Administrative

Leadership

Bruce Burgess

Director, Venture Development

BruceB@tla.arizona.edu

Rakhi Gibbons

Director of Licensing and Intellectual Property

RakhiG@tla.arizona.edu

Douglas Hockstad

Associate Vice President

DouglasH@arizona.edu

Derick Maggard

Director, Student Ventures

derickm@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"he, him, his"

Grace Ratje

Assistant Director, Finance & Administration

GriseldaR@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"she, her, hers"

Paul Tumarkin

Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications

PaulT@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"he, him, his"

Licensing & IP

Michelle Albert

Patent Docket Clerk

MichelleA@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"she, her, hers"

Tiara Bertram

Licensing Compliance Manager

TiaraSB@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"she, her, hers"

Garrett Edmunds

Licensing Manager, University of Arizona Health Sciences

GarrettE@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"he, him, his"

Anne Gardner

Market Research Manager

AnneG@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"she, her, hers"

Mitch Graffeo

Senior Licensing Manager, College of Medicine - Tucson

MitchG@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"he, him, his"

Lewis Humphreys

Senior Software & IT Licensing Manager, Eller College Embed

LewisH@tla.arizona.edu

Jonathan Larson

Senior Licensing Manager, College of Science

jonathanlarson@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"he, him, his"

Jianling Liu

Senior Business Analyst

JianlingL@tla.arizona.edu

Tod McCauley

Assistant Director of Licensing, College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences

TodM@tla.arizona.edu

Sarah Moore

Intellectual Property Manager

SarahM@tla.arizona.edu

Lyndsay Troyer

Licensing Associate, Software & Copyright

LyndsayT@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"she, her, hers"

Rich Weite

Senior Licensing Manager, Optical Sciences

RichW@tla.arizona.edu

Scott Zentack

Licensing Manager, College of Engineering

ScottZ@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"he, him, his"

Venture Development

Alex Damiano

Manager, Venture Development - Physical Sciences

alexdamiano@arizona.edu

Carina Enriquez

Administrative Associate, Venture Development

CarinaE@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"she, her, hers"

Al Kassam

Mentor-in-Residence

Pronouns:

"he, him, his"

Leah Langlais

Manager, Venture Development - Life Sciences

LeahL@tla.arizona.edu

Peter Nestler

Mentor-in-Residence

PeterN@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"he, him, his"

Steven Wood

Mentor-in-Residence

StevenW@tla.arizona.edu

Marketing, Finance and Administration

Karen Carrasco

Administrative Associate

klcarrasco@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"she, her, hers"

Ann Chihak Poff

Marketing Associate

annc@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"she, her, hers"

Elena Fielder

Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable and Legal Documents Coordinator

ElenaF@tla.arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"she, her, hers"

Cathleen Malia

Accountant

CathleenM@tla.arizona.edu

Tyler McCusker

Coordinator, Commercialization Network

tylermccusker@arizona.edu

Pronouns:

"he, him, his"

Linda Portillo

Executive Assistant

LindaP@tla.arizona.edu

TJ Yekini

Accountant

TJY@tla.arizona.edu

Advisory Board

Mara Aspinall

Partner, Illumina Ventures

Harry George

Managing General Partner, Solstice Capital Partnership

Larry Hecker

Attorney, Hecker PLLC

Kirsten Leute

Senior Vice President of University Relations, Osage University Partners

Andy Lombard

Managing General Partner, HealthImpact Venture Capital

Joann MacMaster

Former CEO, Desert Angels

Fletcher J. McCusker

CEO, UAVenture Capital

John-Paul Roczniak

President & Chief Executive Officer, University of Arizona Foundation

David Smallhouse

Managing Director, Miramar Ventures

Commercialization Partners

Ken Auga

Commercialization Partner

Richard Austin

Commercialization Partner, CEO, Reglagene

Mark Baker

Commercialization Partner

Principal at CheckMark Consulting, Inc.

