Our Team
Jennifer Murphy
Director
jennifer@uconn.edu
Rory McGloin
Assistant Director of Communication and Program Development
Mary Keenan
Office Manager
mary.keenan@uconn.edu
Michelle Cote
Lead Instructor
Director of Launc[H]artford
Chereace Marcellin
Program Specialist
chereace.marcellin@uconn.edu
Maureen Cappetto
Awards & Database Coordinator
maureen.cappetto@uconn.edu
Timothy Folta
Academic Director
John and Bette Wolff Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship
Management Professor
Caroline Dealy
Faculty Lead, NSF I-Corps Program
Professor, School of Medicine
Scott Kozak
Instructor, Biomedical Entrepreneurship
EIR
scott.kozak@uconn.edu
Mike Kalen
Instructor, InsurTech Venturing
michael.kalen@uconn.edu
Alice Nichols
Instructor, Accelerate UConn
Startup Advisor
John Hoffert
Instructor, Accelerate UConn
Startup Advisor
Leland Holcomb
Instructor, Traction & InsurTech Experiential Learning
EIR
Leila Daneshmandi
EIR, Ignite Hartford
Graduate Assistants
Raghav Shekar
MBA
Class of 2021
Utkarsh Gupta
MBA
Class of 2021
Student Ambassadors
Alex Grant
English
Class of 2022
Michaela Hartl
Business Administration
Class of 2021
Van Hoang
Marketing
Class of 2021
Liza Mathew
Business Administration
Class of 2021
Chloe Son
Finance
Class of 2021
Noah Sobel-Pressman
Business Management
Class of 2021