Scott Bloom is Owner and Senior Property Manager of Columbia Property Management. CPM is a boutique firm specializing in a highly personal approach to rental management of single family homes, small multi-unit properties and large group houses. The CPM team manages about 100 rental units in Washington with an average rental amount of $2800 per unit.…
Dan Cook, the founder of Minca, a technology company dedicated to transforming construction payments for the better. With a background in civil engineering, I have a deep-rooted passion for reshaping the construction industry through innovation.
Minca’s journey began in April with the help of Pioneer Square Labs, a Seattle-based venture studio, and Fortive, a company that acquired my previous venture, Gordian, in 2018.…
Sarah Frimpong is the CEO and Founder of Wellfound Foods in Washington, D.C. Wellfound is grounded in the simple idea that people shouldn’t have to compromise quality for convenience. Since 2013, Sarah has grown Wellfound from serving a hand full of coffeeshops in the region to providing full-scale distribution of fresh grab-and-go sandwiches, salads, grain bowls, and breakfast meals to a network of over 50 tech-enabled vending machines and wholesale clients.…
Brian brings over a decade of startup executive experience to the table. Prior to launching MāKā, Brian oversaw the ideation, creation, launch, and operation of three distinct and disparate companies; athletics, mobile app, and facility automation technology.
His first foray into the startup world was with Eastbanc Inc. Brian was originally hired as a real estate development project manager in Washington, DC.…
Turner is admittedly a bit of a fitness and nutrition geek, which serves as the genesis for The Vegetable & the Butcher (“V&B”). Turner initially developed V&B to satisfy an unfulfilled void in his life, but has realized that quite a few people share the same need. V&B is a hybrid restaurant/food retailer focused on serving prepackaged, portion-controlled healthy meals for takeout in a convenient format.…
Demetrios has more than 20 years of experience helping enterprises get value from their data as a software developer, architect, strategist, and technology executive. Prior to founding Silectis, he was the CTO at a predictive analytics company building terabyte scale solutions to optimize pricing and campaign targeting, a strategy consultant at Bain & Co., and a director in Gartner’s technology consulting practice.…
Peter Mellen is an entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience working in online business and commercial real estate. He is Founder and CEO of Netcito, a network of peer advisory groups for entrepreneurs.
Previously, he co-founded Edison|Wright, where he launched one of the first PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) programs in the world to finance clean energy projects in buildings through voluntary property tax assessments.…
I am a third generation native Washingtonian, born and raised on Capitol Hill. I believe in putting people first and giving all I can to my community. Honesty, open communication, and continuous learning are what I am most passionate about. After high school at Elizabeth Seton in PG County, I earned a Bachelor’s of Business Administration at Temple University’s Fox School of Business in Philadelphia.…
Paul is CEO at 3Advance, an agile development team specializing in real-time apps that are UX-focused, AI-driven. He’s worked with some of DC’s largest non- profits and a host of startups – at all stages of funding. He founded InGame Fantasy, DC SportsTech, Arlington Celtic (REC soccer team), and is now working on a product that combines the lessons and connections made from all of this experience.…
Jamey is an executive leadership coach and seasoned learning and development professional with 25 years of experience. His coaching clients include leaders in nonprofit organizations, the federal government, corporate and start-up environments, and graduate students in Executive MBA and Public Policy programs. Jamey is an ICF Professional Certified Coach, a Certified Professional Co-active Coach, and an advanced facilitator in the Interpersonal Dynamics program at Stanford GSB.…
Chris is Managing Partner at Heleos Development (http://www.heleos.co). Heleos’ mission is to build affordable and sustainable multifamily housing and communities, all targeting net-zero energy performance. The company has numerous Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) financed projects under development. Chris has more than 18 years of real estate development, legal, tax credit finance, and project management experience and has developed and/or owned over 500 units of housing in the Washington, DC region.…