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Burgess Staff

Dr. Laurel Ofstein

Senior Director

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Ken Szymusiak

Managing Director, Operations

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Paul Jaques

Managing Director, Venture Creation

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Lori Fischer

Director of Outreach & Engagement

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Sean Fochtman

Director of Alumni Venture Support

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Aubrey Haase

Marketing and Program Manager

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Katie Haley

Communications Coordinator

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Leigh Anne Jewison

Office Manager

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Campus Liaisons

Ross Chowles

Professor of Practice, Advertising & Public Relations

Program Liaison for College of Communication, Arts & Sciences

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Anthony Marasco

Assistant Professor of Composition & Technology

Program Liaison for College of Music

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Daniel Trego

Professor of …

Program Liaison fro College of Arts and Letters

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Faculty

Desireé Melfi Bozzo

Renee Miller Zientek

Stephanie Brewer

Michelle Snitgen

Scot Wright

Terence O’Neill

Dylan Boynton

Clubs and Councils

Spartan Founders

Todd Anderson 
Founder, Dream Performance & Recovery  

Sanjay Baskaran 
CEO & Co-Founder, Stealth 

Kavita Bouknight 
Founder & CEO, Match Health Collective

Mike & Denise Busley
Co-Founder, Grand Traverse Pie Company

Brian Burgess 
Co-Founder, Veterinary Rehabilitation & Orthopedic Medicine Partners (VROMP) 

Andrew Dickow  
President & Managing Director, Greenwich Capital Group & Townsend Street Capital 

Ryan Foley  
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel, Acrisure 

Kelly Ford  
General Partner, Edison Partners 

Kate & Rob Frear  
Co-Founder & CEO, Joyntly

Dan & Sara Garces Roselli  
Co-Founder & Managing Director, RevTech Labs  

Craig Heldman 
Industry Advisor & Venture Partner, Emerge VC 

Brad Hoos 
CEO, The Outloud Group

Shri Iyer
President, JRN Ventures LLC

Anurag Kumar 
Strategic Advisor, Improving

Bruce Leech  
Executive Director & Clinical Professor, DePaul University 

Christopher Letts
Managing Partner, Pine Harbor Group

Aaron Letzeiser
Co-Founder, Obie

Ryan Letzeiser
Co-Founder & CEO, Obie

Reuben Levinsohn  
Founding Partner, Washington Avenue Advisors & Ventures 

Jillian Lorenz 
Former Co-Founder & CEO, The Barre Code 

Pete Martin 
Director of Portfolio Management, MSU Research Foundation 

Ryan McKindles 
Managing Partner, Caduceus Capital Partner LLC

Dr. Stephanie Morley 
President, Vetlen Advanced Veterinary Devices 

Mike & Gina Mudrey  
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, The 601 Group 

Karun Naga  
President & CEO, Apreo Health 

Sunny Naldosky
Founder, BridgeCare Technologies 

Ted Neely  
Co-Owner & GP, Integrated Service Partners 

Ray Owen & Charissa Willard 
Partner, Farallon Research 

Steve & Jennifer Parkis  
Founder & CEO, JoyfulMagic LLC 

Jack Peurach  
Principal, JP Consulting  

Kevin Pezeshkian 
CEO, Core Care 

George Siegle  
Vice President, Resilience Solutions – Americas, Restrata 

Jeff Smith  
Director of Research Parks, MSU Research Foundation 

Alan Smith  
SVP & CIO, LifePoint Health  

Elliot Smith  
Co-Founder & CEO, Motmot 

Kathryn Stewart
Managing Director, Cranbrook Capital

Jessica Sullivan
President, Legado Family Office

Chris Thomas  
Managing Partner & Founder, Assembly Ventures 

Michael Vichich 
Cofounder & CEO, Pursuit 

Jun Wang  
Founder & Principal Consultant, Pulalu Consulting LLC 

Entrepreneurs in Residence

Sanjay Baskaran

2024 – 2027

CEO & Co-founder at AlumX.ai

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Colby Cartledge

2023 – 2027

Director of Growth Innovation at Thrivent

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Caleb Conley

2025 – 2027

Growth Capital Manager & Program Manager at TechTown Detroit & Venture 313

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Josh Cooper

2024 – 2027

Founder & CEO at SKOOP, Inc.

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Danielle Diliberti

2024 – 2027

Co-founder, CEO & CFO at Sommsation

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Broc Edwards

2025 – 2027

President at SC Services

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Cate Grant

2025 – 2027

VP, Sales and Account Management at Nasdaq

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Craig heldman

2025 – 2027

Venture Partner / Advisor at Emerge

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John Hill

2022 – 2027

VP of Story at Whop

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Reuben Levinsohn

2023 – 2027

Founding Partner at Washington Avenue Ventures

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Jillian Lorenz

2023 – 2027

Venture Partner at Exit Quotient Ventures

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Lindsay McCurren

2025 – 2027

Director of Brand Finance at Hasbro

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Stephanie Morley

2026 – 2028

President at Vetlen

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Laura Murphy

2025 – 2027

Senior Sales Consultant at Google

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Sunny Nadolsky

2024 – 2027

Founder at BridgeCare Technologies

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Jack Peurach

2023 – 2027

President at JP Consulting

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Jordan Polk

2026 – 2028

Founder, CEO & Investor at MIA Outdoor Hair & First Look Ventures

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Brandon Pollak

2022 – 2027

Founder & CEO at Agora Global Advisory

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Brittane Rowe

2025 – 2027

Co-founder, CEO & CMO at Awkward Games

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Jonathan Schimmel

2024 – 2027

Partner at Macatawa Capital

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Pallavi Sharma

2025 – 2027

Founder & CMO at Wit Omni AI Marketing

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Rachel Silver

2025 – 2027

Exited Founder & CEO at Love Stories TV

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Kathryn Stewart

2024 – 2027

Managing Director at Cranbrook Capital

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Matthew Thomas

2025 – 2027

AI Go-To-Market (GTM) Lead – Startups at Google

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Hal Widlansky

2023 – 2027

General Partner at V42 Fund

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Chad Obenauf

2026 – 2028

Senior Director, Retail Operations at AG1

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Mick Lindquist

2026 – 2028

Founder & Chief Buddy at Bookkeeper Buddy

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