Team
Meet the people behind Elephant Gate
Partner
Natalia Fedulova
Leads investments and founder support across Elephant Gate
Program Manager
Kathryn Holst
Oversees cohort operations, programming, and founder experience
Analyst
Alexey Podlubny
Analyzes cohort processes, data, and operational needs
Program Coordinator
Mariana Suchodolski
Coordinates founder programming, mentor engagement, and cohort operations.
Mentors
Experts in psychedelics & frontier mental health who guide our founders
LEAD Mentor
Joe Moore
Founder and CEO
Psychedelics Today
lead MENTOR
Justyna Jastrzebska
CEO Supernova
Mentor
Sabba Nazhand
CEO at Safar
MENTOR
Simeon Schapper
Managing Partner JLS Fund
MENTOR
Milica Radovic Mandic
Founder Bizdelics
Adviser Chacruna Institute
MENTOR
Niko Skievaski
Founder & CEO Althea
MENTOR
Stephen Murphy
Exec Director at Shortwave Life Sciences
MENTOR
Alexander Chekan
Founder Coined Partners Advisor Flo Health Inc.
MENTOR
Sophie Spitzer
Head of Psychedelics
Hub at Pink Elephant
CEO & Founder at Kinisi
MENTOR
Max de Rosnay
BD & Partnerships at Pink Elephant
MENTOR
Floris Wolswijk
Founder at Blossom
MENTOR
Kimberly Carson
CEO at K Carson Consulting LLC
MENTOR
Mitchell Gomez
Founder, Temple of Harm Reduction; Ex-ED, DanceSafe; Consultant, MAPS; Board, Harmonia
MENTOR
Merryn Spence
Community Engagement Manager, Fireside Project · Drug Education Coordinator, Students for Sensible Drug Policy · Harm Reduction Consultant
MENTOR
Elysa Fenenbock
Founder, The School of Psychedelic Design
MENTOR
Lianna Tullis-Robinson
Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology, Founder at Excited About Entheogens LLC
MENTOR
Kirsten Co
CEO & Founder at K&Company
MENTOR
Jaz Cadoch
Co-Founder of Global Psychedelic Society & Community Lead for Open Psychedelic Evaluation Nexus
MENTOR
Donn Krassiyenko
Former investment analyst
MENTOR
Florian Lanzer
Founder at Lucid Horizons
MENTOR
Harrison Voegeli
AI Engineer