked in a variety of company settings, including large consulting firms, midsized biotech, and start-ups. He holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Early in his career, Nick worked primarily with biotech companies, specializing in regulatory and operations-focused […]
Jersey Chen
Healthcare
Jersey is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and is currently a medical student at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Prior to medical school, Jersey was a consultant at Accenture, working on strategy and implementation projects for clients ranging from banks, large healthcare payers and providers, state governments, […]
Shanup Dalal, MD
Healthcare
Shanup Dalal is an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Hospitalist in Dallas, Texas. He has strong interests in technological innovations that will help communities that do not have access to the same resources as those in wealthier areas.
Sarah Dar
Clean Tech
My professional and volunteering experiences have led me to care deeply about climate change and its impacts on the global population. I am a technology consultant with a secret clearance and 3 years of experience supporting federal clients including the Navy Resilient Energy Programs Office, Food & Drug Administration, and Defense Health Agency.
Darcy Dement Pedetti
Business Strategy
Darcy is an accomplished GM of technology-centric enterprises, with experience in starting up, scaling up, and turning around organizations. Her specialty is linking business strategy to execution: market analysis, identification of underserved customer needs, market segmentation and targeting, investment scenario planning, and operational planning. Her passion is helping to resolve our global challenges through science […]