Our Empowering Network

WHETHER IT’S TIME, talent or treasure, the Dingman Center network gives back in immeasurable ways. Much of this support goes to seeding student-run startups. This year we distributed over $155,000 in nondilutive seed funding to student entrepreneurs participating in our programs. Thank you to our donors and corporate sponsors for your generous support.

Ish and Priya Dugal Impact Fellowship Ish ’05 and Priya Dugal ’05 donate a stipend for an undergraduate student to spend a summer interning at an early-stage social enterprise.

Jason Malkofsky-Berger ’21

Major: Marketing and Operations Management; Business Analytics Intern at Hydrus.ai, a San Francisco based analytics software company focused on automating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data reporting and integrity. The company was founded by George Lee ’17, a Terp Startup alumnus and former finalist of Pitch Dingman Competition. Kathryn Stewart Fellowship Dingman Center Angel and board member Kathryn Stewart donates a stipend for undergraduate students who want to intern at an early-stage startup.

Casey Harris ’21

Major: Computer Science with a minor in Anthropology Intern at SpotlightAI,a one-stop shop to identify, redact and share sensitive data securely.

Josh Quiat ’22

Major: Finance Intern at Airgility which provides the best-in-class hybrid VTOL unmanned aerial systems to make a big social impact.

CORPORATE PARTNERS

Gold

| $10,000–$24,999

Silver $5,000–$9,999

Honor Roll of Donors Mr. Kurt R. Aarsand and Mrs. Jon M. Forster ’86, Esq. and

Jeanne Aarsand Mrs. Andrea S. Forster Mr. Maurice Boissiere, Jr. ’89 Mr. Harry L. Geller ’81 Mr. William J. Boyle ’81 Mr. Jeffrey S. Grinspoon ’90, Mr. Alexander F. Castelli MBA ’95 Mr. Jason I. Cohen ’96 Ms. Sara E. Herald, MBA ’11 Mr. Christopher E. Dax Mr. Robert G. Hisaoka ’79 Mr. Ishdeep S. Dugal ’05 and Ms. Tricia D. Homer

Mrs. Priya A. Dugal ’05 Mr. Kenneth R. Jones ’97 and Stephen B. Ferber ’90, Esq. Mrs. Min Hyung Jones and Mrs. Melissa Ferber ’89 Mrs. Claire D. Knight ’53 Mrs. Elana R. Fine ’97 Dr. Rudolph P. Lamone Fishlinger Family Mr. Jacob Muss ’17

Foundation Mrs. Ellen P. Myerberg, MBA Mr. Matthew J. Fishlinger ’76 and Dr. Nathan James ’07 and Mrs. Meaghan Myerberg

Fishlinger Parsons Ventures, Inc. Mr. William J. Fishlinger ’71 Mr. Thomas B. Parsons ’93, MBA ’10 Mr. David Quattrone, MBA ’05 and Mrs. Robyn Quattrone

Ms. Brianna A. Queen ’19 Mr. Daniel C. Schwab Mr. Michael J. Schwab and

Mrs. Debbie L. Schwab Ralph P. Sita, Jr. ’84, C.P.A. Mrs. Kathryn K. Stewart Mr. Keith B. Sullivan ’82 and

Ms. Allison Fette Sullivan Mr. Benjamin D. Taragin ’19 Mr. Charles J. Thomas ’72 and Mrs. Karen U. Thomas Ms. Mary Blair Vail Mr. David K. Wagstaff ’90 Mrs. Constance K. Weaver ’75 and Mr. David H.

Weaver

Bronze Up to $4,999

The Center's activities helped lead the University of Maryland to a #7 ranking in The Princeton Review's annual survey of Top Schools for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Education.

