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Vassar Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program
Vassar College
124 Raymond Avenue, Box 13
Poughkeepsie, New York 12604
Our Leadership
Program Team
Alum Advisory Group
Our Alum Advisory Group is an engaged board of Vassar alums who generously contribute their entrepreneurial expertise to our Program Team and inform our approaches on the program’s activities and strategy.
Christopher Deutsch '97
Founder, Lofty Ventures
Peter Hamady '90, MBA, MSE
Principal, USAsia Venture Partners & Founder
Arielle LaPiano '96, MIA
Senior Consultant and Communications Strategist, Point Road Group
Francine Lasky '90
CEO, Francine Lasky Enterprises and Vistage Chair
Alison Albeck Linland '00, MBA
Chief Marketing Officer, Movable Ink
Johnson Lin '21
Co-Founder and Engineering Lead, FSH Technologies
Eric Liu '08
Founder & Entrepreneur
Vivek Mahapatra '05
Mera McGrew '10
Founder, Soapply
Natalie Nixon '91, PhD
Creativity Strategist & CEO, Figure 8 Thinking
Ellen Rudnick '72, MBA
Senior Advisor on Entrepreneurship & Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Kristina Salen '93, MBA
Chief Financial Officer, Booksy
Academic Advisory Group
Our Academic Advisory Group is comprised of members of the Vassar faculty from a variety of disciplines who provide strategic feedback and support to our Program Team and inform our approaches on how the program can serve as a resource within the curriculum.
Associate Professor of Cognitive Science
Professor and Chair of Economics