FUTURE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION SUMMIT

Leadership Team

About Founders

The Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit is an initiative of Empact. Empact brings the country's top young entrepreneurs together to help spread the entrepreneurial mindset on hundreds of college campuses through half-day conferences, virtual broadcasts, and a virtual business incubator. To learn about the individuals behind Empact, visit our team page.

Leadership

The Summit leadership is divided into the following councils. The council leadership helps curate the attendees of the conference and moderate the council track within the Summit.

Each council is tasked with:

Improving the summit & pledge through advice and introductions. Pushing the field of entrepreneurship education forward. Networking and building relationships with each other.

Each council has co-chairs:

Foundations:   Thom Ruhe, Director, Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation Michael Hennessy, CEO, Coleman Foundation Entrepreneurs:   Brien Biondi, President & COO, League Asset Corp & Former CEO of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Naveen Jain, Founder, Intelius Media:   Rieva Lesonsky, CEO, GrowBiz Media Secondary Education:   Julie Silard Kantor, Executive Director, Greater Washington DC Higher Education:   Jeff Reid, Director, Georgetown University Entrepreneurship Center International:   Steven Koltai, Recent Director, Global Entrepreneurship Program, State Department   Jennifer Kushell, President and Co-Founder, Your Success Network (YSN)