Publishing Team

Holly DeArmond, MBA ’17 Megan McPherson

Graphic Designer Jennifer Paul ’93

Icons courtesy of the Noun Project:

COVER: Idea by Icon Master; Mortar Board by Stephen Borengasser; Lightning by Trevor Dsouza; Toolbox by Arthur Schmitt, CA PAGE 2: Speech Bubble by Alex Podolsky PAGE 3: covid by OCHA Visual, US PAGE 4: Award by Yo! Baba PAGE 7: Video Conference by Nawicon PAGE 8: Mannequin by Deemak Daksina, ID; Connection by faisalovers, ID; App by Adrien Coquet PAGE 9: Launch by Adrien Coquet; School by Jony; Scale by Alone; People by Anastasia Latysheva; Patent by LAFS PAGE 11: Mortar Board by Stephen Borengasser PAGE 12: TV by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project PAGE 15: Globe by Lagot Design; balance by Ranah Pixel Studio PAGE 16: Microphone by Maxim Kulikov; Audience by Gregor Cresnar; Calendar by Kirby Wu; Microphone by Markus PAGE 19: Money Grow by Royyan Wijaya PAGE 20: People by Anastasia Latysheva

Images:

PAGE 3: @GovLarryHogan via Twitter PAGE 8-9: background art: smaria2015/ Adobe Stock

Staff, Faculty & Community

Dingman Center Professional Staff

Holly DeArmond, MBA ’17, Managing Director Brent Goldfarb, Academic Director Sara Herald, MBA ’11, Director of Venture

Development Stan Smith, Venture Investment Manager Lottie Byram, MPH, Venture Programs Manager Megan McPherson, Events and Marketing

Manager Rudolph P. Lamone, Founding Director

Faculty Affiliates

B ob Baum, Professor Emeritus Protiti Dastidar, Associate Department Chair and

Clinical Professor Waverly Ding, Associate Professor Anil Gupta, Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship David Kirsch, Associate Professor Oliver Schlake, Clinical Professor Andrew Sherman, Adjunct Professor Evan Starr, Assistant Professor Mark Wellman, Clinical Professor Joe Bailey, Research Associate Professor

Legal Advisors

Dan Connors ’82 Jon Forster ’86 Scott Kimpel Steve Patterson Stephen Plotnick ’96 Minh-Quan Pham, Ph.D. ’99 Corinne M. Pouliquen ’89 David Taylor ’90 Chris Yook

Venture Mentors

Harry Alford, III ’07 Don Baker Drew Bewick ’88 Maurice Boissiere ’89 Paul Capriolo ’06 Jon Chapman, MBA ’07 McKeever (Mac) Conwell, II Theresa Daytner ’89 Ish Dugal ’05 Brittany Eleazer Aurelia Flores Harry Geller ’81 LaKisha Greenwade, MBA ’11 Jolene Gurevich Tricia Homer Jennifer Hsin ’98 Hilina Kebede Neal Kursban ’00 Mark Lawrence ’02 Bob London ‘83 George Lee ‘18 Monique Maley Martin Mayorga Zeki Mokhtarzada ’00 Brianna Queen ’19 Pramod Raheja ’91 Zach Rubin ’12 Patty Simonton Cee Smith Jasmine Snead ’17, MBA/MPP ’21 Ben Tchoubineh ’93 Polly Vail Francie Wasser Max Weiner ’96 Michelle Wyatt, MBA ’02 Natty Zola

Terp Startup Coaches

Harry Alford, III Drew Bewick Maurice Boissiere McKeever (Mac) Conwell, II Philip Eliot Tricia Homer Jennifer Hsin Zeki Mokhtarzada David Quattrone, MBA ’05 Kathryn Stewart Polly Vail Valerio Zanini

Pitch Dingman Competition Coaches

Maurice Boissiere Cullen Gilchrist Jennifer Hsin Phil Masiello, MBA ’92 Polly Vail Adam VanWagner ’11, MPS ’15

Student Workers

Barathi Aravindan ’22 Jasmine Crisostomo ’21 Hannah Shraim ’20 Simratpal Singh, MBA ’20 Jasmine Snead ’17, MBA/MPP ’21 Matthew Talley ’21

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