Our Team
NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship's leadership, staff and advisory board are dedicated to promoting a culture of entrepreneurship throughout the university and in the Triangle area.
Leadership Team
Stephen Markham
Goodnight Distinguished University Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Executive Director NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Alisha Brice
Interim Director, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Lisa Chang
Director, Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization
Raj Narayan
Associate Director and Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship
Abby Phillips
Assistant Director for Member Services, Wolfpack Investor Network, LLC
Operations Team
Board of Advisors
NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship offers our sincere thanks and gratitude to all of our advisors for their support and guidance.
- Andy Albright | President and CEO, National Agents Alliance Corporate
- Aly Khalifa | Positive Impact Innovation, Eisenhower Fellow
- Kevin Barry | Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Second Nature
- Scott Bolin | CEO of Terrasafe Materials and President of Dissolves
- Dick Daugherty | Retired, IBM
- Scott Daugherty | Senior VP, Global Business Development, Cormetech Inc.
- Matthew Davis | Chief Marketing Officer, TradePending
- Chris Evans | Executive Chairman, Tethis
- David Gardner | Founder and Managing Partner, Cofounders Capital
- Julie Gavaghan | Owner, Blue Heel Development
- JiNan Glasgow George | Founder, NEO IP
- Donnie Goins | Entrepreneur, Former Chief Engineering Officer of Software Development Europe
- Patti Key | Chief Revenue Officer, TPx Communication
- Alagu Periyannan | Entrepreneur, Former Co-Founder and CTO of Blue Jeans Networks
- Lee Prevost | Cofounder of Dude Solutions (now Brightly/Siemens), Entrepreneur and Private Investor
- Hersh Tapadia | Co-founder and CEO, Allstacks