ERIKA LUCAS

Investor

Recovering Economic Developer, Former Partner at a Private Equity firm, turnaround ops, Board Governance and policy junkie. 

CHRIS LUCAS

Founder, Operator

Owned and operated businesses from startup stage to growth. Experience in onboarding systems, operations, sports, wellness and VR. 

GABY EICHENLAUB

Community Manager

Manages social media, content creation, community platforms and outreach.

SCOTT LOFT

Business Development

VP of Ticket Sales and Data Ops for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Thunder LaunchPad Partner.

HAROLD HUGHES

Founder and Angel Investor

Founder of Bandwagon, Venture Partner in Republic and Angel Investor. 

KARLIS KEZBERS

Business Operations

Helped conceive the Thunder Launchpad, formerly with the Thunder, now VP at Recentive Analytics. 

ALLISON CONTI

Founder

Founded Watkins-Conti-Product, a women's health startup. Often mentors on fundraising, patents and negotiation.

LIZZIE CROUGH

GAN Community

Orchestrates founders needs with GAN resources, mentors and tools. 

FARHAJ MAYAN

Founder 

Co-Founded Kanna and Kanna U. StitchCrew Alumni Batch 4.

JULIAN BUSCH

GAN Partners

Connects Founders with Corporate Partners. Former DD Associate at one of the largest Angel Groups. 

KEVIN GIBSON

Venture Lawyer

Partner at KO Firms and venture lawyer for startups and startup orgs, including GAN and TechStars. 

DANIEL MALONEY

Founder + Growth

Founder of Tailwind, a social media integrator and data analytics company.  StitchCrew mentor since inception. 

SHELLEY CADAMY

People + Operations

Partner at Mettise and a mega connector. Previously served as executive director of economic & workforce development.

AARON ACKERMAN

CFO

Partner at HoganTaylor, a CPA and Strategy consulting firm with offices across the nation. He has been a StitchCrew mentor since inception.

MIRIAM CAMPOS

FinTech and Banking

Business Development executive at Arvest Bank and Latinx community activist.

BRETT KOLOMYJEC

Founder

Founded Happily (formerly DateBox), a relationship health company. 

StitchCrew mentor since inception.

CHANDLER MALONE

Venture Capitalist

Responsible for deal flow and due diligence at Tulsa based VC Atento Capital.

ANDREW SILVESTRI

Policy and Community Relations

Leads Public Policy and Community Development for Google Americas. Andrew is also StitchCrew Board Member.

LIBBY EDIGER

Executive Director

ED at Holberton Tulsa, former founding team member at Quorum a B2B SaaS company based in DC.

WILLIAM PAIVA

Venture Capitalist

Venture Capitalist and a StitchCrew mentor since inception. Focuses primarily on Health Tech. 

STEVEN KATZ

Venture Capitalist

Venture Capitalist and a StitchCrew mentor since inception. Managing Partner Rebar Capital and Venture Advisor at Innov8.

MATT JONES

Venture Lawyer

Founder of Verge Law, a StitchCrew mentor since inception. Matt also owns multiple retail businesses. 

TOM WAVERING

SBIR Funding

SBIR (Gov Tech) Funding expert. Runs the OU Innovation Hub. 

CHRIS SHILLING

Angel Investor

Secretary of Technology and Innovation at the Chickasaw Nation. Former Co-Founder of Appable.

BRANDI STANLEY

Founder + CEO

Founder of BrandingOfficeHours, a growth for startups firm. Formerly Brandi was responsible for all of GAN's marcom efforts. 

NATHANIEL HARDING

Venture Capitalist

Managing Partner at Cortado Ventures, Oklahoma City based VC Fund. Founder Antioch Energy.

JASON HAWKINS

Sports Tech

General Manager for the Oklahoma City Energy FC Team.

MELISSA HOUSTON

GovTech 

Innovation Contractor for the State of Oklahoma under the Dept. of Commerce. Former Sec. of Ed