Meet the Entrepreneurship Program Mentors
The Entrepreneurship Program Mentors share their expertise with students and faculty in various capacities such as guest lecturing in classes, conducting independent workshops, serving as PioBiz competition judges, and assisting students with their projects on a one-on-one basis.
If you would like to become a mentor in our program, please send us an email.
The Mentors
Bret Allphin ’01
Director of Community Development, Sixmo City Services


Douglas Ankrom ’97
Controller
Marietta College

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
Inventor & Entrepreneur

Christopher Burk
Client Services Manager at Pickering Associates, Inc.


Nikki Butler ’99
Artist and Founder, Nikki Butler Design

Louise Cruz RDN, LD
Registered Dietitian
Reiki Master, Practitioner, and Teacher
Life Balance Healing


Michael Fleak
Vice President Business Development, Williamstown Bank


Douglas Greene ’62
Investor, Entrepreneur, and Entrepreneurial Lecturer at Douglas C. Greene Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Micalyn Harris ’02
President | CEO, North America at ELPRO Services, 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

Julie Jeffries ’93
Founder, Not Your Momma's Vegetables

Kristopher Justice
Lawyer, Theisenbrock

Faith Knutsen
Director, Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Ohio University Voinovich School

Christian Long ’15
Recruiter and Director of Operations at Northwestern Mutual - West Virginia


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


Kristin Meeks ’04
Owner of WV Social Media Consultants


Steve Mercil
Fund Development Officer
Appalachian Investors Alliance

Robert Metz ’90
Chief Global Strategy Officer at MAPay, LLC.

Patrick Moran ’18
President, Royse Partners Limited


Wendy Keenan Myers ’92
CEO and Founder, Mitcham Group Apartments

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

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


Larry Sloter ’02
Owner at Busy Bee Restaurant LLC.


Angie Stocklin
Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Purdue University; Angel Investor; Mentor

Amanda Sutphin
Workforce Administrator at OhioMeansJobs - Washington County

Sean Sward
Co-Founder and President at Platinum Companies

Shawn Taylor ’02
Senior Vice President at Peoples Bank


David Tenney ’90
Managing Director, Tenney & Associates, LLC CPA's


Jeff Welch ’77
VP Finance and Administration/CFO, Marietta College

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


Steve Wynne '07
Manager of Client Arrangements, North America
McKinsey & Company


Linn Yost
Founding Member AOMC at Appalachian Ohio Manufacturers' Coalition
