The Fire Pitch Competition is the culmination of Ignite Healthcare Network's annual accelerator program created to encourage innovation in emerging women-led healthcare companies. The accelerator provides opportunities for women entrepreneurs to engage with advisors, potential customers, and investors to accelerate the growth of their companies.
When
Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM CSTLook who else is already registered!
| Liz Abie Proxima CRO , Marketing Strategist |
| Torrey Adams Greater Houston Partnership , Sr. Director - Global Life Sciences |
| Ferdinand Allardyce Ferdinand mbH , Child welfare social worker |
| Danguole Altman Newport, LLC , Partner |
| Fanny Anderson |
| Michael Aquino Carnrite Ventures , Vice President |
| Alyssa Arnold Valera Ventures , Angel Investor |
| Frank Azeke AFE , AFE |
| Marcos Basso Baker McKenzie , Partner |
| Daphne Bernicker HumanAim , Founder and CEO |
| David Bradshaw Waypoint Healthcare Solutions , Managing Partner |
| Patricia Gail Bray Westlake Health Consulting , President |
| Anne Sofie Brusendorff Consulate General of Denmark in Houston , Commercial Advisor, Health & Life Sciences |
| Zawadi Bryant MedNax-Acute Care Pediatrics , President |
| Eden Caligur Savills , Broker |
| Lauren Cantor Stanford GSB , Investor |
| Jeffrey Carnrite Carnrite Ventures , Partner |
| Grace Carrell Proxima CRO , Regulatory Affairs Associate |
| John Carter Denver Banker |
| Denise Castillo-Rhodes Texas Medical Center , CFO |
| Allen Caudle Caudle Crisis & Communication Counsel , Partner |
| Christina Clark Convergence , Commercial Advisor, Health & Life Sciences |
| Anthony Cokinos Choice! Energy , Choice! Energy |
| Alex Condon Galen Data , COO |
| Amanda Cotler Accel Unite, LLC , Account Executive |
| Libby Covington The Craig Group , Partner |
| Kimberly David Baylor College of Medicine , Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer |
| Jeff Davis |
| Amelia Degenkolb Novocuff, Inc. , CEO & Co-founder |
| Susie Distefano Distefano Consulting , Founder |
| Susan Douglass Quirk Wavemaker 360 Health , Managing Director |
| Megan Eddings Accel Unite, LLC , CEO |
| Hani Elshahawi NoviDigiTech , Managing Director |
| Willian Escalante Eduvision Edu cvv account shop Willian Solutions , Public housing manager |
| Kim Evans Seremedi , Seremedi |
| Debbie Fay bespeak presentation solutions llc , founder |
| Margaret Feeney UConn , UConn |
| Jillian Fink Nanodropper, Inc |
| Kristen Flack MassChallenge , Senior Community Manager |
| Trey Flores Aldridge , Principal |
| Deborah Gage Medecision , Former CEO |
| Gabriela Gerhart Motherhood Center , Founder and President |
| Megan Girald |
| Leslie Goldman The Artemis Fund , General Partner |
| Ashley Gomez 132 Design , 132 Design |
| Cheri Grantham Floelle Inc , Vice President |
| Collier Griffin Digital Product Marketing Director |
| Collier Griffin, Md Digital Product Marketing Director |
| David Miro Grund refle-X-tions , Founder and Chief Emotional Officer |
| Sivashankarappa Gurusiddappa TCH , Research Tcgnst |
| Natalie Harms InnovationMap , editor |
| Susan Feigin Harris Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP |
| Irene Helsinger Newport LLC , Managing director |
| Paul Herndon Harper Pearson , Director |
| Karen Hill Texas Children's Health Plan , Chief Medical Officer |
| Kathy Holland |
| Angela Holmes Mercury Data Science , COO |
| Meagan Howard TMC Innovation , Manager |
| Patricia Hsing Texas Children's Health Plan , Assistant Vice President |
| Lester Huang |
| Carrie Ivers Clairity , CEO |
| Huma Jafry NanoInnovations , Founder and CEO |
| Ken Janda Wild Blue Health Solutions , Managing Principal |
| Qidong Jia CentreGold Capital , CentreGold Capital |
| Lisa Kandala Merrimac International Executive Search , Senior Consultant |
| Chelsea Kelley Kindred Medical Center , Director Sales Marketing |
| Keegan Kelly Proxima Clinical Research , Business Development Associate |
| Kiya Kersh Enthereal , Founder: Bioengineer & Team-Building |
| Rashmi Kilam Bouin Capital , Bouin Capital |
| Douglas Krebs BERKS Group , operating partner |
| Bram Kuiper Tired of Cancer BV , Tired of Cancer BV |
| Sharon LaDay Golden Seeds |
| Laurie Lee Prism Care, Inc. , Prism Care, Inc. |
| Connie L. Luthy Medical Product Innovation , Product Strategist |
| Kassity Mai Cooley LLP |
