Board of Advisors

Below is the current E-Tower Board of Advisors

• Len Schlesinger
  
  Leonard A. Schlesinger became the 12th president of Babson College on July 1, 2008—bringing to the College an extraordinary blend of leadership experience in academia and industry, particularly in the retail and service sectors. He came to Babson from Limited Brands, based in Columbus, Ohio, where he served in executive positions since 1999, most recently as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer. Among his accomplishments, he dramatically strengthened customer and employee loyalty, resulting in increased profitability. Earlier in his career, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Au Bon Pain.
  
  
• Trish Costello
  
  Trish Costello’s professional background includes entrepreneurial, corporate, non-profit and academic experience. She is recognized internationally for her pioneering work in educating and preparing venture capital investment partners, through the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program. As the founding CEO and now CEO Emeritus of the Center for Venture Education, she expanded the Kauffman Fellows education program to venture capitalists in 10 countries on four continents. Costello was on the start-up team of the Kauffman Foundation’s entrepreneurship center, where for eight years she directed its efforts in venture capital, angel investing, entrepreneur support programs, and programming to accelerate high potential women entrepreneurs. She played a leading role nationally in obtaining greater financial equity investments in women’s businesses and in funding initiatives supporting high-growth women entrepreneurs.
  
  
• Stever Robbins
  
  Stever co-founded the early internet success story FTP Software, and has been a part of nine high-tech start-ups, four IPOs, and three acquisitions. He was COO for Building Blocks Interactive, and project manager at Intuit, where he co-led the development of the award-winning Quicken VISA Card.
  
  
• Angelo Santinelli
  
  Mr. Santinelli is an experienced leader and innovator in creating business strategy, marketing and delivering results. His more than 20 years of business experience covers a broad range of disciplines and responsibilities: including business development, strategic planning, M&A, IPO, private equity financing, customer service, all aspects of marketing and international operations. Mr. Santinelli has served on numerous boards of directors participating in both audit and compensation committees. He has served as an executive and officer of a public company.
  
  
• David Fialkow
  
  As a Managing Director of General Catalyst Partners, David invests in both new and existing technology businesses. Areas of special interest include: consumer services; security/defense; and travel. David and General Catalyst co-founded Upromise and David is also a board member of: BBN Technologies; CCP Games; Eons.com; Retail Convergence and ViTrue.