At CU Boulder, we embrace innovation and entrepreneurship as a campus-wide responsibility and effort. In order to align campus vision with unit level goals, these campus leaders (from a variety of colleges, schools, backgrounds, and departments) actively convene, collaborate, and share ideas. As a cross-disciplinary group who is passionate about this work, we help to spread innovative and entrepreneurial energy throughout the campus community.
Sarabeth Berk
Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative
Leads the initiative and acts as the center of the hub to connect all the campus and community dots together.
Brad Bernthal
Associate Professor of Law, Silicon Flatirons Entrepreneurship Initiative Director
Brings entrepreneurship into the Colorado Law School and into multiple community projects through Silicon Flatirons.
Susan E. Clarke
Professor Emeritus, Political Science and Public Policy
Designing and assessing programs to support campus work in social innovation. Founding Director of Sustainability and Social Innovation (SSI) Residential Academic Program.
Terri Fiez
Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation
Oversees all activities within the Research & Innovation Office and brings a campus senior leadership voice to all innovation and entrepreneurship efforts.
Don Grant
Professor, Director of Social Innovation Program and Director of Care, Health and Resilience Program
Kyle Judah
Director of Entrepreneurship at University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science
Sally Hatcher
Cross Campus Entrepreneur Educator
Works with the Tech Transfer Office and the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative to serve the educational needs of faculty and students in becoming entrepreneurial.
Rebecca Komarek
Assistant Director Idea Forge, Managing Director Catalyze CU
Runs Catalyze CU and the interdisciplinary innovation and entrepreneurship programming at the Idea Forge.
Daria Kotys-Schwartz
Senior Instructor • Design Center Colorado Co-Director • Idea Forge Co-Director • Design Excellence Fellow
Erick Mueller
Executive Director Entrepreneurship, Leeds School of Business, Deming Center
Leads the entrepreneurship & innovation efforts at the Leeds School of Business. He focuses on helping to elevate the teaching & research of entrepreneurship throughout CU and the community.
Jeffrey Nytch
Director, Entrepreneurship Center for Music; Assoc. Professor, composer, arts advocate, strategic consultant, Track Leader for Creative Industries
Brings the arts to entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship to the arts
Bryn Rees
Director of Technology Transfer (CU Boulder and UCCS)
Helps researchers to commercialize their innovations, including education, mentorship, intellectual property, funding, and partnerships.
Mark Rentschler
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate Chair, Design Center Colorado Co-Director, Faculty Innovation Ambassador
Bobby Schnabel
Professor and External Chair of Computer Science I Faculty Director for Entrepreneurship, College of Engineering and Applied Science I Faculty Director on Computing
Francy Milner
Instructor in social entrepreneurship, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, Leeds School of Business
Mentors students in social innovation/social venture efforts; co-founded Jumpstart! program for undergraduate teams seeking innovative solutions to social problems; serves as Ashoka Change Leader for the UCB campus and on the Advisory Board, Center for Education on Social Responsibility, Leeds School of Business