Meet Marina Paul (B’16, G’17), the Founder and CEO of the women’s sportswear company SPRHRA. SPRHRA is revolutionizing the world of team uniforms and undergarments to help elite female athletes feel amazing while performing. Marina is also the author of Becoming a Superhero: Awaken Your Superpowers and Inspire the Magic in Others.
Meet Doug Grant (MBA’16), the Co-Founder and CEO of Atlantic Fish Co. Doug is working to revolutionize how we eat by using cellular agriculture to make the world’s most sustainable cultivated seafood.
Kimberly “Kim” Quigley, MD graduated from Georgetown’s School of Languages and Linguistics (now College of Arts & Sciences) in 1996. Combining her 20+ years of experience in mental health care and athletics, as well as drawing inspiration from the Jesuit tradition she gained from Georgetown, Kim decided to found her own company called Onrise Care.
Meet Melissa Lush (MBA'98), co-founder of Force of Nature, began her career in product development and brand management at P&G. After giving birth to her son, Melissa realized how many harmful chemicals are in the products we use everyday to clean our homes. This inspired her to start Force of Nature, which removes the toxic fumes and single-use plastics from cleaning.
For more than 20 years, S. Lovey Parker (SCS’23), Founder & CEO of EVOLVED homes®, has been an innovator and a community-builder - producing elevated luxury experiences within the hospitality space. As a CEO and Founder, S. Lovey shares some insight into her journey to and through entrepreneurship as well as her aspirations for future of EVOLVED and investment in the hospitality industry.
Sam Bernstein (C’18) began his career in finance working at a hedge fund, before discovering his passion for education during the pandemic. Eric Menna (SFS’18) was inspired through a case he was working on as a consultant with a local school district. Close friends since freshman year, they came together after three years to create Loper in pursuit of providing more innovative and accessible support for high school students in pursuit of postsecondary education.
Giana Korth (B’10), co-founder of Tampon Tribe with Jennifer Eden and Gaby Alves, credits a combination of forces leading to her award-winning business: right place, right time, right idea.
For the latest in our Hoyapreneurs series, we profiled Dan Berger, founder and CEO of Social Tables, an event production technology, which was born at of Dan's desire to build stronger more connected communities. We chatted with Dan about his company, his experience on the Hill Top and the D.C. tech scene. Read our interview below to learn about Dan's entrepreneurial journey.
'There was never a question of whether or not social impact would be at the core of Tampon Tribe. That is the mission. We often say, “we are not a company, we are an energetic social impact project”. From the products we sell to the period packs we donate, we believe that we are making a difference.' Read more about Hoyapreneur Giana Korth's triple bottom line femine hygiene startup.
We now have 25 corporately owned shacks across the US, the largest and highest quality lobster processing company in the US, and 6 licensed shacks in Japan. We plan to continue to grow domestically at a rate of 6-8 new shacks a year and to expand our international license business into new markets.
For our latest Hoyapreneur profile, we are excited to sit down with Hoyapreneurs and Co-Founders of Misfit Juicery Ann Yang (F’16) and Phil Wong (F’15) to learn more about how ugly fruit makes delicious juice. From their very first batch produced in a borrowed blender at the Corp to launching in Whole Foods, these recent grads have taken their business from the Hilltop to the far reaches of the country!
For our latest Hoyapreneur profile, we are excited to sit down with Hoyapreneur Joel Montaniel, Co-Founder & CEO of Seven Rooms to learn more about how he's grown Seven Rooms, to hear his take on the infamous story about a little luck and a pricey bottle of wine and how to make it in the hospitality world in New York City.
For our latest Hoyapreneur profile, we are excited to sit down with our fellow GEA board member and tech aficionado, Cherian Thomas (G’14), Co-Founder & CEO of Spotluck.We are are also proud to announce that Cherian will be honored during our Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards Celebration on November 2 for “Best Mobile App.” Let’s get started.
For the latest profile in our Hoyapreneur series, we had a blast speaking with Fashion Cowboy Drew Clark, founder of California Cowboy, a line of men's clothing made for fulfilling the human experience. To roundoff a distinguished career in the world of fashion, Drew recently launched his own brand around 'social-centric' design. We’ll discuss Drew's inspirations, how clothes can have more meaning than just style and how Drew's 4 years on the Hilltop shaped his career. Giddyup!
For the latest in our Hoyapreneur series, we are excited to bring you an interview with Nick Miller, former co-founder and CEO of Parking Panda. Nick has been an entrepreneur since the moment he left the Hilltop, using his experience at Georgetown to jumpstart his parking startup. We’ll discuss Parking Panda and Georgetown’s influence on Nick’s passion for entrepreneurship.
Welcome to the first of many conversations with accomplished Georgetown alumni entrepreneurs. In a school known for politics and government, we are excited to highlight the incredible achievements and work of so many Hoyas around the world. Whether they have created successful household name businesses or are using entrepreneurship to tackle pressing social issues, Georgetown entrepreneurs are expanding on what it means to be a Hoya. To kick things off we were honored to speak with 2016 Georgetown Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year Awardee Tom Raffa.
Meet Marina Paul (B’16, G’17), the Founder and CEO of the women’s sportswear company SPRHRA. SPRHRA is revolutionizing the world of team uniforms and undergarments to help elite female athletes feel amazing while performing. Marina is also the author of Becoming a Superhero: Awaken Your Superpowers and Inspire the Magic in Others.