Antonia Dean, J.D.

A startup strategist, Antonia Dean specializes in turning good ideas into great businesses. Currently, she leads all startup pipeline diversity efforts for Comcast. Previously, she led engagements at Archetype Solutions Group, a venture fund and consultancy, where she served as strategic advisor to CEOs and senior executives of startups and mid-market companies in the employee health, wealth and performance industries. 

A lawyer by training and a risk-taker by birth, Antonia turned down a career in corporate law after graduating from Harvard Law School to work in the cosmetics industry. She helped build some of today’s most well-known and profitable cosmetics brands, including Calvin Klein Fragrance, Simply Vera Vera Wang, Michael Kors Beauty and Flirt Cosmetics. After being bitten by the startup bug, Antonia took the skills she learned in building those brands to help recent college grads build their own businesses as Senior Vice President & Chief Brand Officer at Venture for America, a startup fellowship program.

Antonia lives in Wyncote, PA, with her husband Stanley, sons, Tyson & Gavin, and 4lb. Yorkie named Furious.