Our Mentors
Explore the 2010 & 2011 & 2012 Unreasonable Mentor profiles below.
Alec Guettel
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Co Founder of Sungevity
- - Co Founder of Axiom Law
- - Advisor to Solar Mosaic
Anurag Jain
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder Anavo Global, BoP Focused Investment Fund
- - Founding Investor at WorldHaus
- - Founder and Chairman at Laurus Edutech
Benita Singh
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Co-Founder of Mercado Global
- - Co-founder of Fig Toys
- - Degrees from Yale in Comparative Literature & Inte
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 Mentor 2012
- - Founder of Gray Ghost Ventures and First Light
- - Board Member at Catalyst
- - Board Member ASA Foundation
Brook Eddy
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder & CEO: Bhakti Chai
- - Masters Degree: Social Policy, Non-Profit Mgmt
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Bruce Campbell
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder: Campbell Law Group
- - Advisor: GSSE at Colorado State University
- - Practiced at Int'l Law Firm Hogan & Hartson
Casey Verbeck
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Co-founder and CEO at touchPoint Trust Group
- - Senior Bus. Dev. Advisor, Renewal2 Investment Fund
- - Founder & CEO at Partners in Music
Cheryl Heller
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder of Heller Communication Design
- - Board Chair at PopTech
- - Chair at SVA Design for Social Innovation
Danny Kennedy
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder of Sungevity
- - Named 2011 "Innovator of the Year" by PBS
- - Board Member of Solar Mosaic and Solar Foundation
David Kyle
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder and CEO at Indian School Finance Company
- - Former COO and CFO of Acumen Fund
- - Director of Global Marketing, Save the Children US
David Bornstein
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder at Dowser
- - Board Member at Vision Spring
- - Author, How to Change the World
Dennis Whittle
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder and President of The Whittle Group LLC
- - Co-founder of Global Giving
- - Senior Partner and Lead Economist at World Bank
Diana Ayton-Shenker
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founding President at Fast Forward Fund
- - Founding President at Global Momenta
- - Senior Director at Mercy Corps
Ed Messman
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Founder/CEO: Giveo
- - Former VP at Hivelive (sold to Rightnow Tech)
- - Provided capital to 100's of growth tech companies
Elmira Bayrasli
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - VP of Partnerships and Outreach at Endeavor
- - Chief Spokesperson for OSCE Mission to Bosnia
- - Presidential Appointee at the US State Department
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 2012
- - Director of Member Services for Toniic LLC
- - Over a decade at Apple Computer, plus 9 start-ups
- - World traveler, dual citizen, new venturist
Graham MacMillan
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Program Officer at CitiFoundation
- - Senior Director of Vision Spring
- - Director of Business Dev. at Helen Keller Int'l
Greg Berry
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founding President of W1SD0M
- - Founding Principal of Nuance Intelligence
- - CXO at Business Catapult
Gregory Miller
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Angel investor
- - Former Managing Director, Investments, Google.org
- - Curator, TEDxAlcatraz
Gunther Weil
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Founder & CEO of Value Mentors
- - Internationally recognized teacher of Qigong
- - Licensed Psychologist and Master Values Mentor
Hunter Lovins
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - President, Founder: Natural Capital Solutions
- - Co-Author: Natural Capitalism with Paul Hawken
- - Co-founder: Rocky Mountain Institute
Jalak Jobanputra
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Senior VP at New York City Investment Fund
- - Co-founder of NYCSeed
- - Principal at New Venture Partners
James Brew
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Principal Architect at Rocky Mountain Institute
- - Certified Passivhaus Design Consultant
- - Lifelong Percussionist
Jamie Van Leeuwen
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Senior Policy Advisor to Colorado Governor
- - Director of Development at Urban Peak
- - Adjunct Faculty at University of Denver
Jane Miller
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - 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
Jeffrey Luftig
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Professor of Engineering, Operations Management
- - Founder & President of Luftig & Warren Int'l
- - Consulted for Ford, DuPont, IBM, Motorola, GM, HP
Jeremy Heimans
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Began running media campaigns at age 8
- - Co-founder/CEO: Purpose.com
- - Co-founded Avaaz.org: world's largest web movement
Jigar Shah
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - CEO: Carbon War Room
- - Former Founder/CEO: SunEdison
- - Formerly in Business Development at BP Solar
Jim Deters
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Board Member at TouchPoint - Home of the [i4c] Cam
- - Co-founder of ChoLon Bistro
- - Co-founder of Ascendant Technology
John Corbett
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founding President and CEO of aWhere
- - PhD in Geography from University of Minnesota
- - Research Scientist at Texas A & M University
Joy Anderson
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Founder and President of Criterion Ventures
- - Founding Principal of Good Capital
- - Senior Consultant at Growth Design Corporation
K. McArthur
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Partners at Free Range Studios
- - Development Director, West Virginia Rivers Coal.
