About Us

About Us

History. The MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City was founded in 1971 by John Jenkins, an engineer who had graduated from MIT. We were probably the first organization established for the purpose of providing support to entrepreneurs. Seven years later, a national organization was established by MIT, which today consists of 28 chapters throughout the world. This global network is managed by Technology Review, an independent media company owned by MIT with a global readership of 2.6 million.

Program. The Forum has always been open to one and all and operated by volunteers. The purpose has never changed: to help technology-related entrepreneurs start and grow innovative businesses. And the program has consistently featured discussion forum events that support this purpose by delivering insights and opportunities to build relationships with people who can be of help – investors and corporate executives who may become customers, strategic partners, or acquirers. We take pride in being able to attract a sophisticated following of entrepreneurs, investors and business decision-makers.

Core Values. Our core values are:

Effectiveness - achieving positive impact on targeted entrepreneurs
Innovation – focus on cutting edge business issues and trends
Integrity - maintaining the highest standards of objectivity, fairness, openness and honesty
Excellence - commitment to excellence in all aspects of our work

Brand Promise. Our brand promise is that you can rely on our events to deliver valuable insights related to IT, cleantech or bioscience businesses and access to interesting business people. These events carry the endorsement of MIT, one of the world’s greatest institutions of innovation in technology and scientific learning, and they have served entrepreneurs effectively for more than forty years.

Board of Directors

Chair, Nominating	Co-Chair, Programming		Vice Chapter Chair	Chapter Secretary	Co-Chair, Volunteer

Bruce Bachenheimer Clinical Professor Pace University	Ben Boissevain Managing Partner Agile Equity	Steve Brotman Managing Director Greenhill SAVP Fund	Somak Chattopadhyay Partner Tribeca Venture Partners	Stephanie Cion Founder and CEO WELLalarm LLC	Owen Cocking Entrepreneur Private Investor

Co-Chair, Marketing			Chapter Chair	Chair, Information Technology

Cristina Dolan Officer MIT Club of NY	Lori Hoberman Partner Chadbourne & Parke	Mary Howard President Design Technologies	James Klaiber Partner Pryor Cashman	Eddie Quiroz Internet Entrepreneur	Richard Raysman Partner Holland & Knight

Co-Chair, Programming	Chair, Partnering & Sponsorship	Chapter Treasurer	Vice Chapter Chair

Richard Reisman President Teleshuttle Corp.	Allyson Rinderle Analyst Aisling Capital	Nicholas Schiavo, CPA Director of Accounting AltResources LLC	Lori Smith Partner White and Williams LLP

Board Observers



Jahanara Ali Ph.D. President Tech. Comm. Services	Natanel Barookhian Consultant Serial Entrepreneur	Kamil Bojanczyk Smart Grid City Startups	Geoffrey Finkel Entrepreneur Mutual of America	Corey Massella Partner Citrin Cooperman	Joseph McElroy Co-Founder and CEO Optimize New York

Co-Chair, Marketing	Co-Chair, Volunteer

Andrew Pfluger Financial Data Associate Moody's Corporation	Wen Tang Analyst AQR Capital Management	David Teten Partner, ff Venture Capital Chair, HBS Angels of NY	Stephen Tucker Equity Partner Fitzpatrick & Hunt, Tucker, Collier, Pagano, Aubert, LLP	Laurence Vigeant-Langlois, PhD Director, Business Development Sikorsky Innovations	Eric Vieira, PhD Director of Special Research Programs The City University of New York


Paul Wachtler Venture Capital Private Equity

Volunteer
The Forum has a strong volunteer leadership. If you are interested in actively supporting our community, please contact us at:

MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC
info@mitef-nyc.org