Maryland Launch Fund
Maryland Launch Fund
Team
The USM Launch Fund is a collaborative effort among 12 institution and 3 regional higher education centers.
Important members of the team are the Executive Committee, listed below:
- Johnetta Boseman Hardy, Executive Director, Entrepreneurship Innovation Center | Bowie State University
- Ron Williams, Associate Professor of Management, Founding Director, Center for Strategic Entrepreneurship | Coppin State University
- Stacy Wassell, Director, Summit Station at Innovation Park & Legacy Business Transition Program | Frostburg State University
- Michael Jensen, Executive Director of Entrepreneurship | Salisbury University
- Ardys Russakis, Director, Business Engagement and Operations | Towson University
- Henry Mortimer, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation | University of Baltimore
- Taylor DeBoer, Assistant Director, The Graduate Research Innovation District, the 鈥淕rid鈥� | University of Maryland Baltimore
- Kevin Fulmer, Director, Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship | University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Nina Lamba, Assistant Director, IMET; Senior Manager, HarborLaunch | University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
- Sammy Popat, UMD Innovation & EnTERPreneurship Ecosystem Catalyst | University of Maryland College Park
- Pamela Allison, Endowed Chair and Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship and Program Innovation | University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Camelia Fawzy, Faculty | University of Maryland Global Campus
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The next Executive Committee Meeting is not scheduled.
The operations and oversight for the fund are provided by the 51吃瓜网: the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development (Dr. Michele Masucci), in addition to the following individuals:
- Lindsay Ryan, Executive Director of Economic Development — Maryland Launch Fund Managing Director
- Michael Ravenscroft, Maryland Momentum Fund Managing Director
- Celeste Denson, USM Associate Vice Chancellor for Financial Affairs
Please direct any questions to Lindsay Ryan at launch@usmd.edu.
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