#  IQSS Startup Foundry Executive Fellows and Board of Advisors 

 



##  IQSS Startup Foundry Executive Fellows and Board of Advisors 

 

 

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##  2025 Executive Fellows 

 



  [### Jacqueline Claudia

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelineclaudia/)CEO, Serial Entrepreneur, Advisor



 

   ![Jacqueline Claudia](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/harvard-iqss/files/jacqueline-claudia_2025_5x7.jpg?itok=dD1LlML9) 

 

 

 

  [### Illai Gescheit

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/illaigescheit/)Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Advisor



 

   ![Illai Gescheit](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/harvard-iqss/files/ilai-gescheit_2025_5x7.jpg?itok=58lt6LZO) 

 

 

 

  [### Richard Harris

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-harris-89756919a/)VP of Licensing at Intellectual Ventures



 

   ![Richard Harris](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-11/Harris%20headshot%20new_0.jpg?itok=v56lPSHn) 

 

 

 

  [### Craig Marris

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-marris-2257831/)Chief Sustainability Officer, EROAD



 

   ![Craig Marris](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/harvard-iqss/files/craig-marris_2025_5x7.jpg?itok=QdHyQCLy) 

 

 

 

  [### Dean Marris

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanmarris/)Chief Data Science Officer, EROAD



 

   ![Dean Marris](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/harvard-iqss/files/dean-marris_2025_5x7.jpg?itok=ZZ5TAZ0w) 

 

 

 

  [### Divya Reddy

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/divya-reddy-a077b511/)Founding Partner of F5 Collective



 

   ![Divya Reddy](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/Divya%20Reddy_1.jpg?itok=spHyW5yK) 

 

 

 

  [### Candace Fleming 

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/candacemfleming/)CEO/COO, Serial Entrepreneur, Operator



 

   ![Candace Fleming](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/C%20Fleming%20Headshot_1.jpg?itok=grNmpvPx) 

 

 

 

  [### Melissa Davis Bar-Ziv

 ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissamia924/)CEO/CRO, Advisor, Operator



 

   ![Melissa Bar-Ziv](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Melissa%20Bar-Ziv%20headshot.jpg?itok=CsdC1XLw) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

To learn more about being an Executive Fellow at IQSS, please visit the [role description here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D_Qm2Eb5C5IPicZT1OH5W43yBTeaCigxLNxeYr-5kQI/edit?tab=t.0).



 

##  IQSS Startup Foundry Board of Advisors 

 



 ### Ali Mahmoud

Principal Glasswing Ventures



 

   ![Ali Mahmoud](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/harvard-iqss/files/ali-mahmoud_2025_5x7.jpg?itok=sRcPSz7R) 

 

 

 

 ### Teddy Blank

Partner, First Star Ventures



 

   ![Teddy Blank](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/harvard-iqss/files/teddy-blank_2025_5x7.jpg?itok=eKlithqh) 

 

 

 

 ### Kelly Kimball

HBS Executive Fellow  
Founder and Board Chairman at Vitu



 

   ![Kelly Kimball](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/harvard-iqss/files/kelly-kimball_2025b_5x7.jpeg?itok=x61ifBDA) 

 

 

 

 ### Richard Harris

VP of Licensing at Intellectual Ventures



 

   ![Richard Harris](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-11/Harris%20headshot%20new_0.jpg?itok=v56lPSHn) 

 

 

 

 ### Divya Reddy

Founding Partner of F5 Collective



 

   ![Divya Reddy](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/Divya%20Reddy_0.jpg?itok=Saz_xsa1) 

 

 

 

 ### Paul Hayre

Founding Executive Director of the Harvard Grid Accelerator



 

   ![Paul Hayre](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/harvard-iqss/files/paul-hayre_2025_5x7.jpg?itok=7WjDS8Me) 

 

 

 

 ### Dror Bar-Ziv

Managing Partner, Blue Sparrow



 

   ![Dror Bar-Ziv](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-05/Dror%20Bar-Ziv%202026.jpeg?itok=-pCQ3I4m) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

##  IQSS Team 

 



 ### Gary King

Faculty Director of IQSS



 

   ![Gary King](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/harvard-iqss/files/gary-king-5x7.jpg?itok=PyWxRN8r) 

 

 

 

 ### Elizabeth Jackson

Executive Director of IQSS



 

   ![e-jackson-photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-06/e-jackson-photo.jpeg?itok=9SoSRjm0) 

 

 

 

 ### Debi Kleiman

Head of IQSS Startup Foundry



 

   ![Debi Kleiman headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-11/Debi-Kleiman_2025-2_0.jpg?itok=dwCEOKKI) 

 

 

 

 ### Brad Rosen

Entrepreneur in Residence



 

   ![Brad Rosen](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-02/Brad-Rosen_2026.JPG?itok=0Y3iN7hS)