Directory

Mara Aspinall

Managing Director, BlueStone Venture Partners

Mark Baker

Commercialization Partner

Principal at CheckMark Consulting, Inc.

Renee Barber

Commercialization Partner

Sr Director. US Strategic Account Program at Medtronic

Bruce Burgess

Bruce Burgess

Director, Venture Development

BruceB@tla.arizona.edu

Aaron Call

Commercialization Partner

Owner, Jaunt LLC

Seton Claggett

Commercialization Partner

CEO, Focus Graphics

Joseph Cooper

Commercialization Partner

Chief of Strategy and Corporate Development, Resonea, Inc.

Aileen Dingus

Aileen Dingus

Marketing and Events Coordinator, NSF I-Corps Site Program Manager

AileenD@tla.arizona.edu
Sabrina Duarte

Sabrina Duarte

Administrative Associate

SabrinaD@tla.arizona.edu

Allen Freed

Commercialization Partner

President, AJ Freed, LLC

Harry George

Managing General Partner, Solstice Capital Partnership

Rakhi Gibbons

Rakhi Gibbons

Director, Licensing

RakhiG@tla.arizona.edu
Doug Goodman

Doug Goodman

Commercialization Partner

Founder and CEO, Ridgetop Group

Charlene Grabowski

Commercialization Partner

Partner, Pathfinder Strategies Leadership Development

Mitch Graffeo

Mitch Graffeo

Senior Licensing Manager, College of Medicine - Tucson

MitchG@tla.arizona.edu

Robert Griffin

Managing Partner, DVI Equity Partners

Callie Groth

Commercialization Partner

Owner, BlackBar Engineering

Dan Gumpright

Commercialization Partner

Entrepreneur In Residence (Director), American Family Insurance - Adjacency Holdings / Venture Build

Larry Hecker

Larry Hecker

Attorney, Hecker PLLC

Douglas Hockstad

Douglas Hockstad

Assistant Vice President

DouglasH@tla.arizona.edu

Donna Hover-Ojeda

Commercialization Partner

Thought Leader, Leaders Laboratory

Lewis Humphreys

Lewis Humphreys

Senior Software & IT Licensing Manager, Eller College Embed

LewisH@tla.arizona.edu

Jeff Johnson

Vice President, Innovation and Digital Business, Banner Health

TJ Johnson

TJ Johnson

Mentor-in-Residence

TJJ@tla.arizona.edu
Katie Kuhns

Katie Kuhns

Licensing Manager, Health Sciences

KatherineK@tla.arizona.edu

Sara Kwan

Commercialization Partner

WW Head of the Customer Academy at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Philip Lacovara

Commercialization Partner

Managing Member at Catalina Press, LLC

Jace Langen

Jace Langen

Market Research Manager

JaceL@tla.arizona.edu

Kirsten Leute

Senior Vice President of University Relations, Osage University Partners

Nicholas Lim

Commercialization Partner

Chief Executive Officer, D3Sciences

Nick Lim

Jianling Liu

Jianling Liu

Senior Business Analyst

JianlingL@tla.arizona.edu

Andy Lombard

Executive Vice President, Business Development, Arizona Commerce Authority

Joann MacMaster

Chief Executive Officer, Desert Angels

Peter Mantas

Commercialization Partner

CEO | Serial Entrepreneur | Evangelist - Tech - Startups - Ecosystems | Mentor - Teacher - Advisor - Coach

Patrick Marcus

Commercialization Partner

President at Marcus Engineering, LLC

Tod McCauley

Tod McCauley

Senior Licensing Manager, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

TodM@tla.arizona.edu

Fletcher J. McCusker

CEO, UAVenture Capital

Kevin McLaughlin

Commercialization Partner

CEO, Lum.ai

Aric Meares

Commercialization Partner, Executive Vice President at Azbil North America - BioVigilant Division

Pedro Medrano

Pedro Medrano

Manager, Venture Development - Life Science

PedroM@tla.arizona.edu

Dennis Merens

Commercialization Partner

Former Managing Director, Dow Venture Capital

James Millerd

Commercialization Partner

Vice President, 4D Business Unit Onto Innovation

Sarah Moore

Sarah Moore

Program Coordinator, Intellectual Property Docket Clerk

SarahM@tla.arizona.edu

Guillermo Morales

Commercialization Partner

CEO, Innoventyx, LLC

Manisha Narasimhan

Commercialization Partner

CFO and Co-Founder, Vesper Healthcare Acquisition Corp

Peter Nestler

Peter Nestler

Mentor-in-Residence

petern@tla.arizona.edu
Ellen Ogley

Ellen Ogley

Administrative Associate

EllenO@tla.arizona.edu

Don Orton

Commercialization Partner

Product Development and Operations Leadership | Technology Startup Leadership

Liz Pocock

Commercialization Partner

CEO, Startup Tucson

Linda Portillo

Linda Portillo

Executive Assistant

LindaP@tla.arizona.edu
Grace Ratje

Grace Ratje

Manager, Finance & Administration

GriseldaR@tla.arizona.edu
Shane Reiser

Shane Reiser

Manager, Venture Development - Physical Sciences/Software

ShaneR@tla.arizona.edu

John-Paul Roczniak

President & Chief Executive Officer, University of Arizona Foundation

Steve Runnels

Commercialization Partner

CEO, Myosana Therapeutics

Alexander G. Schauss

Commercialization Partner

Senior Director of Research and CEO AIBMR, Life Sciences, Inc.

Mike Sember

Commercialization Partner

Consultant to the biopharmaceutical industry, specializing in startups. Angel investor.

Laura Silva

Laura Silva

Senior Licensing Manager, College of Science

LauraS@tla.arizona.edu

David Smallhouse

Managing Director, Miramar Ventures

Eric Smith

Commercialization Partner

Executive Director, UA Center for Innovation

Anne Spieth

Anne Spieth

Marketing Associate

AnneS@tla.arizona.edu

Vince Sumpter

Commercialization Partner

Vice President & Executive Advisor at MK Strategic Resources

Paul Tumarkin

Paul Tumarkin

Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications

PaulT@tla.arizona.edu

Bill VerDuin

Commercialization Partner

President, VerTech, LLC

Mike Voevodsky

Commercialization Partner

CEO at RAMI Group

Kenneth Wertman

Commercialization Partner

Steven Wood

Steven Wood

Mentor-in-Residence

StevenW@tla.arizona.edu

John Zipp

Commercialization Partner

CEO, ZIMA GROUP