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Kamran Elahian
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Chairman & Co-founder, Global Catalyst Partners
- - Chairman & Co-founder, Global Catalyst Foundation
- - Founder of 10 for-profits & 2 non-profits
Kerry Suddes
Consulting Partner 2011
- - Director of Training at For Impact
- - Business Dev. Director Earth Leadership Society
- - Lead Facilitator at Eagle Creek
Kevin Jones
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Founding Principal of Good Capital
- - Co-founder and Convener of SoCap
- - Co-founder of the Hub Bay Area
Kevin Starr
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder & Managing Director, Mulago Foundation
- - Founder & Director, Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program
- - Trained as a Physician
Kevin Braithwaite
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Director and Co-founder of Rootspace
- - Chair, Global Ideas Competition at Cleantech Open
- - Member of the Advisory Board at QuestionBox
Keyur Patel
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Chairman and Co-Founder at Fuse+Media Ltd.
- - Investor and Chairman at Relativity Media
- - Investor at SKY+
Kim Scheinberg
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Angel Investor: Presumed Abudance
- - Independent philanthropy professional
- - Mother of two young boys
Kjerstin Erickson
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder of FORGE
- - Helped >70,000 refugees to rebuild their lives
- - Blogger for SocialEdge
Laura Probst
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Principal at Do Good. Make Money.
- - Senior Director of Cause Marketing at WebMD
- - Has Consulted for Sony, Hasbro and Nestle
Libby Cook
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Co-founder of Wild Oats
- - Founder & Executive Director of Philanthropiece
- - Co-founder of Sunflower Markets
Lindsay Clinton
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Manager at SustainAbility
- - Associate Vice-President at Intellecap
- - Former Managing Editor of Beyond Profit Magazine
Lisa Waits
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Director Corporate Business Development at Nokia
- - Former Associate General Counsel at Sega.com
- - Former Counsel at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
Manoj Sinha
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Co-founder of Husk Power Systems
- - Invested in by Acumen Fund and Draper Richards
- - Holds 10 Patents
Marc Manara
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Water Portfolio Manager at Acumen Fund
- - Led building of Pulse with Google engineers
- - Helped draft IRIS impact metrics
Marc Mathieu
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder and CEO at BeDo
- - Former VP of Global Brand Marketing at Coca Cola
- - Former Division President at Coca Cola
Mary Russell
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - World Wide Account Manager at FedEx Services
- - FedEx Ambassadors Club Award Winner
- - Former Vice President of East Texas.
Mekayla Beaver
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder and Owner at Gloworm Design
- - Design Researcher / Strategist at IDEO
- - Innovation Consultant Landcare Research
Michael Karnjanaprakorn
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Co-founder of Skillshare
- - Venture Advisor for Collaborative Fund
- - 2012 TED Fellow
Miguel Granier
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder, Director: Invested Development
- - Former Investment Manager: First Light Ventures
- - Former Loan Officer: ACCION New York City
Mike Del Ponte
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Marketing Manager at BranchOut
- - Founder & CEO at Sparkseed
- - Founder & CEO at Conscious Lifestyle
Nathaniel Whittemore
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder at Assetmap Strategies
- - Former Advisor and Editor at Change.org
- - Founder, Global Engagement Summit at Northwestern
Neal Baer
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Executive Producer at NBC-Universal TV
- - Former Executive Producer of Law and Order: SVU
- - Former Executive Producer of ER
Ned Breslin
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - 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
Nick Fellers
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - President and Owner at For Impact
- - Raised $75 Million for Causes in 30 countries
- - Business Dev. at Reflex Design and Technology
Pamela Hawley
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder and CEO of Universal Giving
- - Co-Chair at Global Economic Opportunity Circle
- - Winner of the Jefferson Award for Service
Pascal Finette
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Director of Mozilla's WebFWD Incubator Program
- - Director of Mozilla Labs
- - Venture Partner at FoundersLink
Paul Polak
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Helped over 19 million farmers out of poverty
- - Founder and CEO at Windhorse International
- - Founder of International Development Enterprises
Paul Hudnut
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Professor, Colorado State University's GSSE Prog.
