Faculty

Amy Moore has over a decade of experience in biotech translation, strategy, and project management.  

Dale Nugent is an executive leader with experience in new ventures and corporate strategy, business formation, venture finance, industrial marketing, operations, new product development, intellectual property strategy, and global relationship/business development.

Toby Nord is the director of the Carlson Ventures Enterprise (CVE), a unique educational practicum within the full-time MBA program.

Sasmita Tripathy consults with startups on SBIR grants, product-market fit, market research and regulatory filings. She is a Great Lakes I-Corps Hub-certified instructor. Additionally, she teaches in the Department of Biology at the University of St Thomas.

Demi Radeva is CEO of Xanthos Health, a social care connection platform that connects clinical teams and community-based organizations with people living with cancer.  She is also an adjunct instructor at the Carlson School of Management, and previously led the Heal

Terri Barreiro is an executive in residence at the Carlson School of Management. She is co-founder and venture coach at Impact Hub MSP, consultant to nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, and consultant at Cogent Consulting.

Anne Schulte is the lead executive-in-residence in the Discovery Launch Pad of the Technology Commercialization Office's Venture Center, where she helps to incubate startups emerging from UMN intellectual property.

Martha Sewall is an innovator with extensive experience in the development and commercialization of new products for critical and chronic care.

Carla Pavone has had three careers: in publishing and PC-related startups, in financial services (mainly leading internal corporate start-ups and turnarounds), and in academia, leading MIN-Corps from 2014 to 2023.  After retiring from the University of Minnesota, sh