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Vassar Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program

Vassar College

124 Raymond Avenue, Box 13

Poughkeepsie, New York 12604

Our Leadership

Program Team

Julian Aguilar

Interim Academic Computing Consultant

Breille Irahoza

Administrative Fellow

Erin McHugh

Program Administrator

Jean Tagliamonte

Assistant Vice President, Planning and Engagement

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

Founder, Stealth Mode

Eric Liu '08

Founder, Stealth Startup

Vivek Mahapatra '05
Vice President, GTM Salesforce AI (Global)
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

Associate Professor of Film

Professor and Chair of Economics

Associate Professor of Physics and Science, Technology and Society and the Pauline Newman Director of Science, Technology, and Society
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics on the Elizabeth Stillman Williams Chair