Dr. Peter Rea | prea@bw.edu
Director, Center for Innovation and Growth, Burton D. Morgan Chair for Entrepreneurial Studies
Peter provides leadership in creating partnership programs that support the growth goals of profit and nonprofit organizations. These partnerships include organizations located in the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China). Peter co-authored “Integrity is a Growth Market’ with Alan Kolp and teaches the Student Fellow colloquium.
Ann O'Brien | aobrien@bw.edu
Program Director, Center for Innovation & Growth
Ann is responsible for developing programs and projects for CIG that will provide CIG Student Fellows with hands-on learning experiences involving innovation and entrepreneurship. Ann has experience as a consultant, CFO and Board Chair.
Lacey Kogelnik | lkogelni@bw.edu
Practice Manager, Center for Innovation and Growth
Lacey is responsible for business development and project management for the CIG. Through her previous roles at the College, Lacey has strong relationships within the business community. Lacey also is adjunct faculty in the Division of Business Administration.
Dr. Alan Kolp | akolp@bw.edu
CIG Faculty Fellow & Professor of Religion
Alan holds the Moll Chair in Faith & Life and co-authored “Integrity is a Growth Market’ with Peter Rea. He works closely with Peter forming BRIC country partnerships to prepare students for global opportunities and teaches the Student Fellow colloquium.
Dr. Lori Long
CIG Faculty Fellow & Professor of Human Resources and General Management
Long provides leadership to include entrepreneurship into a core class entitled Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Ven Ochaya | vochaya@bw.edu
Director, MBA in Entrepreneurship
George Herzog Chair in Free Enterprise
CIG Faculty Fellow
Dr. Ochaya, directs the MBA Entrepreneurship program. Ven holds a Ph.D. in chemistry in addition to an MBA. He has 17 years experience as a global leader of research and development. He teaches the Student Fellow colloquium.
Dr. Thomas Sutton | tsutton@bw.edu
CIG Faculty Fellow & Professor of Political Science
Co-Director of Community Research Institute
Professor Sutton leads the Faculty Fellow entrepreneurship curriculum initiative and teaches the Student Fellow colloquium.
Faculty Fellows
An interdisciplinary team of faculty fellows representing the Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences and Professional programs provide leadership to “infuse entrepreneurship campus wide.” The interdisciplinary nature of our Faculty Fellows results in half the students enrolled in the introduction to entrepreneurship course coming from fields other than business. Our student fellows major in all of B-W’s liberal arts and professional programs. Learn more about our Faculty Fellows.
CIG Growth Team Members
Our CIG Growth Team Members are experienced, successful innovators and entrepreneurs. They lend their expertise to CIG through our growth consulting projects as well as by serving as faculty and facilitators in the CIG Network and Kamm workshops and for undergrad and MBA courses.
Pierre Everheart: Pierre is the former Chairman of InBev’s Board and CEO of five multinational corporations including Phillips. He speaks a dozen languages and has launched numerous small international ventures. Pierre has been instrumental in making the vision for CIG a reality.
Deborah Mills-Scofield: Deb is owner of Mills-Scofield LLC. Deb is an innovator and strategic thinker with 20 years experience in industries as diverse as the Internet, Telecommunications and Healthcare at corporations ranging from multinational to start up. Deb leads growth consulting projects as well as Kamm workshops related to executing innovation.
Brian Powers: Brian is a successful, serial entrepreneur and is currently Managing Director of League Park Advisors, a boutique investment bank serving middle market companies. He has a deep experience working with mid-size growth companies in developing growth strategies. Brian is an advisor to CIG growth consulting projects and is an adjunct professor at B-W.
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