| Marjan Majid Enventure , Executive Director |
| Jeanne Manalo Enventure , Executive Director |
| Sreedhar Mandayam Prosalus Capital Partners , General Partner |
| Anita Marriott Anita & Anita CO KG , Professor |
| Ayse McCracken |
| Chrissa McFarlane Patientory Inc. , Founder & CEO |
| Joseph Miller Transmit Receive Labs, Inc. , Talent Pipeline Director |
| Catherine Mitchell Prospero-Health , Chief Strategy Officer |
| Sara Mitran Nathe Management Consulting , Principal Consultant |
| Adrienne Moeller Houston Methodist , Director Strategic Business Initiatives |
| Anna Monsour Alpha II , Director, Client Services |
| Nicole Moss Assurance Medication Management, Inc. |
| James Murphy Kirkland and Ellis LLP , Corporate Attorney |
| Jamie Nelson Hospital for Special Surgery , SVP & CIO |
| Kelli Newman Newman & Newman, Inc. , President |
| Candace Nguyen CuraConnector.com Inc , CEO |
| Benjamin David Novak Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP , Partner |
| Terence OBrien Aflac Global Ventures , Investor |
| Wogbe Ofori 360APPROACH | 360x , Principal |
| Morgan Palermo Accel Unite, LLC , Account Executive |
| Sheila Pande Tandem Community , Founder, CEO |
| Kirthika Parmeswaran Vital Start , Vital Start |
| Kathryn Peek Golden Seeds , Managing Director |
| Andrew Petersman Galen Data , Vice President of Sales |
| Allison Post Texas Heart Institute , Manager, Innovation Partnerships |
| Emily Reiser Texas Medical Center , Associate Director |
| Lia Rodriguez CVS Health / Aetna , Medical Director |
| Christina Rodríguez Beauté in Tech Magazine , Editor & Founder |
| Arielle Rogg |
| Maggie Row Summit Health , Chief Oncology |
| Kerry Rupp True Wealth Ventures , General Partner |
| Chuck Russell TC Energy , TC Energy |
| Dr. Heidi Russell Baylor College of Medicine , Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics |
| Sheila Ryan Baylor College of Medicine , AVP, Clinical Research Initiatives |
| Jason Sakamoto TMC Innovation , Head of TMC Biodesign |
| Derya Savaser Spark Biomedical , VP Outreach and Advocacy |
| Geraldine Schott pH Partners , Associate |
| Heidi Schwarzwald Aetna Better Health/CVS Health , Deputy CMO Medicaid |
| Kunal Shah Radiobotics , Business Developer |
| Amelie Shepherd Amazon & Shepherd Holding , Front-end mechanic |
| Anil Shetty Imagnia Healthcare , Imagnia Healthcare |
| Edward Shipper Goldman Sachs , Associate |
| Jeanna Simon Simon LLC , Audio control engineer |
| Pamela Singh CaseCTRL , CEO & Cofounder |
| Wendy Smith Aon , National leader-Delivery system transformation |
| Chelsea Snipes McKinsey & Co. , Associate |
| Carole Spangler Vaughn Eisana Corp , CEO |
| Keri Sprung Texas Heart Institute , AVP Communications & Education |
| Ellen Street Clario (formerly ERT) , Executive Vice President, Product Lines |
| Christine Sullivan CTSBDC , CTSBDC |
| Nova Szoka Endolumik Inc. , Founder |
| C Scott Talbot Cooley LLP , Partner |
| Joshua Taylor Capital Factory , Venture Associate |
| Lacey Tezino Passport Journeys App , Founder |
| Nagarajan Thinnanur Venkatesan Dxc , Solution architect |
| Linda Tobar Newman & Newman, Inc. , Communication Strategist & Associate Producer |
| Bill Turpin Sustainable Revenue, LLC , President |
| Jamie Villanueva Versa Business Partners , Business Development Associate |
| Barbara Vilutis Retired Banker , Steering Committee |
| Jim Voeller Maier & Maier, PLLC , Of Counsel - Patent Attorney |
| Helen Vollmer-Caudle Caudle Crisis & Communication Counsel , Partner |
| Door Vonk Tired of Cancer BV , Tired of Cancer BV |
| Matt Wagener Proxima CRO , VP Clinical Operations |
| Melonie Warfel Investor , Life Sciences |
| Daniel Watkins MERCURY FUND , Partner |
| Mike Watson |
| Steve Weylandt Investor , Investor/Advisor |
| Leslie Wise Evidencematters , President |
| Emily Wu Emily Y. Wu, MD, PLLC , Founder, Adult/Child&Adolescent Psychiatrist |
| Veronica Wu First Bight Ventures , Managing Partner |
| Kyuson Yun EMPIRI, Inc , EMPIRI, Inc |
| Leona Zahlan Strive Health , Director |
| Sunny Zhang Z LAB Ventures , Founding Partner |
| Colleen Zimmerman University of Michigan School of Nursing , Executive Director of Development |
| Jennifer Zimmerman Optum , Vice President, Development & Acquisitions |
| Anthony Zlaket UnityPoint Health Ventures , Investor |
| Anna Zornosa NIH |
| Adam Zubairi Cooley LLP , SVP, Business Development, Life Sci & Healthcare |