Meet our Mentors

Mentorship in Education with Pat La Morte

Global Education Solutions Lead at Zoom Video Communications

Pat LaMorte leverages his extensive education and communications background to guide Zoom towards supporting the future of education. As the former President/CEO of one of Florida’s Catholic High Schools, Pat immersed himself in educational technology, curriculum alignment across grade-levels, school finance, and Technology Enabled Active Learning Labs.

Mentorship in Business with Colleen Rudio

Co-Founder/President Cascadia Management Group

For more than 20 years, Colleen has been responsible for directing multiple organizations’ professional development, strategic marketing, and service programs across Montana. Her lifelong commitment to volunteerism and professional development extends beyond hours of local devotion to leadership roles for several national and regional associations.

Mentorship for Start-ups with Paul Gladen

Executive Director, Accelerate MT and the Blackstone LaunchPad at the University of Montana

Paul Gladen is an Ideas and innovation junkie in addition to being an

• Entrepreneur

• Co-founder of Muzeview

• Co-founder Hellgate Venture Network

• Member of founding team of Montana Code School

Mentorship at Many Levels: from Startup to Corporate with Dave Danford

Founder and Managing Director of Innovation Incubator

Dave is the founder and Managing Director of Innovation Incubator, a Startup Studio focused on helping pre-seed entrepreneurs transform great ideas into fundable ventures.
For 24 years prior to Innovation Incubator, Dave held leadership positions of various innovative (version 1.0) product teams at Microsoft Corporation. As an intrapreneur, he validated new ideas, secured funding, acquired customers, and managed product teams that built and commercialized software products that achieved global scale.