Aaron Call

Commercialization Partner

Owner, Jaunt LLC

Reggie Carter

Commercialization Partner

Jim Carwile

Commercialization Partner

Chairman, C7 Capital Ventures

Keri Casper

Commercialization Partner

Seton Claggett

Commercialization Partner

CEO, Focus Graphics

Roger Clark

Commercialization Partner

Mack Consigny

Commercialization Partner

Principal, Arete Lifesciences

Joseph Cooper

Commercialization Partner

Chief of Strategy and Corporate Development, Resonea, Inc.

Dan Dato

Commercialization Partner

Entrepreneur & Digital Media Executive

Michael Fodor

Commercialization Partner

Western Regional Vice President of Sales, CATALIS

Allen Freed

Commercialization Partner

President, AJ Freed, LLC

Rick Gibson

Commercialization Partner

Managing Director, HOTventures LLC

Barry Glick

Commercialization Partner

Managing Partner, Carillon Ventures LLC

Doug Goodman

Commercialization Partner

Founder and CEO, Ridgetop Group

Charlene Grabowski

Commercialization Partner

Partner, Pathfinder Strategies Leadership Development

Jasmine Gruia

Commercialization Partner

Principal, JGG Consulting

Vivian Highton

Commercialization Partner

Principal, VLW Strategy + Implementation

Lindsey Horshaw

Commercialization Partner

Ken Kashkin

Commercialization Partner

Co-Founder, K2 Bioinnovation

Jeff Koenig

Commercialization Partner

Diligence Chair, Desert Angels

CPO, Startup Ecosystem

Tom Kunkel

Commercialization Partner

President, Press Aerospace & Defense LLC

Philip Lacovara

Commercialization Partner

Managing Member at Catalina Press, LLC

Peter Mantas

Commercialization Partner

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

Patrick Marcus

Commercialization Partner

President at Marcus Engineering, LLC

Kevin McLaughlin

Commercialization Partner

CEO, Lum.ai

Aric Meares

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

Dennis Merens

Commercialization Partner

Former Managing Director, Dow Venture Capital

James Millerd

Commercialization Partner

Vice President, 4D Business Unit Onto Innovation

Guillermo Morales

Commercialization Partner

CEO, Innoventyx, LLC

Kevin Nelson

Commercialization Partner

Entrepreneur, Startup Mentor

Thomas Neustedter

Commercialization Partner

President and Owner, GNU Ventures LLC

Stan Nowak

Commercialization Partner

Chairman of the Board, Censinet

Jim O'Donnell

Commercialization Partner

Member, Desert Angels

Shefali Patel

Commercialization Partner

CEO, SunDensity, Inc.

Sangeeta Prasad

Commercialization Partner

Growth Strategist, Organization Builder

Allan Pressel

Commercialization Partner

Jack Roosa

Commercialization Partner

Founder, Crescent Edge LLC

Nannon Roosa, PMP, CPA, FACMPE

Commercialization Partner

Crescent Edge Consulting

Steve Runnels

Commercialization Partner

CEO, Myosana Therapeutics

Alexander G. Schauss

Commercialization Partner

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

Noreen Scheu

Commercialization Partner

Program Consultant, Founder & Advisor Lead, XLR8 PBC

John Schmidt

Commercialization Partner

Software Product Leadership

Nicole Scott

Commercialization Partner

Founder and CEO, Cybele Microbiome

Mike Sember

Commercialization Partner

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

Tripp Shannon

Commercialization Partner

Angel Investor, Arizona Tech Investors

Eric Smith

Commercialization Partner

Vince Sumpter

Commercialization Partner

Vice President & Executive Advisor at MK Strategic Resources

Chuck Valurupalli

Commercialization Partner

Venture Mentor, Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at Arizona State University

Bill VerDuin

Commercialization Partner

President, VerTech, LLC

Mike Voevodsky

Commercialization Partner

CEO at RAMI Group

Kenneth Wertman

Commercialization Partner

Marie Wesselhoft

Commercialization Partner

mwesselhoft@email.arizona.edu

Chad Whelan

Commercialization Partner

COO, Premier Health Partners

Eric Zacharias

Commercialization Partner

Industry Specialist, Siemens Digital Industries Software

John Zipp

Commercialization Partner

CEO, ZIMA GROUP