Our Team
NC State Entrepreneurship's leadership, staff and advisory board are dedicated to promoting a culture of entrepreneurship throughout the university and in the Triangle area.
Faculty and Staff
Tom Miller
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Outreach and Entrepreneurship, McPherson Family Distinguished Professor
Lewis Sheats
Assistant Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship and Executive Director of Entrepreneurship Clinic
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Board of Advisors
NC State 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
- Donnie Barnes | Retired, Red Hat
- Kevin Barry | Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Second Nature
- Scott Bolin | Co-Founder and CEO, Next Century Spirits
- 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 | CEO, Magic Number
- Donnie Goins | Chief Engineering Officer and Business Development, Software Development Europe
- Brian Harry | Technical Fellow, Microsoft
- Patti Key | Retired, Keysight Technologies
- Aly Khalifa | Co-owner and Director of Innovation, Designbox
- Alagu Periyannan | Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, BlueJeans Network
- Hans Peterson | CEO, Superior Industrial Maintenance
- Ven Poole | Senior partner, Dewitt Carolinas; board member, GFL Environmental
Raleigh - Lee Prevost | Advisor and Investor, Cofounders Capital
- Hersh Tapadia | Co-founder and CEO, Allstacks
- Donald Thompson | CEO, Walk West and Founder and CEO, The Diversity Movement
- Grant Willard | Co-founder and President, Joulebug
- Scot Wingo | Founder and CEO, Spiffy
- Steve Yauch | President, Carolina Electrical Assemblers