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The Columbia Founders Society is a community of creators and innovators dedicated to making a lasting impact through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and philanthropy. Committed to the future of entrepreneurship, Founders align their passion for discovery with their desire to empower Columbia's students, faculty, and research to change the world.

Members

christine

Christine Alemany ’04BUS
Chief Executive Officer
TBGA

vincent

Raj Bakhru ’06EN &
Divya Rajasekaran, MD ’06CC

vincent

Dr. Vincent Carbonell, Esq.
President
United Reprographic Services

Manju

Manju Dawkins, MD '01CC & Armand Dawkins '00CC
Founders
Thimble

Gabby

Gabby Slome Gaddy ’15BUS
Co-founder and Chief Experience Officer
Ollie

Steve Gerber
COO and President
Zeta Global

Sunny

Sunny Grewal ’13BUS

Bill

Bill Irvine ‘18BUS
Co-founder
Kara Water

Liu

Guyan Liu '12SEAS
Founder and Portfolio Manager
Miles GL Capital Management LLC

Jason Kang '16SEAS
Co-founder and COO
Kinnos

Raphael Lyon ’13SOA
Founder and CEO
Enlightenment Wines & Honey’s Brooklyn

Michael Ma ’13BUS
CEO
NBA China

Vineet

Vineet Madan '94SEAS, '00BUS
Co-founder & CEO
Junction Education

Luke Mairo ’22SPS
Co-founder and COO
Voltpost

Austin Menger '17SPS
Founder and Principal Scientist
Menger Analytics
CEO and Co-founder
Bridge Mental Inc.

Roya Moadel ’92BC ’93LW
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
NYSERDA Program

Arif Padaria ’00BUS
Investor, Advisor, Mentor

Brian Pellegrini '04SEAS '16BUS
Founder and Senior Analyst
Intertemporal Economics

Claudia Polgar ’19BC
Founder
CheckPoint Health

Tom Potter ’83BUS
Co-Founder and CEO
The New York Distilling Company

Jeff Prosserman ’22SPS
Founder and CEO
Voltpost

Joseph

Joseph Quaderer ’21JN
Founder and CEO
StorySavor

Leonard Robinson '13SEAS
Founder
Robinson Custom Services

Marvina Robinson ’05GSAS
Founder and CEO
B. Stuyvesant Champagne

ludwig

Ludwig Schulze ’05BUS
Managing Partner, Alumni Ventures
116th St Ventures

Hans Swildens ’95BUS
Founder and CEO
Industry Ventures

Sandeep Tyagi '94BUS
Chairman and Managing Director
Estee Advisors

Shazi

Shazi Visram ’04BUS
Founder & ChairMom
Happy Family

Bob (Boyuan) Wang ’25SPS

Man Wu ’23PH

Tong Yu ’25BUS
Founder
Purrbyte Corp.

Contact Us

For more information on Columbia’s Founders Society, please contact Ed Cangialosi, Gift Planning Officer, at ec2731@columbia.edu or (212) 851-7988.