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Change Agents, Innovators & Entrepreneurs

Building the Future of Innovation

Our team includes multi-time founders, corporate innovators, accredited investors, and seasoned mentors. Collectively we have helped scale hundreds of startups & driven change at some of the world’s largest enterprise organizations.
 
65% Female. 35% BIPOC. Our team is distributed across the US, with backgrounds across industries and skillsets.
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Fred Schonenberg

Founder and CEO
 
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Alice Ponti

SVP Innovation & Strategy
 
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Meghan O'Leary

VP of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Vanessa Ivette Rosado

Vice President, Growth
 
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Pritam Bhattarai

Senior Director of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Beau Bergman

Director of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Michal Filipowski

Director of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Ali Whitman

Director of Client Program Marketing
 
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Sarah Smith

Senior Manager of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Katrina Zheleznyak

Senior Manager of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Sean Dicke

Manager of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Kevin Bayonnet

Manager of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Palak Dharia

Manager of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Breana Leiva

Manager of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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Nicole Payne

Manager of Innovation & Partnerships
 
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James Oleson

Program Operations Associate
 
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Nikhita Bhoopati

Senior Associate of Innovation
 
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Mariel Arro

Growth Coordinator & Assistant
 
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Niña Daynata

Executive Assistant
 
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Pauleen Glemao

Sales Enablement Assistant
 
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What do we look for in a successful candidate?
  • CLIENT-CENTRICITY - Overdelivering on Value for Clients
  • SIMPLICITY - Making the Complex Easy to Understand
  • BIAS TOWARDS ACTION - Get It Done
  • COLLABORATION - Teamwork & Integrity
  • GRIT - Growth Mindset, Obstacles are Opportunities
  • ENTHUSIASM - Passion to Do Great Work
  • INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY - Always Learning
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About VentureFuel

VentureFuel is an independent innovation advisory that helps the world's best organizations commercialize innovation to ignite change through startup collaborations. VentureFuel provides organizations across the public, private and non-profit sectors the tools to drive transformative change with less risk, more speed, and greater proximity to the consumer than traditional innovation models. Click here to learn more.

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