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Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program
Center for Innovation
Vassar College
124 Raymond Avenue, Box 13
Poughkeepsie, New York 12604
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Our Leadership
Program Team
Erin McHugh
Program Administrator
Jean Tagliamonte
Assistant Vice President for Planning and Engagement
Amy Laughlin
Director of Academic Computing Services
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Alum Advisory Group
Our Alum Advisory Group is an engaged board of Vassar alums who generously contribute their entrepreneurial expertise to our Program Team and inform our approaches on the program’s activities and strategy.
Founder, Lofty Ventures
Executive Partner Sofinnova Ventures
Principal, USAsia Venture Partners
Co-Founder, Alumni Club Collaborative
Senior Vice President, LIMELIGHT
CEO, Francine Lasky Enterprises and Vistage Chair
Co-Founder and Engineering Lead, FSH Technologies
Founder & Entrepreneur
Chief Product Officer, LexisNexis and Angel Investor, XA Network
Founder, Soapply
Creativity Strategist & CEO, Figure 8 Thinking
Senior Advisor on Entrepreneurship & Adjunct Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Chief Financial Officer, Booksy
Founder and CEO. Sway Group
Academic Advisory Group
Our Academic Advisory Group is comprised of members of the Vassar faculty from a variety of disciplines who provide strategic feedback and support to our Program Team and inform our approaches on how the program can serve as a resource within the curriculum.
Associate Professor of Economics
Professor and Chair of Economics
Associate Professor and Chair of Computer Science
Associate Professor of Physics and Science, Technology and Society
Associate Professor and Chair of Cognitive Science
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics on the Elizabeth Stillman Williams Chair
Associate Professor of Film
Professor of Art on the Isabelle Hyman Professorship Chair