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Pitch Competition Partners and Judging Panel

Thank You to Our Pitch Competition Partners

Merck
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BMO
Novartis
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Our Pitch Competition Host

Shelley Zalis headshot
Founder and CEO
The Female Quotient

Meet Our Judges

Ibraheem Alinur headshot
Vice President
2Flo Ventures
Deirdre Bergin headshot
Director, Government & Community Programs
BMO
Headshot - Julie Castro Abrams
CEO
How Women Lead - How Women Invest
	Headshot - William Holmes
Director, Supplier Diversity
Novartis
Jessica Karr headshot
Founder & Managing Director
Coyote Ventures
Headshot - Nola Masterson
Ventrue Partner | Managing Director
Portfolia Femtech Fund | Science Futures Management Co., LLC
Headshot - Shankar Narayanan
CEO
Real Chemistry
Charlotte Owens headshot
SVP, Head of Global Medical Affairs and Outcomes Research
Organon
Headshot - Hirak Parikh
Principal, Venture Investments
Johnson & Johnson
	Headshot - Bill Taranto
President, Founder and Managing Partner
Merck Global Health Innovation Fund