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The GEMS Team
MEET OUR Mentors
Meet the 2021–2023 GEMS Mentors
Alex Blecksmith
Associate Vice President
Alissa Lieppmann
Vice President
Brian Chung
Co-Founder and CEO
Brian Gauer
Partner
Brian Parisi
CFO
Chingiz Bigalimov
Vice President
Chris Dickson
Senior Manager
Cisco Maldonado
marketing executive
Dan Medina
Director of Space
&
Defense Customer Finance
Darline Llamas Lopis
Sr. Director of Finance
&
Retail
Doug Yates
Marketing Executive
Estela Levin
Senior Vice President and Head of Operations
Garrett Brodie
Vice President, Global Commercial Leader
Jason Shapiro
Managing Director
Jelka Dasent
Managing Director
Jessica Allen
Trust Partner
Jonathan Hung
Managing Partner at Entrepreneur Ventures and Head of Consumer/Partner
Josh Jacobs
VP of Finance
&
Controller
Leigh Anna Azzalino
Sr. Manager
Mario Carrasco
Co-Founder and Principal
Megan Chao
factual entertainment executive
Michael Wilson
Mike Norona
Board Member and Retired Fortune 500 CFO
Mona Kamdjou
Managing Partner
Richie Olson
Director of Finance
Ryan Jurczak
Manager, NFL Media Finance
Sarah Lichtmann
Senior Manager
Shelli Saiki
Partner
Sonia Endler
EVP, Finance at MGM
Traci Shapiro
Digital Marketing
Vera Fair
Chief of Staff
Victoria Chew
Senior Vice President
Whitney Ashton
Manager