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](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Danny-Warshay-v2.jpg)
Danny Warshay '87
Executive Director
![Sheila Haggerty](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Photo-on-12-15-21-at-3.28-PM-5_ccexpress.jpeg)
Sheila Haggerty
Assistant Director
![Tori Gilbert](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tori-Screenshot.png)
Tori Gilbert
Student Program Manager
![Katie Calabro](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/KatieCalabroHeadshot.jpeg)
Katie Calabro
Program Coordinator
![Alexis Alston '17](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Alexis-Alston-1.png)
Alexis Alston '17
2024 B-Lab Director
MENTOR LEADERSHIP
Meet our fantastic group of Mentor Leaders: experienced entrepreneurs who are available to support student and alumni founders, as well as help folks navigate their entrepreneurial careers. 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 or SIGN UP FOR THEIR OFFICE CHATS HERE!
![David Ronick '89](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/David-Ronick-1-1.png)
David Ronick '89
Entrepreneur in Residence
![Yuri Tomikawa '12](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yuri_tomikawa-1-1.png)
Yuri Tomikawa '12
Entrepreneur in Residence
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.
![Renee Andam](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Renee-Andam-Small.jpg)
Renee Andam
Economics and Entrepreneurship '24
![Rahul Dey '20](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Rahul-Dey.jpg)
Rahul Dey '20
PRIME '24
![Vini Amit Rupchandani](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-design.png)
Vini Amit Rupchandani
Psychology and Physics, '24
![Aayush Setty](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Aayush-Setty-Small.jpg)
Aayush Setty
Computer Science and Applied Math, '24
![Kia Uusitalo](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Kia-Uusitalo-1.jpg)
Kia Uusitalo
Modern Culture and Media, '23
FACULTY & RESEARCH
![Hamzah Ansari](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hamzah-800-x-800.png)
Hamzah Ansari
Lecturer, School of Engineering
![Howard Anderson](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Howard-headshot-for-People-page.jpg)
Howard Anderson
Adjunct Lecturer in Engineering, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School
![Thano Chaltas '87](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Thano-Chaltas-Thumb.jpg)
Thano Chaltas '87
Professor of the Practice, School of Engineering
![Emily Ferrier](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Emily-Ferrier.jpg)
Emily Ferrier
Entrepreneurship Librarian
![Jason Harry](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Jason-Harry.jpg)
Jason Harry
Hugh W. Pearson '58 Professor of the Practice of Technology and Entrepreneurship
![Jessica Kim '00](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-design-28.png)
Jessica Kim '00
Adjunct Lecturer
![Abbie Kohler '20](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-design-29.png)
Abbie Kohler '20
Adjunct Lecturer
![Rafael La Porta](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Rafael-LaPorta-Profile-Small.jpg)
Rafael La Porta
Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney University Professor of Economics
![David Levari](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dlevari_headshot.png)
David Levari
Lawrence A. Rand and Tiina Smith Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences and Entrepreneurship
![Larisa Leventon](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Untitled-800-×-800-px.png)
Larisa Leventon
Professor of the Practice, School of Engineering, Academic Director, Masters in Technology Leadership, School of Professional Studies
![Rich Morales](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Rich_Morales.png)
Rich Morales
Professor of the Practice, School of Engineering
![Alice Nichols](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Alice-Nichols-Small.jpg)
Alice Nichols
Adjunct Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
![Banu Ozkazanc-Pan](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Banu-new-headshot-resized.png)
Banu Ozkazanc-Pan
Barrett Hazeltine Associate Professor of Practice, School of Engineering, & Director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab
![Bobby Pakzad-Hurson](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bobby-Pakzad-Hurson-small-file.jpg)
Bobby Pakzad-Hurson
Jonathan M. Nelson Assistant Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship
![Larry Rand '64](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Larry-Rand-Thumb.jpg)
Larry Rand '64
Visiting Associate Professor of the Practice
![Linda Scott](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Linda-Scott-Thumbnail.jpg)
Linda Scott
Visiting Scholar and Professor Emeritus, DP World Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Oxford
![Fran Slutsky](https://live-nelson-center-for-entrepreneurship-new.pantheonsite.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Fran-Slutsky-Small.jpg)
Fran Slutsky
Adjunct Lecturer in Engineering
BROWN EP
Meet the leadership of Brown EP, the long-running and student-led entrepreneurship organization with a deep history of supporting Brown founders.
![Sohum Sanu '25](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-design-24.png)
Sohum Sanu '25
EP Co-President - Computer Science & Psychology
![Julia Stepanenko '26](https://entrepreneurship.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-design-25.png)
Julia Stepanenko '26
EP Co-President - Computer Science & Economics