Speakers
Allison Murdock
Senior Analyst, ID Ventures - Invest Detroit
Amanda Schroeder
Vice President, Community Relations & Marketing - Georgia Research Alliance
Amy Hopper
Program Manager, Arkansas Research Alliance
Ariel Gruswitz
Director of Consulting Services, Facility Logix, LLC
Bob Creeden
Managing Director of the UVA Seed Fund & New Ventures, UVA Licensing & Ventures Group (LVG)
Bob Quinn
Executive Director, South Carolina Research Authority
Bryan Barnhouse
President & CEO, Arkansas Research Alliance
C. Michael Cassidy
Director, Emory Biomedical Catalyst; Executive Director, Emory Innovations, Inc. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Carly Hill
Director of Development, Propeller
Carol Reeves
Associate Vice-Chancellor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (retired), University of Arkansas
Carter Malloy
Founder & CEO, AcreTrader
Dan Belyea
Chief Workforce Development Officer, Maine Community College System
Dan Berglund
President & CEO, SSTI
Daniel Goetzel
Entrepreneurial Lead, National Science Foundation
Danielle Christensen
Deputy Program Director, U.S. Treasury Department for the State Small Business Credit Initiative
David L. Johnson
President and CEO, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
David Sanders
Director, Innovate Arkansas - Winrock International
Donn Rubin
President & CEO, BioSTL
Douglas Hutchings
Director, Arkansas Research Alliance Academy
Ellen Marrison
Content Strategist, SSTI
Emma Willis
Chief Operating Officer, Venture Noire
Eric Paul Smith
Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, U.S. Economic Development Administration
Eva Doss
President & CEO, The Launch Place
Hardik Desai
Senior Partner, Investing - Jumpstart
Jason Rittenberg
Policy and Development Director, SSTI
Jeannette Balleza Collins
Director, Entrepreneurial Development , Northwest Arkansas Council
Jeff Amerine
Founder & Managing Director, Startup Junkie Consulting, LLC
Jeff Stout
Program Director, U.S. Treasury Department for the State Small Business Credit Initiative
Jennifer C. Shieh
Director of Ecosystem Development, Office of Investment and Innovation - U.S. Small Business Administration
Jennifer Fowler
Program Director of Arkansas NSF EPSCoR
Jerry B. Adams
Founding President/CEO (retired), Arkansas Research Alliance
John Hardin
Executive Director, North Carolina Board of Science, Technology & Innovation
Josiah Keilson
Outreach Manager, U.S. Treasury Department for the State Small Business Credit Initiative
Justin Harlan
Managing Director, Tulsa Remote
Kathleen Rousche
Director, Office of Translational Alliances and Coordination, NHLBI
Kent Glasscock
President, Kansas State University Innovation Partners
Kevin W. Sexton
President & Director, BioVentures
Kristy Campbell
Chief Operations Officer, Rev1 Ventures
Laura Lacy Graham
Policy Analyst, SSTI
Leslee Gilbert
Vice President, Van Scoyoc Associates
Mark Skinner
Vice President, SSTI
Marnie LaVigne
President & CEO, Launch NY
Matthew Ward
Director of the Fuel Accelerator and Consultant, Startup Junkie Foundation
Nelson Peacock
President & CEO, Northwest Arkansas Council
Pravina Raghavan
Director, Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Roby Brock
CEO, Talk Business & Politics
Sally J. Guzik
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Fourth Economy
Sandra Watson
President & CEO, Arizona Commerce Authority
Sara Lawrence
Program Director of Economic Development, RTI International
Scott Smathers
Vice President of Workforce Development, Kansas Board of Regents
Shane Moeykens
Director, Maine EPSCoR
Sharon Johnson
Director, Entrepreneurship Access and Inclusion, WEDC
Stephen Parker
Vice President of Public Affairs, gener8tor
Susan Shows
President, Georgia Research Alliance
Tony Armstrong
President & Chief Executive Officer, IU Ventures
URSULA POWIDZKI
SVP, Connections and Insights, Ancora