Join the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute at the Leslie eLab for a networking lunch from 12:00 - 2:00 PM ET on September 20th to meet local investors and entrepreneurs at NYU who are committed to advancing gender equity in entrepreneurship.

September's guest speaker is Melissa Mash (CAS '06), Founder of Dagne Dover.

More about this month's speaker:

Melissa Mash (CAS '06), Founder of Dagne Dover

Melissa Shin Mash is co-founder and CEO of performance bag brand, Dagne Dover. She is also an angel investor and advisor to high-growth consumer brands. As a business creative, Melissa is passionate about discovering and developing new ways to improve the lives and experiences of others, whether through products, services, or advocacy. Melissa is grateful to be a recipient of several entrepreneurship awards from her MBA alma mater, the Wharton School of Business, where she is an active member of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Prior to founding Dagne Dover, Melissa managed both brick-and-mortar and e-commerce wholesale accounts at Coach. She then led the 2009 turn-around at Coach's first UK/EU location, during which she came up with the idea for what became Dagne Dover.

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Past speakers include:

Rachel Tipograph, MikMak

Kobi Wu, VisuWall Technologies

Anna Palmer, General Partner at Flybridge

Rachel Baruch, Investor at Anthos Capital

Jess Weiss, Founder and CEO of Trix Magazine

Joy Marcus, Venture Partner at Jerusalem Venture Partners

Liz Hartley, VC & Startup Advisor

Amira Rasool, Founder + CEO of The Folklore

Jasmine Jones, CEO + Co-Founder of Cherry Blossom Intimates

Cora Miller, Co-Founder and CEO of Young King Hair Care

Laura Rocha, CEO & Co-Founder of Dathic

Sophie Stenbeck, Co-Founder and General Partner of Max Ventures (CAS '04)

Jade Kearney & Marguerite Pierce, Co-Founders of She Matters (Steinhardt ‘20)

Olivia Landau, Co-Founder and CEO of The Clear Cut (Steinhardt '13)

Jess Riegel, Co-Founder and CEO of Motivote (Wagner '18)

Yana Yasevich, Co-Founder of Remi (Gallatin ‘17)

Katie Shea, Partner at Kairos (Stern '09)

Amina Yamusah, co-founder and CTO of Bloc

Rebecca Kaden, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures

Claudia Espinosa, Founder of L.O.V.E. Mentoring Program (Wagner '13)

Caren Maio, CEO and Co-Founder of Nestio (Gallatin '07)

Lisbeth Kaufman, CEO & CoFounder of KitSplit (Stern '15)

Amy Auton-Smith, Founder and CEO of FairFrame.io (Wagner '18)

Grace Lee, CEO of Health Enovation, Inc

*THIS EVENT IS ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE NYU COMMUNITY AND EACH ATTENDEE WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN IN WITH THEIR NYU ID CARD*

The NYU Entrepreneurial Institute provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations for events and services should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the accommodation need.