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Our team is the connection between your ideas and UB

Here is where differences become our strengths, where scientific and technological adventures transform into profitable ventures, and where bettering the world becomes our life’s work. A successful team is about more than finding a group of people with the right mix of professional skills; it's about finding a team who is passionate about helping you succeed and then working together to do it. Together, let's build something impactful.

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  • Asal Barem.

    Asal Barem

    Senior Operations Manager, Baird

  • David Barnard.

    David Barnard

    Contracts Manager

  • Nita Bhatia.

    Nita Bhatia

    Senior Program Manager, Startup Ventures

  • Justin Boyd

    Compliance Specialist

  • Misha Burleson

    Finance and Grants Manager

  • Timothy Dee

    Senior Associate Director, Technology Transfer

  • David Duplessis.

    David du Plessis

    Licensing Manager

  • Michelle Friedman.

    Michelle Friedman

    Licensing Manager

  • McKenna Geiger.

    McKenna Geiger

    Technology Assessment Specialist

  • Smitha James.

    Smitha James

    Senior Associate Director, Life Sciences Programs

  • Ron Joab

    Building Operations Manager, CBLS

  • Stacey Johnson

    Director, Workforce Development

  • Stephen Kellogg III.

    Stephen Kellogg

    Senior Program Associate

  • Tracy Krawczyk-Schiedel.

    Tracy Krawczyk-Schiedel

    Assistant Vice President for Communications, Marketing & Digital Operations

  • Rebecca Larson.

    Rebecca Larson

    Compliance and Marketing Manager

  • Adrian Levesque

    Interim Director, Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics

    Industry Engagement and Visualization, Center for Computational Research

  • Shivana Lightman

    Senior Program Associate, Life Sciences Programs

  • Jennifer Mandina

    Associate Director, Contracts

  • Sophia Marshall, Senior Program Manager of Startup Ventures.

    Sophia Marshall

    Senior Program Manager of Startup Ventures

  • Tom Matheny

    Senior CRM Marketing Manager

  • Hoda Moussa.

    Hoda Moussa

    Contracts Manager

  • Kamalika Mukherjee.

    Kamalika Mukherjee

    Business Development Manager, Life Science Programs

  • Debbie Oberg.

    Debbie Oberg

    Associate Director, Creative, Brand and Visual Identity

  • Mary Ognibene-Metz.

    Mary Ognibene-Metz

    Contracts Manager

  • Matthew Pelkey

    Program Director, Entrepreneurship Law Center

  • Olga Petrova

    Director, Innovation Initiatives

  • Daniel Robison.

    Daniel Robison

    Manager, Scientific Writer, Marketing Communicator

  • John Root.

    John Root

    Senior Finance and Grants Associate

  • Candace Sena.

    Candace Sena

    Contracts Manager

  • Steven Shepler.

    Steven Shepler

    Senior Finance & Grants Manager

  • Sandra Small.

    Sandra Small

    Senior Manager of Science Education and Workforce Development

  • Per Stromhaug

    Senior Associate Vice President for Economic Development

  • Benjamin Sunkin.

    Benjamin Sunkin

    Technology Assessment Specialist

  • Sandra Talley.

    Sandra Talley

    Startup Program Assistant

  • Deanna Thames

    Senior Administrative Associate

  • Penny Turrell

    Patent Paralegal & Compliance Specialist

  • Lauren Washington, Senior Associate Director of Startup Ventures.

    Lauren Washington

    Senior Associate Director of Startup Ventures

  • Maya Westcott.

    Maya Westcott

    Senior Manager, Integrated Marketing Communications

  • Evan Witmer.

    Evan Witmer

    Licensing Manager

  • Michael Zasowski.

    Michael Zasowski

    Business Development Manager, CMI

Our Extended Team

We work with accomplished scientists, experts, entrepreneurs and businesspeople who help us move innovations to impact.

Life & Health Sciences Advisory Board Manufacturing & Materials Advisory Board Entrepreneurs in Residence Cultivator Selection Committee Seed Fund Advisory Board

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Danielle Blount

Partner, Bold Ventures

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Olivia Goldstein

CEO, Upstate Venture Connect

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Kevin Kerl

Executive Vice President and CAO, AML RightSource

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Christopher Keller

Chief Marketing Officer, Empower Credit Union

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Marnie LaVigne

President and CEO, Launch NY

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Jamel Perkins

Global Technology Executive, Sodexo

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Tom Quinn

Chief Executive Officer, WNY Impact Investment Fund

Seed Fund Advisory Board

Learn more about the Buffalo Innovation Seed Fund

Nicole Camarre

Strategic Finance Associate, 424 Capital

Paul Ciriello

Managing General Partner, Fairhaven Capital

Sky Fernandes

Founder & General Partner, VU Venture Partners

Bethany Hills, J.D.

Partner, DLA Piper

Brandy Houser, PhD

COO and Co-Founder, Traverse Biotech

Patrick Judge

Managing Partner, Camber Road Partners

Ron Schreiber

Partner, Softbank Capital

Accelerator Fund External Review Committee

Learn more about the Buffalo Innovation Accelerator Fund

Samantha Bonano

Chief Executive Officer, Create a Monster (C.A.M.)™ Founder

Jonathan Fentzke

CEO, FKM Group

Chuck Fried

President and CEO, TxMQ

Martin Graham.

Martin Graham

CEO, Empire Discovery Institute

Lisa J. Keefe

Director of IMCA-CAT, VP for Advancing Therapeutics

Matt Malloy

Project Engineer, Buffalo Manufacturing Works (operated by EWI)

Tobias Massa, Ph.D.

Independent Pharmaceutical Regulatory Consultant Board of Directors, FACET Life Sciences

Nicholas Querques

Director of New Ventures, The Research Foundation for SUNY (RF)

Mark Stramaglia

CEO, Let’s Get Started Consultancy

James Thornton

Senior Director Business Development, Codiak BioSciences

Paul Tyno

Program Director, Launch NY Cleantech Opportunity Incubator and Assistant Vice President Sustainability Technologies, NOCO Energy Corp