The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Summit is a one day gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and changemakers who come together to connect, share ideas, and build community. This year’s program will focus on common good entrepreneurship, exploring how ventures can align purpose, profit, and human flourishing to create lasting impact.

Highlights include:

• A keynote conversation with Ted Leonsis (C’77, Parent’14, ’15) and José Andrés (Parent’23, ’26), moderated by Norah O’Donnell (C’95, SCS’03, HON’24, Parent’29, ’29). Ted built Monumental Sports and Entertainment and helped bring championship culture to Washington. José is the chef and humanitarian behind World Central Kitchen. Norah is a CBS News senior correspondent known for signature interviews.
• Seth Goldman, the mission-driven beverage builder behind Honest Tea and now Just Ice Tea. He is also chair of the board of Beyond Meat.
• Benjamin Zander, founder and conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and co-author of The Art of Possibility, whose TED Talk on The Transformative Power of Classical Music has been viewed more than 21 million times worldwide.

We aim to inspire and empower participants with the knowledge, resources, and networks necessary to create ventures that generate value in ways that are consistent with the common good. You will leave with fresh ideas, valuable relationships, and the inspiration to scale ventures that create both lasting value and positive impact. The full summit schedule can be viewed here.

A special thanks to our 2025 Planning Committee: Peter Mellen (C’89, MBA’98, Parent’26,’28), Tom Raffa (B’76, Parent’10), and Eric Schwartz (B’01).

Aperio Global
LuAnn Bennett
Canapi Ventures
Cartsy AI
Jeff Chapski (B’91)
Comerica
Cooley LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
Tyler Gray (SCS’14)
Cindy Groves – Editor, Mastering the Corporate Chess Game
Han Group LLC
Leon (C’92) and Daphne (M’93) Keshishian (Parents’26)
The Leonsis Family
Netcito
TobiasCounsel – A Licensing Boutique
Tom Raffa (B’76, Parent’10)
Peter Wilson
Eva Yang (G’24), Founder of DataInfer