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TIA Entrepreneur Showcase Awards More Than $34,000 to Colgate Startups
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Carolyn Strobel-Larsen
Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
(315) 228-7279
326 Bernstein Hall
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Jennifer (Jen) Martin
Weiner Family Entrepreneur in Residence
317 Bernstein Hall
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Christian Vischi
Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
(315) 228-7854
328 Bernstein Hall

Advisory Board

E&I’s advisory board offers guidance and strategic advice to the director and brings perspectives to E&I from outside the University. The advisory board’s mission is to advise and provide feedback on entrepreneurship and innovation at Colgate. Current members:

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Andres Echenique ’83

Chair

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Robert Johnson ’94, P’24,’26

Vice chair, Founder and Chief Pilot, Avigate Aviation

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Andy Greenfield ’74, P’12

Co-Founder and General Partner, TIA Ventures

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Tim O’Neill ’78

Chief Investment Officer, Nolan Reynolds International

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Liza Benson ’97, P’28

Partner at Moderne Ventures

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Kate Foster Lengyel ’99

Visionary CEO, Founder, Board + Brand Adviser

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Yuni Baker-Saito ’13

Co-Founder and CEO, Chicory

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Karen Harpp

Professor of Earth and Environmental Geosciences and Peace and Conflict Studies

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Dorsey Spencer

Dean of Students

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Kim Harris

Vice President for Advancement

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Carolyn Strobel-Larsen

Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation