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2007 Judges
Judges are a panel of distinguished professionals from the venture capital, business, media and education communities.
Finalist judges include:
| Charles (Chip) F. Baird, Jr. |
Managing Partner, North Castle Partners |
James P. Firman, Ed. D. |
President and CEO, National Council on Aging (NCOA) |
Jody Holtzman |
Director of Strategic Analysis, AARP |
James L. Koch |
Executive Director of the Center for Science, Technology, & Society & professor of management, Santa Clara University |
Aileen Lee |
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
Ilya Oshman |
VP, General Manager, Pfizer Strategic Investments Group |
Emilio Pardo |
Chief Brand Officer, AARP |
Bijan Salehizadeh |
MD, Partner, Highland Capital Partners |
| Robert Stein |
President & CEO, American Society on Aging |
Brad Vale |
Ph.D., VP, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation |
Vance Vanier, MD |
MD, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures |
Screening judges include:
Brad Burkett |
Managing Director, Investment Banking Services, Navigant Capital Advisors |
| Gloria Cavanaugh |
Gloria Cavanaugh Consulting |
| Steve French |
Managing Partner, The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) |
Robyn Golden |
Chair, American Society on Aging |
Patrick Jenal |
Director, Credit Risk Management, Credit Suisse, Zurich |
| Sandra Timmermann, Ed.D, |
Director, MetLife Mature Marketing Institute |
| Mark Miller |
President, 50+ Digital LLC |
| Susan Ayers Walker |
Managing Director, SmartSilvers Alliance |
and other key members of the corporate and venture community |
2006 Judges
Frank Batten, Jr. |
Chairman and CEO of Landmark Communications |
Jennifer Fonstad |
Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
Michael Goldberg |
General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures |
Nancy Kamei |
Investment Manager, Bio Med and Life Science, Intel Capital |
Ilya Oshman |
Vice president, General Manager, Pfizer Strategic Investments Group |
Emilio Pardo |
Chief Brand Officer, AARP Services, Inc. |
Laura Weber Rossman |
Chief Marketing Officer, Longevity Alliance |
Jon Staenberg |
Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners |
John L. (Launny) Steffens |
Founder and Managing Director of Spring Mountain Capital, L. P. |
Brad Vale |
Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation |
David Yarnel |
Managing General Partner and co-founder of BEV Capital |
Screening Judges
The Top 20 semifinalist business plan entrants will have the opportunity to gain feedback from a distinguished panel of industry experts and leaders. Previous screening judges have included:
Gloria Cavanaugh |
President & CEO American Society on Aging |
Jim Emerman |
Executive Vice President for Civic Ventures |
Ron Feinstein |
CEO - Lifeline Systems |
Robert (Bob) Henderschott |
Professor of Finance, Leavey School of Business - Santa Clara University |
Michael Kim |
Microsoft XBox |
Lynn Madonna |
President, Butterfly Dreams Apparel Company |
Karen Orton Katz |
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Fernando Torres-Gil |
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California, Los Angeles |
Shinobu Toyota |
Executive Vice President of Content Strategy and Business Development for Sega America |
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