2025 Mentorship Opportunities

Mentor Interest Sign-Up Form

Starting March

We are recruiting mentors to help interview and select the next Miller Center Accelerator (MCA29) launching July 2025. Interviews will be scheduled from March 3 – 19 at either 8-10AM or 7PM or April 21 – May 9 and will take place over Zoom for 45 minutes plus 10 minutes of debrief. For each interview, mentors will ask specific topic-related questions regarding business, finance, and impact for ~10 minutes each. If you express interest in being an interviewer, you will be provided the specific dates for this opportunity and can indicate your availability within those dates. Also, if you sign up to be a mentor in this cohort, you will have priority in your choice of social enterprise to mentor.

Dates: 

  • March 3 – 19

Time Commitment:  

  • Each interview is one hour plus 1-2 hours prep time

Program Manager: 

  • Joce Pulido

We are recruiting Spanish-speaking mentors to serve as Mock Investor Panelists for the currently running Spanish Miller Center Accelerator. The 90-minute panels are scheduled to take place over zoom between March 4-6 from 8:00-9:30 AM (PT). The panel will simulate an introductory meeting with an impact investor with the entrepreneurs giving their pitch and then panelists diving into deeper due diligence. During the session, panelists will role-play as impact investors by asking clarifying questions, challenging the entrepreneur’s assumptions and testing their knowledge of their business.

Dates: 

  • March 4 – 6

Time Commitment:  

  • Each panel is 90 minutes plus 1-3 hours prep time

Program Manager: 

  • Veronica Montoya

Programs In Progress

  • Innovation Works SP25 Accelerator
  • Bespoke Mentoring
  • Miller Center Accelerator in Spanish
  • Miller Center Accelerator (MCA28)

Please note:

Once the entrepreneurs for each program or panel session have been selected, the Mentor Network Team will reach out to mentors who have registered their interest through our form or through the Miller Center’s community website. Accelerator mentors will receive a summary of the participants in the cohort and are encouraged to indicate any preferences, interests, and limitations. Panelists mentors will receive an email confirming their participation and an invitation to attend a panelist training Webinar. Generally, you can expect to hear from our team about two weeks before the start of any given program.

Email Lynne or Sharon with any questions at mc-mentors@scu.edu