- - Co-Founder at Envirofit International
- - Advisor at Bohemian Foundation
Paul Jerde
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Director, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at CU
- - CEO at Envysion
- - CEO at Requisite Technology
Pawan Mehra
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - 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
Quayle Hodek
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - 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 2012
- - 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 2011
- - Founding Director of CU Boulder's ICT4D Program
- - Co-founder at WeDID
- - Senior Program Manager at Microsoft
Rich Frankenheimer
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Co-founder and CFO of Touchpoint Trust Group
- - COO and CFO at Boulder Securities
- - CFO at SimAuthor
Rick Sterling
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founding Partner of Sterling-Rice Group
- - Former Head of Marketing at Hain Celestial Group
- - Former Marketing Director at Quaker Oats
Rick Patch
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Former Founder/President of Micro Decisionware
- - Founding Partner at Sequel Venture Partners
- - 25 years building early-stage companies
Robert Reich
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder/CEO: Open Space
- - Board Member: Boulder Digital Works
- - Founder/VP Product: One Riot
Rosa Lee Harden
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Exec Producer: SOCAP (Social Capital Markets)
- - Founding Board Member, The Hub Bay Area
- - Canon for Money & Meaning, All Souls Cathedral
Ross Baird
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Executive Director, Village Capital
- - Investment Analyst, First Light Ventures
- - Adjunct Professor, Monterey Institute
Ryan Fix
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder: Pure Project
- - Co-founder: FIGMENT
- - Co-founder: Pure Planet
Ryan Martens
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founded and help lead Rally Software
- - Founded and lead Entrepreneur's Foundation of CO
- - TechStars Mentor 2008 & 2009
Sara Olsen
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder & CEO of SVT Group
- - Co-founder of Global Social Venture Competition
- - Author of Social Return on Investment (SROI) Guide
Scott Sherman
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - 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
Stephen Chen
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Investment Banker at Oppenheimer Investments
- - Vice President at Bear Stearns / JP Morgan Chase
- - Co-founder of GreenSoul Shoes
Steve Hoffman
Unreasonable Mentor 2011
- - Managing Partner, Compass Natural
- - Co-founder of LOHAS Journal and LOHAS Forum
- - Co-owner of Best Organics LLC
Sue Kunz
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - CEO: BioVantage Resources
- - Former President/CEO: Solidware Technologies
- - Former Director Marketing/Biz Dev for Sun
Taryn Miller-Stevens
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - CCO & Director of Business Dev. at StartingBloc
- - CSR Research Fellow at Cause Consulting
- - Human Rights Intern at Reebok International
Tom Nastas
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Founder of Innovative Ventures
- - Created Venture Funds total over $750 million
- - Member of Technology Board in Kazhakstan
Tom Suddes
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Co-Founder of ForImpact
- - Started 19 companies
- - Raised $1 Billion
Vamsi Sistla
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder/CEO of Telvetto(defunct)
- - Strategic Adv/Partner @ Worldwide Investor Network
- - Mentor at various social enterprises
Waylon Lewis
Unreasonable Mentor 2012
- - Founder of elephant journal
- - Host of Walk the Talk Show
- - Named Changemaker & Eco Ambassador by Treehugger
Zach Frisch
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - Principal: Raindrop Partners
- - Former VP Finance: KPNQwest (youngest ever)
- - Started first company at age nine
Zenia Tata
Unreasonable Mentor 2010
- - International Development Consultant
- - Former Executive Director of IDE
- - Co-founder Change For A Buck
