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.
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 Consulate General of Denmark , Senior 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 Health Help , SVP of Products and Program Management |
Kathy Holland Exploring 4 Solutions , CFO |
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 miruminvest , CEO |
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 |