Relive the 2020 Finals!
Watch the full recording of the finals below:
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
Commercial Enterprise Category
1st Place
NewSight
Mark Wilhelm
$1000
2nd Place
The Safer Headband
Shelton Brower
$800
3rd Place
Kid’s Cultural Crate
Erica Kolson
$600
4th
PresPros
Adam Densmore
$400
5th Place
Sani-T Box
Judy Anne Spira
$200
Social Enterprise Category
1st Place
G.I. Fido
Olivia Whiteman
$1000
2nd Place
JourneyArt
Mark Wilhelm
$800
3rd Place
LifeBus
Grace Anne Shaw
$600
Grove City Foundation Social Impact Prize
G.I. Fido
Olivia Whiteman
$500
Fan Favorite Award
Sani-T Box
Judy Anne Spira
$200
Congratulations to all the finalists! Great job!
COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE:
• BarberStop | Nick Thompson ’24, Management & Marketing
• Battle Box | Molly Van Til ’22, Communication & Visual Arts
• Game-Time | Hailey Weinert ’23, Management & Marketing, and Nick Gustafson ’24, Management & Marketing
• Kids Cultural Crate | Erica Kolson ’21, Management & Marketing
• Locate | Cole DeFillippo ’24, Accounting & Finance
• NewSight | Mark Wilhelm ’24, Entrepreneurship
• PowerStrut | Olivia Nicholson ’24, Management & Marketing, and Aaron Phillips ’24, Marketing & Communication
• PresPros | Adam Densmore ’21, Accounting & Finance
• Sani-T Box | Judy Anne Spira ’23, Accounting & Finance
• (The) Safer Headband | Shelton Brower ’24, Entrepreneurship
• sidekickk | Cameron Suorsa ’21 Entrepreneurship
• Stream Wizard | Kristopher Sekera ’24, Accounting & Finance
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE:
• Arise Rwandan Coffee | Justin Folger ’21, Management & Marketing
• Bijou | Elizabeth Hasse ’24, Entrepreneurship
• Generation Imagination | Luke Gilligan ’24, Entrepreneurship
• G.I. Fido | Olivia Whiteman ’23, Entrepreneurship
• Heroes for Hire | Brock Simmons ’23, Entrepreneurship
• Journey Art | Mark Wilhelm ’24, Entrepreneurship
• LifeBus | Grace Anne Shaw ’21, Social Work
• tectum | Patty Jo Nickoloff ’21, Communication & Visual Arts
• Trustpup | Kellyann Baker ’22, English
Thank you to our sponsors!
Thank you to our judges!
Drew McCandless ’84
Commercial & Social Enterprise
Damian Rippole ’95
Commercial & Social Enterprise
Laura Johnson ’93
Commercial & Social Enterprise
Dorene Powell
Social Impact Award
Many thanks to all of the Reviewers who watched and evaluated the student pitches in Round 2!
Megan Babal
Mary Bacak ’02
Bob Baierl
Carly Barton
Bryan Benson ‘95
Chris Botting ‘83
John Brier ‘94
Mark Brody ‘83
Marit Brown ‘16
Abigail Bukowski ‘18
Justin Bushko ‘97
Chadwyck Cobb ‘14
Kelly Costello ‘07
Leslie Craven ‘94
Craig Creaturo ‘92
Dan Creston ‘81
Jeff Curran ‘85
Jonathan Cutler ‘11
Kris Deemer ‘90
Lisa DiFalco ‘18
Jay DiNucci ‘87
Karin Drescher ‘97
Scott Dysert ‘87
Stephen Eckert ‘84
Rachel Ellison ‘12
John Emery ‘75
Ruth Entwistle ‘07
Kim Ford ‘72
Dale Fox ‘68
RJ Fryan ‘08
Chuck Gaetano ‘74
Jennifer Gilliland
Matthew Hackworth ‘87
Lissa Hilsee ‘80
William Howell ‘81
Edward Huttenhower ‘76
Melissa Jacobs ‘92
Barbara E. Johnson ‘79
Robert Keller ‘73
Andy Kmiec ‘96
Jordan Koschei ‘11
Beth Lepore ‘96
Robert Lewis ‘03
Don Lockhart ‘67
Lawrence Mason
Glenn McDonald ‘76
Scott McDowell ‘87
Winifred McGee ‘77
Brian McGowan ‘87
Fahmy Mechael ‘81
Alan Mesches ‘71
Patrick Millar
Denise Miller ‘96
Ronald Miller ‘75
Brian Montgomery ‘96
Jeff Moxie ‘80
Holly Muchnok ‘95
Curt Newill ‘67
Elisabeth O’Brien ‘16
Susan Parrett ‘01
Mark Pentz ‘81
Michael Pentz ‘06
Laura Phaladi ‘06
Mark Place ‘77
John Romain ‘85
Kelly Shields ‘97
Joshua Shull ‘12
Zoe Simek ‘14
Zachary Smith ‘15
Nate Smith ‘97
Thomas Smith ‘62
Steve Solman ‘96
Heather Starcher ‘88
Rob Stilwell ‘76
Sean Sullivan ‘11
Allyson Sveda ‘88
Dave Thomas ‘81
Wayne Titus ‘87
Christopher Umble
Tyler Vielguth ‘14
Brenda Vinton
Michael Walton
Joshua Weatherstone ‘15
Steve Wickman
Courtney Wilbert ‘00
Lesley Winfield ‘92