Leadership

Center for Entrepreneurship

Faculty

Lancie Affonso
Senior Instructor
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Jason Averbook
Adjunct Instructor

Lia Colabello
Adjunct Instructor

Jon Liebergall
Adjunct Instructor

Taryn Mackenzie
Adjunct Instructor

Kristen McMullen
Adjunct Instructor
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Ben Navarro
Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Jim Philip
Adjunct Faculty

Troy Knauss
Instructor of Entrepreneurship
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David Wyman
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship
Associate Chair, Department of Management and Marketing
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurs in Residence

The Entrepreneurs In Residence are a team of entrepreneurs dedicated to bettering the Center for Entrepreneurship and its student entrepreneurs.

Ben Navarro
Co-Founder and CEO, Beemok Capital

Christine Osborne
Principal at Christine S. Osborne LLC

Advisory Board

The Center for Entrepreneurship has a strong and experienced advisory board that is centered on helping our student entrepreneurs. Each advisory board member has pledged a significant time mentoring our students, teaching our classes and financial assistance to help the center sustain operations.

Their extreme passion for supporting our students provides the foundation of our program. For example, the Advisory Board, Huge Foundation, Steve Swanson Foundation, and Department of Commerce – alongside grants and individual donors – have helped raise over $750,000 to support Center for Entrepreneurship programs. 

Mark Richards '88, Chair
Alphidia

Elizabeth Ackerman
Elizabeth James

Shannon Barnes
Spendly

Sarah Castle
Vistage

Chris DiMattia
Recovery Room

Ryan Eleuteri '02
Charleston Bloody Mary Mix

Mike Gelber
Impiricus

Richard Maclean '88
Frontier Capital

Bill Newlin
Newlin Investment

Christine Osborne '78
Wonder Works

Marc Raber
IOP Capital

Kenny Ridgell '14
Ridge Media

Arnon Rosan
Garrison (Flood Control)

Rob Stephenson
Thrive