Swartz Center Advisory Board
The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Board consists of members from key constituencies of the national entrepreneurial community with connections to Carnegie Mellon University. These business leaders and successful entrepreneurs will support the Swartz Center leadership by providing expertise and guidance for the ongoing activities of the Center.

Lane Bess
Principal and Founder, Bess Ventures and Advisory
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Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande
President and Chairman of Sparta Group LLC

Matt Humphrey
Co-founder and CEO, LendingHome
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Jonathan Kaplan
Founder and Chairman, The Melt

DJ Kleinbaum
Co-founder and Co-CEO, Emerald Cloud Laboratory
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Susan Koger
Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, ModCloth
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Miles Reidy
Partner, QED Investors
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Matt Rogers
Founder and Chief Product Officer, Nest
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Ruchi Sanghvi
Vice President of Operations, Dropbox
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Peter Stern
Serial Tech Entrepreneur and CEO
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Jim Swartz
Founding Partner Emeritus, Accel Partners
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Shanna Tellerman
Co-founder and CEO, Modsy
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