THE TEAM

Click the links below to meet the grIP advisor team for each industry. Click here for an alphabetical directory of team members.

 
 

CPG & Retail

General Consumer Goods, Apparel/Fashion, Food and Beverage, Beauty

David Mirelez

Vice President, Consumer Electronics Merchandising, Target

Victoria Cobos

Vice President of Operations EMEA, Deckers Brands

Capital Partnerships

Seed, Series A and Additional Letter Rounds, ESG Investments, Debt Financing

Peter Dolch

Founder of Tgix, AEON & Biospectal, Technology Entrepreneur, Two-time Winner of Inc 500

 

Austin Milliken

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Aureate Capital

Michael Lewittes

Operating Partner at Overton Capital Partners, co-founder and former CEO of Gossip Cop, and former NBC senior producer

 

Stephanie Oestreich PhD, MPA

Managing Director at the Myeloma Investment Fund of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), Board Member at Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network & German American Business Council, Member of Launchpad Venture Group

Chris Wake

Founder and General Partner of Atypical Ventures



 

Life Sciences & Biotech

Liz Powell

Advocate for Women's Health and Founder of G2G, overseeing government relationships. Over 25 years of experience from working in Congress and as an attorney and lobbyist. She started G2G in 2007 to help startups and businesses create and implement Government to Growth strategies and has secured more than $320 million in non-dilutive government funding.

Stephanie Oestreich PhD, MPA

Managing Director at the Myeloma Investment Fund of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), Board Member at Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network & German American Business Council, Member of Launchpad Venture Group

 

Rick Stahl

Former physician executive at Yale New Haven Health System and life sciences venture fund partner

Peter Dolch

Founder of Tgix, AEON & Biospectal, Technology Entrepreneur, Two-time Winner of Inc 500

 

Manni Li

Intellectual Property Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP

Boaz Kurtis

MD, VP Molecular Pathology at Interpace Biosciences (NASDAQ)

 

Larry Sandell

Patent Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP


Nnamdi Nwachukwu

Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at RRD International, responsible for Life Sciences portfolio at the Oxford Angel Fund

 

Patents and Trademarks

Manni Li

Intellectual Property Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP

Rob Kimmer

Trademark and Copyright Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP

Larry Sandell

Patent Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP

Jeff Pearson

Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP

Fintech

Nathan Stevenson

Founder and CEO of ForwardLane

 
 

Bill Hortz

Financial services innovation writer, speaker & consultant - Founder & Dean of the Institute for Innovation Development

Peter Dolch

Founder of Tgix, AEON & Biospectal, Technology Entrepreneur, Two-time Winner of Inc 500

Government

Contracting, Funding, Grants, Political Risk

Chris Oates

Founder, Two Lanterns Advisory. Chris is a dynamic, engaging and thoroughly prepared professional with experienced political risk analyst with background in US and EU domestic and foreign policy.

Liz Powell

Advocate for Women's Health and Founder of G2G, overseeing government relationships. Over 25 years of experience from working in Congress and as an attorney and lobbyist. She started G2G in 2007 to help startups and businesses create and implement Government to Growth
strategies and has secured more than $320
million in non-dilutive government funding.

Cameron Hamilton

Managing Director of the Defense and Government Services Group at Stout. He has been involved in more than 100 successful sell- and buy-side M&A and capital formation engagements. Before joining The McLean Group, Mr. Hamilton led customer ROI analysis and supported multiple capital raises and acquisitions for ClearCross, Inc

Jim Williams

Former Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service (GSA), and Acting GSA Administrator

Greg Giddens

Co-Founder and Partner of Potomac Ridge Consulting firm; former Principal Executive Director for the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Office of Modernization, Chief Acquisition Officer for the VA and Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction at the VA.

David Drabkin

Senior Procurement Executive with a 41-plus year career in Government Contracts. Previously worked in the DoD, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) of the U.S. Senate. Fellow and member of the Board of Advisors of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and the Vice President, Programs for the DC Chapter of NCMA.

Chris Wake

Founder and General Partner of Atypical Ventures

Business Strategy

Business Planning, Data Analytics, Financial Modeling, Operations, Pricing, Go-To-Market, Supply Chain

 

Sameer Jagetia

Chairman and President of Redbooks, Founder of Robuzz; Ranked #10 in financial modeling by ModelOff 2019, global community for financial modeling

 

Peter Dolch

Founder of Tgix, AEON & Biospectal, Technology Entrepreneur, Two-time Winner of Inc 500

Ed Lee

Founder of HelloAdvisr (Pricing Consultants for Growth Companies)

 
 

Ryan Janssen

Founder of Zenlytic (Data Analytics)

 

Victoria Cobos

Vice President of Operations EMEA, Deckers Brands

 

Marketing

Branding, Digital Marketing, PR, Thought Leadership, Strategic Communications, Go-To-Market, Luxury

John Deschner

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Ashley Bowen

Principal at 40 Yawgoo Consulting, former Global Director of Marketing & Innovation at IMG

Steven DeLuca

Senior Partner for Business Development and Marketing, FINN Partners

Bill Hortz

Financial services innovation writer, speaker & consultant - Founder & Dean of the Institute for Innovation Development

John Fundingsland

Head of Global Brand Business Unit, Marketing Partnerships at Google

Nicole Rowett

Executive Director for Apple at TBWA\Media Arts Lab

Lauren Banyar Reich

CEO & Founder LBR PR

Stephanie Oestreich PhD, MPA

Managing Director at the Myeloma Investment Fund of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), Board Member at Harvard Kennedy School Women's Network & German American Business Council, Member of Launchpad Venture Group

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Michael Lewittes

Operating Partner at Overton Capital Partners, co-founder and former CEO of Gossip Cop, and former NBC senior producer

 

Software

Peter Dolch

Founder of Tgix, AEON & Biospectal, Technology Entrepreneur, Two-time Winner of Inc 500

Larry Sandell

Patent Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP

 

Spirits

Susan Mooney

Founder and CEO of Spirits Consulting Group

 

Media

Michael Lewittes

Operating Partner at Overton Capital Partners, co-founder and former CEO of Gossip Cop, and former NBC senior producer

 

Technology

Rob Watson

Principal at Upland Road LLC, Founder & President at SWEEP (Solid Waste Environmental Excellence) Standard, Founder of LEED

 

Cannabis

Larry Sandell

Patent Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP

 

AI/ML

Nathan Stevenson

Founder and CEO of ForwardLane

Michael Lewittes

Operating Partner at Overton Capital Partners, co-founder and former CEO of Gossip Cop, and former NBC senior producer

Larry Sandell

Patent Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP

Jeff Pearson

Attorney at Mei & Mark LLP

Peter Dolch

Founder of Tgix, AEON & Biospectal, Technology Entrepreneur, Two-time Winner of Inc 500

grIP Management

Jed Weiner

Founder of grIP Venture Studio

Laura Gutiérrez

Managing Director of grIP Venture Studio

Emanuele Chisari

grIP Project Director and Life Sciences/Biotech Team

Other than grIP attorneys, grIP team members are fully independent from Mei & Mark LLP, are not partners, employees, or agents of Mei & Mark LLP and participate in grIP in their individual capacities. Attorney-client privilege may be limited to Mei & Mark LLP attorneys and may not extend to other grIP team members.