2012 Mentors
Explore the 2012 Unreasonable Mentor profiles below.
Bernard Amadei
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founding President: Engineers Without Borders USA
- - Cofounder: Engineers Without Borders International
- - Faculty Director: Center 4 Developing Communities
Billy Parish
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder of the Energy Action Coalition
- - 2005 Rolling Stone "Climate Hero"
- - Co-Founder & President of Solar Mosaic
Bob Pattillo
Unreasonable Angel 2013
- - Founder of Gray Ghost Ventures and First Light
- - Board Member at Catalyst
- - Board Member ASA Foundation
Brendan Synnott
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - CEO and Founder at Revelry Brands
- - Co-founder and former CEO at Bear Naked Granola
- - Co-founder at EVOL Foods
Bruce Campbell
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Founder: Campbell Law Group
- - Advisor: GSSE at Colorado State University
- - Practiced at Int'l Law Firm Hogan & Hartson
Cheryl Heller
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Founder of Heller Communication Design
- - Board Chair at PopTech
- - Chair at SVA Design for Social Innovation
Chris Yeh
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - VP Enterprise Marketing for PBworks
- - Partner at Wasabi Ventures
- - Co-Founder at AthenaWork
Elnor Rozenrot
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - CSO & VP of New Growth Platforms at LG Electronics
- - Venture Director at Innosight Ventures
- - Owner's Agent at SegNet Technologies
Eric Lombardi
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Executive Director of EcoCycle
- - Co-Founder, National Grassroots Recycling Network
- - Co-Founder, Global Zero Waste International Alli
George Deriso
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Professor of Entrepreneurship at Leeds School
- - Long time Unreasonable mentor (and others!)
- - Over a decade at Apple Computer, plus 9 start-ups
Hunter Lovins
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - President, Founder: Natural Capital Solutions
- - Co-Author: Natural Capitalism with Paul Hawken
- - Co-founder: Rocky Mountain Institute
Jane Miller
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - President/CEO: Charter Baking (Rudi's Bread)
- - Former President HJHeinz UK/Ireland division
- - Advisory Board: Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
Jed Emerson
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Executive Vice President at ImpactAssets
- - Senior Advisor with the Sterling Group (Hong Kong)
- - Founding Director of REDF
Jigar Shah
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - CEO: Carbon War Room
- - Former Founder/CEO: SunEdison
- - Formerly in Business Development at BP Solar
Kamran Elahian
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Chairman & Co-founder, Global Catalyst Partners
- - Chairman & Co-founder, Global Catalyst Foundation
- - Founder of 10 for-profits & 2 non-profits
Kevin Starr
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Founder & Managing Director, Mulago Foundation
- - Founder & Director, Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program
- - Trained as a Physician
Libby Cook
Unreasonable Angel 2013
- - Co-founder of Wild Oats
- - Founder & Executive Director of Philanthropiece
- - Co-founder of Sunflower Markets
Manoj Sinha
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Co-founder of Husk Power Systems
- - Invested in by Acumen Fund and Draper Richards
- - Holds 10 Patents
Miguel Granier
Capital Partner 2012
- - Founder, Director: Invested Development
- - Former Investment Manager: First Light Ventures
- - Former Loan Officer: ACCION New York City
Mike Hennessey
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Investor/Advisor to 20+ companies
- - Invested in teams from Brazil, Arg, Chile & Spain
- - Hennessey Capital (acquired by Hitachi Capital)
Neal Baer
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Executive Producer at NBC-Universal TV
- - Former Executive Producer of Law and Order: SVU
- - Former Executive Producer of ER
Ned Breslin
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - CEO at Water For People
- - 2011 Skoll Award in Social Entrepreneurship
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Neville Williams
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder, Standard Solar Inc.
- - Founder, Solar Electric Light Company
- - Co-Founder, SELCO-India
Nim Patel
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Senior Advisor at Nokero
- - Former CEO at Mobile Accord
- - Principal at iSherpa Capital
Pascal Finette
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Director, Office of the Chair at Mozilla
- - Director of Mozilla Labs & WebFWD
- - Venture Partner at FoundersLink
Paul Polak
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Helped over 19 million farmers out of poverty
- - Founder and CEO at Windhorse International
- - Founder of International Development Enterprises
Paul Jerde
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Director, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at CU
- - CEO at Envysion
- - CEO at Requisite Technology
Pawan Mehra
Unreasonable Angel 2013
- - Managing Director at cKinetics
- - Member, Board of Directors at Give Foundation Inc
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Philip McKinney
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Former VP and CTO at Hewlett-Packard
- - Contributing Columnist at Forbes
- - Board of Directors at Computer History Museum
Priti Radhakrishnan
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Co-founder, I-MAK
- - Sen. Project Officer, Lawyers Collective HIV Unit
- - Former Health Attorney in US, India & Switzerland
Quayle Hodek
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - President, CEO: Renewable Choice Energy
- - Founder: Zoom Culture
- - Broke 150 yr old sales record at Southwestern Comp
Rafe Furst
Unreasonable Angel 2012
- - Angel Investor: Accelerating Possibilities
- - Co-Founder: Pick 'Em Sports
- - Extensive travel around the world and US
Rajesh Anandan
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - SVP Private Sector Partnerships & UNICEF Ventures
- - Founder, üba foundation and üba wear
- - ex Head of Partnerships, Global Fund to Fight AIDS
Revi Sterling
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Founding Director of CU Boulder's ICT4D Program
- - Microsoft Research - gender and development
- - U.N. GAID Advisory Board
Rick Sterling
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Founding Partner of Sterling-Rice Group
- - Former Head of Marketing at Hain Celestial Group
- - Former Marketing Director at Quaker Oats
Robert Reich
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder/CEO: Open Space
- - Board Member: Boulder Digital Works
- - Founder/VP Product: One Riot
Ross Baird
Capital Partner 2012
- - Executive Director, Village Capital
- - Investment Analyst, First Light Ventures
- - Adjunct Professor, Monterey Institute
Ryan Martens
Unreasonable Angel 2013
- - Founded and help lead Rally Software
- - Founded and lead Entrepreneur's Foundation of CO
- - TechStars Mentor 2008 & 2009
Scott Sherman
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Founder of Transformative Action Institute
- - 2005 Echoing Green Fellow
- - Adjunct Faculty at UCLA's School of Public Affairs
Seth Levine
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Co-founder and Partner at the Foundry Group
- - Principal at Mobius Venture Capital
- - Mentor at TechStars
Sue Kunz
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - CEO: BioVantage Resources
- - Former President/CEO: Solidware Technologies
- - Former Director Marketing/Biz Dev for Sun
Todd Woloson
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Managing Director at Greenmont Capital
- - Founder & former CEO of Izze Beverage Company
- - Co-founder of Global Education Fund
Tom Suddes
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Co-Founder of ForImpact
- - Started 19 companies
- - Raised $1 Billion
Tom Chi
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Experience Lead, Google X
- - Sr. Director Product & User Experience, Yahoo
- - Program Manager, Microsoft
Vamsi Sistla
Unreasonable Mentor 2013
- - Founding CTO of Livestage - Digital Venue Platform
- - Tech Strategist of CrowdValley:Equity CrowdFunding
- - Mentor at 37Angels - Fostering Women Angels
Waylon Lewis
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder of elephant journal
- - Host of Walk the Talk Show
- - Named Changemaker & Eco Ambassador by Treehugger
