Past Event Chairpersons
Early Stage East® Event Chairs work to bring together leaders from the venture capital, entrepreneurial development and investment communities. Their focus is to promote early stage companies and connect them to the venture investment community. Typically there a two chairs per conference, one representing the northern region and one the southern region of ESE’s geographic footprint which extends from the Carolinas to New England.
Early Stage East®
| 2009 |
Bruce Luehrs |
| 2008 |
Andrew Jones, General Partner, Boulder Ventures |
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Robert E. Keith, Jr. Managing Director, TL Ventures |
| 2007 |
Don Yount, Principal, Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds |
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Ray Dizon, Managing Director, Maryland Venture Funds |
| 2006 |
Seán Sebastian, Founding Partner of Birchmere Ventures |
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Josh Grotstein, Partner and Co-Founder of SAS Investors |
| 2005 | Jay Coogan, Duane Morris LLP |
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Geroge Nemphos, Duane Morris LLP |
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| 2004 |
Andrea Kaufman, Partner, Novak Biddle Venture Partners |
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Tami Fratis, General Partner, Murex Investments |
| 2003 |
David Lyons, President, Lyons Insurance |
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Wayne Kimmel, Managing Director, Eastern Technology Fund |
| 2002 | Charlotte Arnold, Vice President, Meridian Venture Partners |
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Mark Cannon, Vice President, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown |
| 2001 | Stephan Parico, Partner, BDO Seidman |
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John Freyhof, Managing Director, The Reinvestment Fund |
| 2000 | Richard Silfen, Duane Morris LLP |
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Ken Marino, Partner, Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley LLP |
| 1999 | Joseph P. Killackey, Managing Director,
Opportunity Growth Fund |
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Steven Hobman, Managing Partner,
New Spring Mezzanine Capital |
Bio Life Tech
| 2009 |
Gerry Norton, Partner,
Fox Rothschild |
| 2008 |
Tanya Dobash Berlage, Partner & Co-Chair,
Saul Ewing's Life Sciences Practice Group |
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Bob McHugh, Manager of Capital Access,
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA |
| 2007 |
Keli Isaacson, Partner,
Duane Morris |
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Mike Bowman, Chairman of the Board & CEO,
Delaware Technology Park Inc. |
| 2006 |
Jennifer Miller, Partner,
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP |
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Stephen M. Simpson, Partner,
Ernst & Young LLP |
| 2005 |
Steven Cohen, Partner,
Morgan Lewis & Bockius |
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George Nemphos, Partner,
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP |
| 2004 |
Douglas M. Fox, Partner,
Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll, LLP |
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Fritz Bittenbender, President,
Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association |
| 2003 | Ann Lansinger, Executive Director,
Emerging Technology Center |
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Jeffrey P. Libson, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP |
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