Our Team
The J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute serves as the connecting and collaborating resource across ASU and the greater Phoenix community, as well as a national and international resource.
Entrepreneurial thinking is more than a skill. It's a mindset—one that manifests itself across all majors and programs at ASU.
Staff
Paula Alvarado
Operations Coordinator
Michelle Barker
Administrative Specialist
Stephanie Birdsall
Program Manager, National Security Academic Accelerator
Jared Byrne
Director, W. P. Carey Center for Entrepreneurship & Open Entrepreneurship Studio
Sandra Castro
Program Coordinator, Youth Entrepreneurship
Gabriela Chacon
Assistant Director, Youth Entrepreneurship
Sheri Charles
Program Coordinator, Training and Development
Ji Mi Choi
Vice President, Knowledge Enterprise; Founding Executive Director
Keith Coles
Senior Program Coordinator, Youth Entrepreneurship
Lauren Dunning
Associate Director, Student Outreach and Engagement
Bailey Gading
Senior Program Coordinator, Student Outreach and Engagement
Roberto Garza
Financial Manager
Eric Heimbecker
Senior Program Coordinator, Peoria Forward, Community Entrepreneurship
Courtney Huynh
Program Manager, Special Projects
Heidi Jacobson
Director, Youth Entrepreneurship
Matthew Kohlbeck
Senior Program Coordinator, 1951@SkySong
Jeff Kunowski
Associate Director, Innovation Programs, Global Sport Institute
Sabrina Sue Le
Program Manager, Youth Entrepreneurship
Tracy Lea
Director, Venture Development
Jesus Lopez
Senior Program Coordinator, Fusion on First
Shannon Lunsford
Director of Operations
Carolina Marquez
Program Manager, Youth Entrepreneurship
Brittany Martin
Senior Program Manager, Venture Development
Sarah Mattson
Senior Program Manager, Youth Entrepreneurship
Kelly McNeil
Program Coordinator, Youth Entrepreneurship
Carrie Herrera Niesen
Project Manager, Strategic Marketing and Communications
Chase Norris
Senior Program Manager, Venture Development
Mike Pippenger
Senior Program Coordinator, Youth Entrepreneurship
Kimberly Reynolds
Program Manager, Youth Entrepreneurship
Linda Ricchiuti
Senior Director
Jose Rodriguez Pizarro
Program Manager, Operations
Joe Ryan
Program Manager, Youth Entrepreneurship
Marissa Scragg
Senior Program Manager, Program Development Support
Brent Sebold
Director Liaison for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Robin Shapiro
Program Coordinator, Youth Entrepreneurship
Kristin Slice
Senior Program Manager, Peoria Forward, Community Entrepreneurship
Nyasha Stone Sheppard
Program Manager, InnovationSpace
Ed Storck
Project Manager, Youth Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Catalysts
Entrepreneurship Catalysts are current ASU students available to meet with you to discuss your idea, to navigate entrepreneurship at ASU or to learn more about events, resources and tools. These students are available throughout the academic year during fall and spring semesters.
Jordan Fourcher
Entrepreneurship Catalyst
Amani Jaramoga
Entrepreneurship Catalyst
Lance Lim
Entrepreneurship Catalyst
Emily Mogel
Entrepreneurship Catalyst
Emerson Soto
Entrepreneurship Catalyst
Quinn Stalcup
Entrepreneurship Catalyst
Affiliated Staff + Faculty
Steve Cho
Lecturer
Polytechnic School Technological Entrepreneurship Management, Startup Village Advisor
Retha Hill
Director and Professor of Practice
New Media Innovaton and Entrepreneurship Lab, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Zachary Holman
Associate Professor and Director of Faculty Entrepreneurship
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Andrew Maynard
Associate Director for Faculty, Lead, Chair
ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Risk Innovation Nexus, ASU Master of Science and Technology Policy
Eric Menkhus
Associate Dean, New Education Initiatives, Clinical Professor
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Eva Vazquez
Director
Global Family Business & Entrepreneurship Center at Thunderbird School of Global Management