Jeremy Johnson
President  
MBA 2012, Life Member, McCombs School of Business  

RiverCity Cabinets is the leading destination in Austin for top-tier cabinetry solutions. 
2023 Returning Winner   

Andrea Turnipseed
Co-Founder  
MS 2009, Steve Hicks School of Social Work  

Brent Turnipseed
Co-Founder & Medical Director  
BA 2000, Life Member, College of Liberal Arts  

A mental health clinic offering affordable and innovative holistic psychiatric care in Central Texas. Services include medication management, therapy, ketamine services, lifestyle optimization, and brain health assessment.  
2023 Returning Winner  

Mary Beth Kelly
Co-Founder & CFO  
BA 2007, College of Liberal Arts  

Secure Bearing provides custom IT solutions for medium to large businesses, focusing on network and security architecture and services, automation, audits, project management, and consulting. 

Aakash Kumar
Founder & CEO  
BBA 2012, McCombs School of Business  

Shiftsmart is a labor platform connecting the modern hourly worker with large-scale enterprises facing increasingly complex staffing requirements. The company pairs core workforce management software with a network of more than 3 million workers to create a labor marketplace.  

Diana Skellenger
Owner  
BS 2012, Moody College of Communication  

Skelly Build is an award-winning, woman-owned construction company in Austin. Whether it’s a home, office, or commercial space, they create your happy place through a simple construction process. They are your builder team, committed to your satisfaction, timeline, and budget.  

Jeffrey Patterson
Co-Founder & CEO  
BBA 2001, McCombs School of Business  

Sparrow Partners exists to create thriving communities by having a passionate commitment to our community members and a common pursuit of excellence in the design, construction, and management of their Active Adult apartment home communities.  

Hunter Beaton
Founder & CEO
BSCL 2022, Moody College of Communication

Day 1 Bags provides brand new, high-quality bags to youth in foster care instead of trash bags as luggage when they are moving from home to home. They have given over 145,000 bags to youth in need across 45 states.
2023 Returning Winner

Brent Dawson
Managing Member & President
BS 2006, Life Member, Cockrell School of Engineering

Dawson Construction is a general contractor that works primarily in the K-12, office, and medical markets.

Preston Gregg
CEO
BJ 1992, Life Member, Moody College of Communication

Earin Persson
Vice President, Data Intelligence Solutions
BBA 1994, McCombs School of Business

D3Clarity is a professional services firm focused on Data Intelligence and Business Modernization Solutions. They enable large and medium enterprises to elevate, streamline and analyze their enterprise data and cloud infrastructure for profitable insights and data-driven decision making.

Chris Crosby
CEO
BS 1993, Life Member, College of Natural Sciences

Compass Datacenters designs and constructs data centers for some of the world’s largest hyperscalers and cloud providers on campuses across the globe. Their corporate culture is predicated on continual improvement and innovation and has enabled them to consistently deliver customer’s projects faster, and with no sacrifices in quality.
2023 Returning Winner