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Swartz Center Staff

Damion SheltonDamion Shelton

Associate Vice President and Executive Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship

damion@cmu.edu

Namrata Banerjee

Namrata Banerjee

Sr. Director, Investments and Strategic Partnerships
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
nmalik@andrew.cmu.edu

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Sonya Ford

Sonya Ford

Program Manager
sonyaf@andrew.cmu.edu

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Rachel Gogos

Rachel Gogos

Program Manager, Corporate Startup Lab
rgogos@andrew.cmu.edu

Steven Guo

Steven Guo

Program Manager, Student & Alumni Founder Pipeline
stevengu@andrew.cmu.edu

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Eder Hernández

Eder Hernández

Program Manager, Corporate Startup Lab
ekhernan@andrew.cmu.edu

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Allyson Hince

Program Manager
ahince@andrew.cmu.edu

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Jim Jen

Jim Jen

Director, Corporate Startup Lab
Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Jjen@andrew.cmu.edu

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Leif Johnson, Jr.

Leif Johnson, Jr.

Program Manager, Family Business
leifj@andrew.cmu.edu

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Matthew Katsaros

Matthew Katsaros, M.A.

Program Administrator, Project Olympus
mkatsaro@andrew.cmu.edu

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Leah Lizarondo

Leah Lizarondo

Entrepreneur-in-Residence
leahlizarondo@cmu.edu

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Aleksandar Petkov

Senior Program Manager
apetkov@andrew.cmu.edu

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Dave MawhinneyWe thank Dave Mawhinney for his leadership of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship from its founding in 2016 through June 2025.

Dave Mawhinney

Full Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business 91ÊÓÆµ
dmawhin@andrew.cmu.edu

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