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 Entrepreneur Institute Leadership
Taylor R. Randall
Dean, David Eccles School of Business – taylor.randall@eccles.utah.edu, 801-581-3074
Troy D’Ambrosio
Lassonde Executive Director, Assistant Dean – troy.dambrosio@eccles.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
Lassonde Director, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) – kathy.hajeb@utah.edu, 801-587-3836
Todd Zenger
Chair, Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy – todd.zenger@eccles.utah.edu, 801-585-3981
Brad Williams
Director, Entrepreneurship Program, Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy – brad.williams@eccles.utah.edu, 801-213-8750
Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute Staff
Anne Bastien
Program Director – anne.bastien@utah.edu, 801-585-3198
Alicia Vess
Administrative Officer – alicia.vess@utah.edu, 801-587-3836
Pat Jones
Program Manager – pat.jones@utah.edu, 801-585-0722
Thad Kelling
Marketing and Public Relations Director – thad.kelling@utah.edu, 801-587-8811
Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy
We partner with the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the David Eccles School of Business to provide academic opportunities. Learn more and find faculty at eccles.utah.edu
Housing & Residential Education
We partner with Housing & Residential Education (HRE) at the University of Utah to manage residential opportunities at Lassonde Studios. Contact HRE employees and learn more at housing.utah.edu.
Programs & Student Leaders (2018-19)
Below you will find contact information and our student leaders for our programs. 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).
Parker Andriese
Chair
Emily Reichmann
Vice Chair
Gus Osimitz
Director – Outreach
Suraj Ramkumar
Director – Judges/Mentors
Tobi Yoon
Director – Opportunity Quest/Utah Entrepreneur Events
Youngjae Shin
Director – Marketing
Cynthia Grissom
Associate – Events
Dakota Rose
Associate – Marketing
High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
For general inquiries, use the program email: hsuec@utah.edu.
Kearsa Hodgson
Director
Sam Hirsch
Associate
Company Launch
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondelaunch@utah.edu.
Kelsey Roderick
Chair
Mitchell Wulfman
Director
Anh Cao
Associate
Kepler Sticka-Jones
Associate
Get Seeded
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondegetseeded@utah.edu.
Ethan Annis
Director
Lauren Beall
Director
Make Program
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondemake@utah.edu.
Chris Holland
Chair
Kaila Lemons
Vice Chair
Elizabeth Porter
Director – Operations
Joshua Martin
Director – Shop
Marciano Preciado
Director – Prototype
Collin Teng
Lead Tool Mentor
Jack Ronnie
Lead Tool Mentor
Kalie Leavitt
Lead Tool Mentor
Nathan McBride
Lead Tool Mentor
Alexander Bowen
Tool Mentor
Laycee Brown
Tool Mentor
Annie Connolly
Tool Mentor
Derek Dayton
Tool Mentor
James Eckstein
Tool Mentor
Isaac Hale
Tool Mentor
Matthew Holland
Tool Mentor
Bradley Kloos
Tool Mentor
Alexis Koopmann
Tool Mentor
Jamie Law
Tool Mentor
Eric Marsh
Tool Mentor
Zack Roberts
Tool Mentor
Erick Solum
Tool Mentor
Sam Steele
Tool Mentor
Gnimdo Tako
Tool Mentor
Lassonde New Venture Development
For general inquiries, email the Lassonde Institute: lassonde@utah.edu.
William Thomas
Director
Niloofar Farhang
Student Director
Kyphuong Luong
Student Director
Joseph Peterson
Student Director
Danny Powell
Student Director
Dane Cannon
Associate
Siyu Chen
Associate
Kristin Dahlin
Associate
Ryan Fontanesi
Associate
Laura Gardner
Associate
Katy Halverson
Associate
Brandon Hellberg
Associate
Jason Huang
Associate
Benjamin Hubbard
Associate
David Jaynes
Associate
Michael Kane
Associate
Deniz Kaplan
Associate
Ezzy Khaosanga
Associate
Michelle King
Associate
Fatemeh Koohestanmahalian
Associate
Cynthia Louie
Associate
Samuel Mehr
Associate
Finn Melanson
Associate
Heath Murdock
Associate
Tim Nielsen
Associate
David Owen
Associate
David Pinnock
Associate
Donald Clark Ragsdale
Associate
Jasminder Rajput
Associate
Alexander Rose
Associate
Kapil Sharma
Associate
Rami Shorti
Associate
Hema Sulkar
Associate
Andrew Taibi
Associate
Jennifer Wolken
Associate
Yuan Yang
Associate
Networking and Outreach
Skills programs include: Cowork, Meetups and Ambassadors.
For general inquiries, email the Lassonde Institute: lassonde@utah.edu.
Michelle Galvez
Chair – Outreach
Cowork
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondecowork@utah.edu.
Kaique Moura
Director
Rahma Ahmed
Associate
Lauren Hash
Associate
Addison Hunter
Associate
Carson Kolb
Associate
TK Polevoy
Associate
Ryland Robinson
Associate
Madison Rogers
Associate
Sofia Sotelo
Associate
Meetups
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondemeetup@utah.edu.
Kayla Navarro
Director
Joselyn Galvez
Associate
Ashley Hekking
Associate
Ambassadors
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondeambassadors@utah.edu.
Jeffrey Wang
Director
Shaykayla Smith
Director
Ilham Batar
Ambassador
Lucy Beltran
Ambassador
Rosario Bibiano
Ambassador
Alexander Fender
Ambassador
Ainu Kaufusi
Ambassador
Shelbie Larsen
Ambassador
Amerique Phillips
Ambassador
Emily Schmutz
Ambassador
Liliana Tyler
Ambassador
Lily Yu
Ambassador
Skills Programs
Skills programs include: Workshops, Hours with Experts, Food Entrepreneur, Arts Entrepreneur, LSND 400.
For general inquiries, email the Lassonde Institute: lassonde@utah.edu.
Megan Glasmann
Chair
Workshops
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondeworkshop@utah.edu.
Julia Dominesey
Director
Jake Peters
Associate
Keaton Quinn
Associate
Hours with Experts
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondeexperts@utah.edu.
Eduarda Rocha
Director
Elise Saarela
Associate
Emily Wagstaff
Associate
Arts Entrepreneur Program
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondearts@utah.edu.
Davis DuBose-Marler
Director
Hannie Smith
Associate
Food Entrepreneur
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondefood@utah.edu.
Cole Montello
Director
Baylea Clayton
Associate
Rafaela McFarlane
Associate
Lassonde 400
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassonde400@utah.edu.
Celine Cavanaugh
Director
Jenny Aylward
Associate
Sam Lagoy
Associate
Residential Advisors
Visit the Housing & Residential Education (HRE) website for more information: housing.utah.edu.
For general inquiries, email HRE: info@housing.utah.edu.
Lassonde Studios Front Desk
For general inquiries, email lassondefrontdesk@housing.utah.edu or call 801-213-8700.
