Board of Advisors

MUCH OF THE Dingman Center’s strength of vision can be attributed to the innovators on our Advisory board. Members are strong leaders in the entrepreneurship ecosystem and faithful advocates of our programs. Their commitment of time, talent and treasure is what drives us forward.

Bill Boyle '81, Board Chair| FIBERGATE, INC. Bill founded FiberGate, Inc., a Washington D.C. metro area provider of dark fiber services. He ran the company for 17 years and successfully exited in the fall of 2012. Currently, Bill invests and works with startup companies through the Dingman Center Angels.

Maurice Boissiere ’89 | DataTribe Maurice is the Chief Customer Officer of DataTribe, a cyber foundry that invests and co-builds cybersecurity ventures. He has more than 20 years of product leadership experience at early-stage ventures and is an Adjunct Professor at UMD.

Zentail Paul founded Social Growth Technologies, a social gaming advertising startup he grew for seven years before securing its acquisition by Kiswe Mobile in 2016. Currently, Paul is the Director of Growth at Zentail, an e-commerce technology company based in Columbia, MD. Charles G. Carr '85 | RSM Chuck is a Partner at RSM, the leading U.S. provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market. He primarily serves technology and life science clients, as well as numerous restaurant/hospitality clients. Chuck has assisted many companies with their IPO process.

Stephen B. Ferber '90

Paul Capriolo '06 |

| Golden Gate BPO Solutions, LLC Stephen is CEO & Managing Partner of Golden Gate BPO Solutions, LLC, which he founded in 2006 in conjunction with Paxys, Inc. and Advanced Contact Solutions, one of the largest outsourced providers of contact center and BPO solutions in Southeast Asia.

Matthew Fishlinger

'07 | Gramercy Risk Holdings, LLC In 2014, Matthew formed Gramercy Risk Holdings, LLC with his father, William Fishlinger, former CEO and Chairman of The Wright Insurance Group. Gramercy provides financial, operational and legal resources for both domestic and foreign property and casualty insurance entities. Harry Geller '81 | Serial Entrepreneur Harry is an entrepreneur whose career has spanned a broad range of successful startup companies. Geller has launched, owned and managed fourteen multi-million dollar businesses, primarily focused on the fields of logistics, food services and real estate.

Jeff Grinspoon '90,

MBA '95 | VWG Wealth Management Jeff is Managing Director, Partner at VWG where he works with business owners and executives formulating business succession plans, managing liquidity events and executing wealth transfer strategies.

Gloria Jacobovitz,

Ph.D. | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Gloria is an entrepreneur, angel investor and technology manager. She has over 20 years of experience in research, technology based startups and entrepreneurship, as well as Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

David Quattrone, MBA

'05 | Cvent David is Co-founder and CTO at Cvent, for which he designed and supervised the development of Cvent's original beta product as well as all of Cvent's subsequent product releases, upgrades and redesigns.

Pam Rothenberg | Womble Bond Dickinson At Womble, Pam founded and leads the firm’s Impact Economy team. Providing both cutting edge strategic consulting and a fullbreadth of legal services, Pam’s team helps companies and entrepreneurs “grow their competitive advantage, with Impact.”

Michael Schwab | D&H Distributing Company Michael began his D&H career in 1989 as an outside sales rep. in the Philadelphia area. Over the years, he has overseen D&H's staff of product managers, growing the department from two to more than 50 representatives. Michael became copresident in 2008.

Kathryn Stewart | Cranbrook Capital Kathryn is Founder and Managing Director of Cranbrook Capital, which provides seed and early stage capital to emerging tech-focused companies. The firm has invested in Apio Systems, CircleUp, Canvas, Homesnap, GoTenna, Passive Capital Management and SalesWarp.

Polly Vail | Turnstyle Partners Polly is a consultant who develops strategies and implementation plans for clients on branding and business development. Her past clients include the International Lyme Disease Society and GeniusRocket, where she served as business development director and president.

New Members 2019-20

Ish Dugal ’05 | Golden Arc Capital Ish is the Founder and Managing Partner at GoldenArc Capital, a Silicon Valley based private investment firm. Ish has 14 years of venture capital and private equity investment experience and has invested in 15+ high growth ventures with 3 IPOs and multiple M&A exits from his portfolio.

Deborah Hemingway,

Ph.D. ’18 | Dingman Center Angels Deborah received a Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Maryland before launching a biotech company, Leon Scientific. She is an active angel with the Dingman Center Angels and advises local biotech startups, mentors biotech entrepreneurs and serves on the board of three companies.

Ralph P. Sita, Jr., CPA

’84 | Cybrary Ralph is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cybrary, a crowdsourced Cyber Security and IT career development and training platform. Prior to starting Cybrary, he founded a CPA firm that operated for over 22 years.

Newly Elected 2020-21

Max Weiner ’96 | Max Weiner Jewelers, Budge Technology Inc. Max is an Entrepreneur, Real Estate Investor and Gemologist who works mainly in second-hand jewelry markets buying and selling Diamonds, Watches, Coins and precious metals.

Harry Alford, III ’07 | humble ventures Harry is the Co-Founder of humble ventures, a DC-based venture development firm that drives innovation forward in partnership with startups, investors, and established organizations.

Jennifer Hsin ’98 | CNF Investments LLC Jennifer is a Director and CFO at CNF Investments LLC, where she is responsible for sourcing and managing portfolio companies with a focus on SaaS and tech-enabled businesses.