Leadership
Boston AI Week Board
Founders, investors, operators, and strategic partners helping convene the Massachusetts AI community for Boston AI Week 2026.
Board Members
Builders, investors, and operators from across the region
Judah Phillips
Founder & Board Chair, Boston AI Week
Judah founded Boston AI Week and serves as its Board Chair, helping convene founders, researchers, and operators across Greater Boston through community events and the annual festival.
Jenn Azar
CEO, Stellix
Jenn leads Stellix, a Massachusetts-headquartered, employee-owned family of companies — including NECI — that helps life sciences, energy, and industrial organizations build AI-ready operations. She brings an operator's view of AI in complex, regulated industries to the board and to the Boston AI Summit stage.
Paul Baier
Founder & CEO, GAI Insights
Paul leads GAI Insights, providing research and advisory on generative AI and enterprise adoption. He helps leaders translate rapid AI advances into practical roadmaps, governance, and measurable business value.
David Chang
Co-Founder & CEO, Via AI
David leads Via AI, a conversational AI and intelligent automation platform for customer engagement. He works with teams to deploy scalable voice and chat experiences that improve service and growth.
Jonathan Corbin
Founder & CEO, Maven AGI
Jonathan leads Maven AGI, building AI agents that automate complex enterprise workflows — especially in customer operations. His focus is on production-grade agents that deliver measurable impact.
Patricia Geli
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, C10 Labs
Patricia leads C10 Labs, a startup studio and engineering partner helping teams design, build, and scale digital products. She works closely with founders and enterprise teams to ship modern software and AI solutions.
Mike Grandinetti
Fellow, Harvard Business School
Mike is a Fellow at Harvard Business School and a longtime entrepreneur, educator, and advisor to AI and deep-tech startups across the Boston ecosystem.
John Holmes
Managing Director, Accenture
John is a Managing Director at Accenture, advising enterprise clients on AI strategy, transformation, and large-scale deployment across the Northeast.
Chris Hope
Founder & CEO, Loop Lab
Chris is the Founder and CEO of Loop Lab, a Cambridge-based social enterprise that trains young people of color in media production and creative technology. He brings a workforce-development and community-access lens to how AI opportunity reaches across Greater Boston.
Chris Jennings
President & CEO, Bua
Chris leads Bua, a Boston-based technology consulting and managed services firm. He brings decades of experience helping organizations modernize IT and strengthen cybersecurity so they can adopt AI with confidence.
Norm Laviolette
CEO, Improv Asylum
Norm is the co-founder and CEO of Improv Asylum, the North End institution that has performed more than 10,000 improv and sketch shows for over two million people since 1998. He also leads Laugh Boston and Asylum NYC, and teaches teams worldwide the improv skills behind great collaboration — listening, adaptability, and thinking on your feet.
Sabrina Mansur
Executive Director, Mass AI Hub by MassTech
Sabrina is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts AI Hub at MassTech, coordinating the Commonwealth's AI strategy across industry, academia, and government to strengthen Massachusetts' leadership in responsible AI.
Carol Meyers
Venture Partner, Glasswing Ventures
Carol is a Venture Partner at Glasswing Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing in AI-first companies. She supports founders on product strategy, go-to-market, and scaling.
Debbie Millin
CEO and Founder, Upper Level Solutions
Debbie is the CEO and Founder of Upper Level Solutions, helping growing companies scale operations, talent, and systems so they can adopt AI and new technology with confidence.
Samantha Perrone
Area Market Leader, Startups & Digital Natives, Google Cloud
Samantha is an Area Market Leader for Startups and Digital Natives at Google Cloud, helping early-stage and high-growth companies build on Google's AI and cloud platform. Before Google she held go-to-market roles at Amazon Web Services, and she is an active startup advisor and investor.
Kara Peterson
Founder & CEO, Descrybe.ai
Kara founded Descrybe.ai to make contracts and legal language more actionable using AI. She combines legal expertise and product leadership to help teams reduce risk and move faster.
Gregory Raiz
Managing Partner, FoundersEdge
Gregory is Managing Partner at FoundersEdge, supporting early-stage companies with mentorship, resources, and funding. He brings operator experience and a founder-first approach to ecosystem building.
Marcel Rindisbacher
Dean ad interim, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Marcel is Dean ad interim of Boston University's Questrom School of Business and an internationally recognized scholar of financial economics. He brings academic leadership and a talent-development lens to the board, connecting Massachusetts' next generation of business leaders to the AI economy.
Nevin Stevens
Field Sales Representative, Google Cloud
Nevin is a field sales representative at Google Cloud, working with companies across the Northeast as they adopt Google's cloud and AI platform. Before Google he held enterprise sales roles at InVision and at Boston-based BevSpot.
Elyas Tecle
Startups Go-to-Market, Google Cloud
Elyas works on the Startups go-to-market team at Google Cloud, where he focuses on spotting breakout AI companies early and helping founders build on Google's AI stack. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania.
Yanni Tsipis
EVP, Development, WS Development
Yanni is an EVP, Development at WS Development, a leading developer and placemaker behind destinations across Greater Boston. He supports the statewide activation of Boston AI Week through community-centric partnerships.
Scott Weller
Co-Founder & CTO, EnFi
Scott is Co-Founder & CTO of EnFi, building AI-powered tools for financial planning and forecasting. He brings deep engineering and data experience to help finance teams improve accuracy and decision-making.
John Werner
Managing Director, Link Ventures
John is Managing Director at Link Ventures and a longtime Boston ecosystem builder. He invests in and supports early-stage technology companies, connecting founders with community and strategic guidance.