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
Associate Professor (Lecturer) & Director – 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
Tori Matthews
Marketing Assistant – tori.matthews@utah.edu, 801-587-3836
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).
Kearsa Hodgson
Competitions Chair
Suraj Ramkumar
Competitions Vice Chair
Tobi Yoon
Outreach Director
Peyton Williams
Director – Judges/Mentors
Kristen Kessler
Director – Opportunity Quest/Utah Entrepreneur Events
Brad Wilcox
Director – Marketing
Meg Lee
Associate – Events
Treyvon Sidberry Rose
Associate and Judge – Marketing
High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
For general inquiries, use the program email: hsuec@utah.edu.
Sam Hirsch
Director
William Web
Associate
Company Launch
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondelaunch@utah.edu.
Kepler-Sticka-Jones
Director
Taren Rohivit
Associate
Addison Hunter
Associate
Get Seeded
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondegetseeded@utah.edu.
Lindsai Gren
Director
Trevor Newsom
Director
Make Program
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondemake@utah.edu.
Josh Martin
Vice Chair
Alexis Koopman
Director – Operations
Jack Ronnie
Director – Shop
Sam Steele
Director – Prototyping
Laycee Brown
Lead Tool Mentor
Skyler Chase
Lead Tool Mentor
James Eckstein
Lead Tool Mentor
Isaac Hale
Lead Tool Mentor
Gnimdo Tako
Lead Tool Mentor
Wolfgang Allred
Tool Mentor
Jackson Dean
Tool Mentor
Tren Hirschi
Tool Mentor
Lauren Kochaver
Tool Mentor
Liz Lara
Tool Mentor
Cole Laulis
Tool Mentor
Louis Livolsi
Tool Mentor
Eric Marsh
Tool Mentor
Zack Roberts
Tool Mentor
Clarissa Seebohm
Tool Mentor
William Watkins
Tool Mentor
Kelton White
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.
Alex Fender
Director
Liliana Tyler
Director
Andrea Cazares
Ambassador
Taylor Ellis
Ambassador
Aspen Francis
Ambassador
Taju Gowda
Ambassador
Natasha Haslam
Ambassador
Teasha Luu
Ambassador
Carson Smith
Ambassador
Cynthia Wang
Ambassador
Jevin Warren
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.
Julia Dominesey
Chair
Christine Baczek
Vice Chair
Workshops
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondeworkshop@utah.edu.
Jake Peters
Director
Associate
Hours with Experts
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondeexperts@utah.edu.
Emily Wagstaff
Director
Michael Hart
Associate
Dakota Rose
Associate
Arts Entrepreneur Program
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondearts@utah.edu.
Sam Dalton
Director
Andrea Gaspartini
Associate
Elisa Mackelprang
Associate
Food Entrepreneur
For general inquiries, use the program email: lassondefood@utah.edu.
Alex Johnson
Director
Brianna Bernhardt
Associate
Vanessa Villanes
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.
