Our Team
2026 HBS VCPE Conference team:
John Dionne
HBS VCPE Conference Faculty Advisor (Professor at Harvard Business School)
Rahi Punjabi
Co-President
Talha Minhas
Co-President
Jay Nam
Co-President
Rahul Prasad
Chief Financial Officer
Catherine Tea
Chief Marketing Officer
Neidelyn Pina
Chief Marketing Officer
Obinna Igbokwe
Director of Sponsorships
Victoria Robertson
Director of Sponsorships
Kayley Miller
Chief Operating Officer
Sam Lalor
Chief Operating Officer
Jensen Vu
Chief Operating Officer
Thanos Liaskas
Chief Technical Officer
Vanessa Wang
Chief Technical Officer
Imran Hasan
Director of Programming
Sanjay Khatri
Director of Programming
Disha Rawal
Director of Panels
Daksh Sikri
Panel Captain - AI in PE
Harry Smith
Panel Captain - AI in PE
Madhu Sivaraj
Panel Captain - AI: VC Perspective
Soumil Singh
Panel Captain - AI: VC Perspective
Anna Pellicer
Panel Captain - Launching Your First Fund
Eugenio Pacelli Mesta
Panel Captain - Launching Your First Fund
Sabrina Montovanelli
Panel Captain - Infrastructure & Energy Transition
Daniel Vedova
Panel Captain - Infrastructure & Energy Transition
Dan Lee
Panel Captain - Emerging Market
Princess Adentan
Panel Captain - Emerging Market
Aryaa Sheth
Panel Captain - Emerging Market
Cindy Han
Panel Captain - Private and Opportunistic Credit
Blair Zhang
Panel Captain - Private and Opportunistic Credit
Eric Rolfs
Panel Captain - Real Estate
Conor Townley
Panel Captain - Real Estate
Achal Patel
Panel Captain - Corporate Venture Capital
Melody Na
Panel Captain - Corporate Venture Capital
Pelly Konstantellou
Panel Captain - Recruitment in VC and Growth
Ansh Aggarwal
Panel Captain - Recruitment in VC and Growth
Michael Myers
Panel Captain - Industrials & Defense Tech
Maryam Khan
Panel Captain - Consumer
Jordan Silva
Panel Captain - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Stephanie Liu
Panel Captain - State of VC
Zhaoyu Xu
Panel Captain - Recruitment in PE
Michael W. Barclift
Panel Captain - Industrials & Defense Tech
Nick Franco
Panel Captain - Consumer
Salem Elias
Panel Captain - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Lovisa Gyllencreutz Romander
Panel Captain - State of VC
Sophie Liu
Panel Captain - Recruitment in PE
Marina Fyrigou Koulouri
Panel Captain - Alternatives in Alternatives
Kevin Truong
Panel Captain - The LP Perspective
Andrew Chen
Panel Captain - Crypto & FinTech
Sam Rocheford
Panel Captain - State of PE
Xavier McClinton
Panel Captain - Alternatives in Alternatives
Surya Viswanathan
Panel Captain - The LP Perspective
Hyeon-Jae Seo
Panel Captain - Crypto & FinTech
Marcus Tse
Panel Captain - State of PE