Entrepreneurship and Career Development Mentors

Paul Adams ’69

Freelance Writer, Editor, Researcher

Bret Allphin ’01

Senior Program Manager, National Association of Development Organizations

Robin Ambrozy, MBA, CBA

Certified Business Advisor, Small Business Development Center - Ohio University

Douglas Ankrom ’97

Assistant Professor of Accounting 

Marietta College

Sarah Arnold

Director of Marketing & Communications, OhioSE and Owner at Clutch Collective MOV

Tyler Baltzell ’15

Lead Account Executive @ LinkedIn | Marketing & Advertising Expert

Allison Barnes ‘22

Entrepreneur, Owner, and Artist, Art on the Move Studio

Nathaniel Berger

Director, Impact Enterprise Team, Ohio University Voinovich School of Leadership & Public Service

Nathalia Black '16

Regional Sales Manager at Henry Schein

Michael Bond

Founder & CEO of Spoken

Christopher Burk

Client Services Manager at Pickering Associates, Inc.

Nikki Butler ’99

Artist and Founder, Nikki Butler Design

David A. Corey ’97

President and Founder,  CORE Medical

President and Founder, HIS WAY Transportation

President and Co-Founder, Hydroshield of Columbus

Louise Cruz RDN, LD

Registered Dietitian

Reiki Master, Practitioner, and Teacher

Founder and Owner, Life Balance Healing

Greg Duskey

Project Manager, Contraxx Furniture

Kelsy Eaton

President & CEO, Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce

Caroline Eells

Owner & Lead Designer, Passiflora Studio

Cheryl Ferrebee ’00

President, Brand Marketing Strategist at Tgg Brand Marketing + Design, Inc.

Michael Fleak

Executive Director,
Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council

Eric Gibson

Co-owner, Sugar Butte Farms

Elizabeth Godfrey ’09

Senior Content Manager, OffWhite Marketing

Douglas Greene ’62

Investor, Entrepreneur, and Entrepreneurial Lecturer at Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Julie Harding

Founder, Forever Caroline

Micalyn Harris ’02

Director of Business Development at 
Offenberger & White, Inc.

Alex Hogan ’18

President, 3 Promise Labor Services

David Hood ’11

President, Hood Systems LLC         
Director of Operations, A Preferred Women's Health Center

Dexter Hughes “10

Vice President, Commercial Banker, Peoples Bank

Stephen Hunter ’08

Vice President, Innovation and Incubator Operations, Highmark Health         
Healthcare Economics Professor and Advisor, AlphaLab Health

Julie Jeffries ’93

Founder, Not Your Momma's Vegetables

Kristopher Justice

Lawyer, Theisenbrock

Aaron Kirby

Senior Project Manager, Social Enterprise Ecosystem, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University

Jessica Kopelwitz

Associate Director, TechGrowth Ohio

Faith Knutsen

Director, Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Ohio University Voinovich School

Eric Little

Radio Broadcaster, Seven Ranges Radio

Twitter

Christian Long ’15

Auditor I at Perry & Associates, CPAs

Scott Long ’93

Publisher, Ante Up Poker Media LLC

Founder/Chief Creative Officer, Quoz Creative LLC

Kim Luft

Edward Jones Financial Advisor

John Martin

Former CEO/Founder Optimum Companies

Co-Founder Vines on Hillside

Nancey McCann ’76

Former Director and Current Consultant 

Government Relations, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Kristin Meeks ’04

Owner of WV Social Media Consultants

Steve Mercil

Fund Development Officer

Appalachian Investors Alliance

Britani Merritt ’14

Donor & Program Services Director

Marietta Community Foundation

Brittany Metcalf ’13

Advisory Solution Consultant – Employee Workflows

Service Now

Robert Metz ’90

Chief Global Strategy Officer at MAPay, LLC.

Patrick Moran ’18

President, Royse Partners Limited  

Wendy Keenan Myers ’92

CEO at Ask The Landlady
CEO and Founder, Mitcham Group Apartments

Alex Nourse ’15

AVP Sr. Branch Manager at PNC Bank

Amy Parsons-White 

Sustainability Manager Marshall University

Josiah Partin

CEO at The Valley List

Rocky Peck ’88

Owner, Rocky Peck Sales & Marketing LLC

Jared Perry

Principal & CEO, Sixmo Companies

Chris Pfeiffer

President/CEO at Danser, Inc.

Lindsey Kerr Piersol

Executive Director

Wood County Development Authority

& Parkersburg-Wood County Area Development Corporation

Paula (King) Pitasky ’96

Owner and President at Encompass Marketing

Stephanie Plant

Local Sales Manager/ Digital Sales Manager WTAP

Terry Rataiczak

Owner, Kinetic Networking and Information Technology and Services Consultant

Brian Roach ’89

Owner, ABF Roofing & Restoration, LLC

Business & Marketing Director at Alexander Body & Fender

Tres Ross ’97

Executive Director at The Ross Foundation

Jesse C. Roush

Executive Director, Southeastern Ohio Port Authority

Suzanne Schultz

Owner at Canvas Fine Arts

Andrea Shirey

CEO, One Nine Design 

Marissa Shockey ’08

Chief Human Resources Officer

Westbrook Health Services, Inc.

Larry Sloter ’02

Owner at Busy Bee Restaurant LLC.

Ryan Smith ’03

Attorney - Manager - Entrepreneur

Angie Stocklin

Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Purdue University; Angel Investor; Mentor

Amanda Sutphin

Regional Talent Coordinator at 
Ohio Southeast Economic Development

Sean Sward

Co-Founder and President at Platinum Companies

Shawn Taylor ’02

Market President, SVP,
Truist Bank

Jeremy Turner

Coach, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Founder at EPIC Mission Inc.

Business Development Officer, Appalachian Investors Alliance

Jeff Welch ’77

Owner, RBIWELCH Accounting LLC

Carrie J. White, J.D., Ed.D.

Co-Founder, Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Experts, LLC (E3)

William B. White

CEO, Offenberger & White, Inc., OffWhite Marketing

Julie Wilkes ' 98

North American Well-Being & Resiliency Lead & Global Health Faculty;

Motivational Speaker; Author; Entrepreneur

Bill Wilkinson

Owner at Mid-Ohio Valley Employment (MOVE)

Mike Williams

President/Owner at iTech/Advance Alarm Tech

Mike Workman

Founder, CONTRAXX Furniture

Steve Wynne '07

Manager of Client Arrangements, North America

McKinsey & Company

Tao Wu

Chief Operation Officer

SAI Tech

Linn Yost

Founding Member AOMC at Appalachian Ohio Manufacturers' Coalition