OUR TEAM

Our founding team at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship is passionate about and experienced in educating and supporting entrepreneurs in the Brown ecosystem. Teaching entrepreneurship is not a spectator sport, so as startup folks ourselves, we try to practice what we preach: move quickly, collaborate freely, and think expansively.

Danny Warshay '87

Executive Director

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Jonas Clark

Associate Director

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Liz Malone

Assistant Director for Programs

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Jason Harry

Director, Breakthrough Lab

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Abi Durmaz

Administrative Coordinator

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Dana Kurniawan '22

Design Intern

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Samantha Noonan '20

Event and Media Content Intern

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Vicky Phan '21

B-Lab and Social Media Intern

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MENTOR LEADERSHIP

Laura Thompson '09

Entrepreneur in Residence

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Arnell Milhouse

Entrepreneur in Residence

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Deb Mills-Scofield '82

Mentor Maven

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Alan Harlam

Mentor Leader

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FACULTY & RESEARCH

Rafael La Porta

Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney University Professor of Economics

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Jennifer Nazareno

Assistant Professor of Public Health & Entrepreneurship

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Bobby Pakzad-Hurson

Jonathan M. Nelson Assistant Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship

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Linda Scott

Visiting Scholar and Professor Emeritus, DP World Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Oxford

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Banu Ozkazanc-Pan

Professor of Practice, School of Engineering, & Director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab

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Howard Anderson

Adjunct Lecturer in Engineering, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School

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Larry Rand '64

Visiting Associate Professor of the Practice

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MEET YOUR PEIRs

Meet our fantastic group of Peer-Entrepreneurs-in-Residence: young, experienced entrepreneurs who are available to support their fellow founders. If you’d like to chat with them about your venture, kick around a nascent idea, or talk startup life in general – drop them a line!