Browse this directory to find people who manage our programs. We want to hear from you! We are a big team composed of a handful of staff members and a large group of student leaders.
Lassonde Institute Leadership
Taylor R. Randall
Dean, David Eccles School of Business – taylor.randall@utah.edu, 801-581-3074
Troy D’Ambrosio
Executive Director, Assistant Dean – troy.dambrosio@business.utah.edu, 801-587-3836
Jack Brittain
Professor, Lassonde Chair – jack.brittain@utah.edu, 801-581-8791
Jay Barney
Presidential Professor, Lassonde Chair – jay.barney@eccles.utah.edu, 801-585-2456
Kathy Hajeb
Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Director – kathy.hajeb@utah.edu, 801-587-3836
Lassonde Institute Staff
Anne Bastien
Program Director – anne.bastien@utah.edu, 801-585-3198
Thad Kelling
Marketing and Public Relations Director – thad.kelling@utah.edu, 801-587-8811
Alicia Vess
Administrative Officer – alicia.vess@utah.edu, 801-587-3836
Bella Fregoso
Project Assistant – bella.fregoso@eccles.utah.edu, 801-587-3836
Programs & Student Leaders (2017-18)
Below you will find contact information and our student leaders for our programs during the 2017-18 academic year. We have new students managing most of our programs each academic year.
Utah Entrepreneur Challenge & Opportunity Quest
For general inquiries, use the program emails: lassondeuec@utah.edu (Utah Entrepreneur Challenge) and lassondeoq@utah.edu (Opportunity Quest).
Brody King
Chair – brodyking7@gmail.com
Polly Creveling
UES Outreach Director – polly.creveling@gmail.com
Arielle Hassett
Vice Chair and Director of Events – awhassett@gmail.com
Matthew Miller
Director of Judges and Mentors – millermatthewsteven@gmail.com
Mark Pratt
Marketing Director – markhpratt.1@gmail.com
Ellie Garvin
Events Associate – engarvin@aol.com
Gus Osimitz
Marketing and Judges Associate – hoytick@gmail.com
Sam Shillingford
Mega Associate – samshillingford@anonyome.com
High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
For general inquiries, use the program email: hsuec@utah.edu.
Brialyn Hassett
Director – brialyn.lake@gmail.com
Kearsa Hodgson
Associate – kearsa.hodgson@gmail.com
Company Launch
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondelaunch@utah.edu.
Garrett Holm
Director – gholm333@gmail.com
Jordan Ayre
Associate – ayrejordan23@gmail.com
JoCee Porter
Associate – joceeporter@outlook.com
Get Seeded
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondegetseeded@utah.edu.
Robert Simmons
Director – robert.barton.simmons@gmail.com
Nathan Smith
Director – smith.nathan.kyle@gmail.com
Ethan Annis
Associate – ethan2annis@gmail.com
Make Program
Evan Degray
Chair – degray02@gmail.com
Chris Holland
Director – cxholland@gmail.com
Joshua Ong
Director – joshuaong.ames@gmail.com
Jin Tianxing
Director – tianxingjin621@gmail.com
Jacob Barzee
Tool Mentor – jmbarzee@gmail.com
Matthew Briggs
Tool Mentor – edwinbriggs1@gmail.com
Caleb Fry
Tool Mentor – burnage.ccf@gmail.com
Kaila Lemons
Tool Mentor – kailapaullus@gmail.com
Joshua Martin
Tool Mentor – joshuacmartin@gmail.com
Nathan McBride
Tool Mentor – nmcbride7@gmail.com
Dar Nelson
Tool Mentor – dar.nelson@icloud.com
Lacy Parrish
Tool Mentor – u1073289@umail.utah.edu
Elizabeth Porter
Tool Mentor – eporter15@gmail.com
Marciano Preciado
Tool Mentor – marcianocpreciado@live.com
Bahaar Rokhva
Tool Mentor – rokhvab@gmail.com
Vicente Sanhueza
Tool Mentor – vsdbbq@gmail.com
Kohl Schoensee
Tool Mentor – kohlschoensee@gmail.com
Jim Streiff
Tool Mentor – j.streiff@utah.edu
Zachary Stroud
Tool Mentor – ztstroud@gmail.com
Collin Teng
Tool Mentor – collinteng1234567@gmail.com
Chad Wing
Tool Mentor – cwing13@gmail.com
Mark Van Der Merwe
Tool Mentor – vandermerwem2@gmail.com
Lassonde New Venture Development
Matt Bryne
Director – matt.byrne7@gmail.com
Russ Haynie
Director – JRussHaynie@gmail.com
Kyphuong Luong
Director – kyphuong.luong@utah.edu
Jason Spar
Director – jasonspar@yahoo.com
Andrew Cuillier
Associate – andrew.cuillier@wsu.edu
Tyler Eldridge
Associate – ty.eldridge@gmail.com
Niloofar Farhang
Associate – niloofar.farhang@utah.edu
Brandton Ferrin
Associate – bferrin3@gmail.com
Jordan Freidman
Associate – jordan.friedman@law.utah.edu
Heath French
Associate – heath.french@utah.edu
Conner Gordon
Associate – kohhepgordon@gmail.com
Carley Herrick
Associate – carley.herrick@law.utah.edu
Kyler Hodgson
Associate – kyler.hodgson@utah.edu
Arad Lajevardi-Khosh
Associate – u0881135@utah.edu
Kendra Lawrence
Associate – kendralawrence@live.com
Jacob Mabey
Associate – jakebmabey@gmail.com
Andrew McMullin
Associate – mcmullinandrew4@gmail.com
Spencer Monson
Associate – spencer.monson@alumni.tufts.edu
Jacob Nielsen
Associate – twilitwave@gmail.com
Joseph Petersen
Associate – joepete8@gmail.com
Gene Peterson
Associate – genewpeterson@gmail.com
Ahrash Poursaid
Associate – ahpoursaid@gmail.com
Danny Powell
Associate – danielrpowell@gmail.com
Rebecca Rassmussen
Associate – rebecca.rasmussen@law.utah.edu
Rami Shorti
Associate – rami.shorti@gmail.com
Heidi Smith
Associate – heidi.smith@law.utah.edu
Andrew Steiner
Associate – andrew.steiner@law.utah.edu
Collin Straka
Associate – collinstraka@gmail.com
Myroslava Svieshnikova
Associate – svieshnikova@gmail.com
William Thomas
Associate – wat597@gmail.com
Calvin Walls
Associate –
Spencer Young
Associate – s.wyatt.young@gmail.com
Networking and Outreach
Savannah Adams
Chair – savannahadams17@outlook.com
Parker Andreise
Coworking and Meetups Director – parkerandriese@gmail.com
Elba Galvez
On-Campus Outreach Director – elba.galvez.eg@gmail.com
Michelle Galvez
Off-Campus Outreach Director – u0999370@utah.edu
Rahma Ahmed
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – rahmajamaal@gmail.com
Cameron Anderson
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – anderson.f.cameron@gmail.com
Victoria Barrera
Off-Campus Outreach Ambassador – vicisara90@gmail.com
Steve Beale
Off-Campus Outreach Ambassador – stevebeale98@gmail.com
Anh Cao
Coworking and Meetups Ambassador – caoanhp@gmail.com
Jemima Castillo
Coworking and Meetups Ambassador – appleseed34@outlook.com
Spencer Catten
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – sccatten@gmail.com
Joselyn Galvez
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – joselyn.k.galvez@gmail.com
Arnold Gatoro
Off-Campus Outreach Ambassador – agatoro.ames@gmail.com
Cynthia Grissom
Coworking and Meetups Ambassador – grissomcyn@gmail.com
Ashley Hekking
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – victoriahekking1998@gmail.com
Kylie Lee
Off-Campus Outreach Ambassador – kylieraylee.kr@gmail.com
Genevieve Liston
Coworking and Meetups Ambassador – genevieveliston@gmail.com
Maricruz Martinez
Off-Campus Outreach Ambassador – u0861853@utah.edu
Ladan Mohamed
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – ladanmohamed.09@gmail.com
Kaique Moura
Coworking and Meetups Ambassador – kaiquemoura94@gmail.com
Kayla Navarro
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – kaynav27@gmail.com
Jacob Peters
Coworking and Meetups Ambassador – peterstjacob@gmail.com
Keaton Quinn
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – keatonquinn19@gmail.com
Emily Reichmann
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – ereichmann18@gmail.com
Chris Remy
Off-Campus Outreach Ambassador – cremy4@gmail.com
Eduarda Rocha
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – eduarda.rocha@hotmail.com
Emma Scharffs
On-Campus Outreach Ambassador – emmascharffs@gmail.com
Shakayla Smith
Off-Campus Outreach Ambassador – shaykaylaasmith@gmail.com
Jeffrey Wang
Off-Campus Outreach Ambassador – jeff.le.fort@gmail.com
Mitch Wulfman
Coworking and Meetups Ambassador – mitchwulfman@gmail.com
Skills Programs
Skills programs include: Workshops, Hours with Experts, Food Entrepreneur, Arts Entrepreneur, LSND 400.
Samer Merchant
Skills Chair – samer.merchant@gmail.com
Workshops
Megan Glassman
Director – m.glasmann@utah.edu
Ariel Doris
Associate – aridoris91@gmail.com
Hours with Experts
Luke Hansen
Director – lukefreedomhansen@gmail.com
Cason Acor
Associate – cmacor@gmail.com
Arts Entrepreneur
Annie Connolly
Director – a.nat.connolly@gmail.com
Chase Peterson
Associate – chasepeterson23@gmail.com
Daniel Stergios
Associate – dstergios2003@yahoo.com
Food Entrepreneur
Hossein Dadkhah
Director – hdadkhah@dinneratyours.com
Wilson Liu
Associate – wilsonpuliu@gmail.com
Brandon Montella
Associate – colemontella311@me.com
Lassonde 400
Fiona Kastel
Director – fiona.kastel@icloud.com
Summer Walker
Associate – summerwalker97@gmail.com
Mikayla Wheeler
Associate – mk4wheeler@gmail.com
Residential Advisors
Visit the Housing & Residential Educaiton website for more information: housing.utah.edu
Lassonde Studios Front Desk
For general inquiries, email lassondefrontdesk@housing.utah.edu or call 801-213-8700.
Katherine Boone
Staff
Myshianda Cunningham
Staff
Kasey Dunn
Staff
Kareena Henninger
Staff
Jason Jackson
Staff
Tianxing Jin
Staff
Erick Komperud
Staff
Paige Lewis
Staff
Hayden Limbach
Staff
Sala Tuita
Staff
Summer Walker
Staff
Beth Wineke
Staff
Alex Uribe
Staff
Lauren Utz
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