We welcome community, alumni, faculty and student participation in our programs and center. Please contact us (below) for more information or learn how to get involved with the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship.
Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship
Buerk Center Office Hours
You can schedule a time to meet 1:1 with one of the Buerk Center’s program managers by clicking on their individual schedule links below. Open to all registered UW students.
Lauren Brohawn
Schedule with Lauren to learn more about the Environmental Innovation Challenge, incorporating people and planet into your idea, social impact entrepreneurship, as well as general entrepreneurship related topics.
Alex Eli
Schedule with Alex to learn more about undergraduate entrepreneurship opportunities including: the Entrepreneurship Minor, the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program, the Creating a Company Class and other events related to entrepreneurship.
Winona Kantamaneni
Schedule with Winona to learn more about the Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (WE Lead) program, social impact entrepreneurship, and general entrepreneurship related topics.
Jessica Roberto
Schedule with Jessica to learn more about the Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge as well as opportunities for graduate students, including the MBA Entrepreneurship certificate, TEC program, and summer fellowships.
Yuko Oaku
Schedule with Yuko to learn more about the Dempsey Startup Competition, Jones + Foster Accelerator, the Davis Consumer Product Workshop, the Business Plan Practicum class, and other entrepreneurship related opportunities.
Buerk Center Student Staff
Buerk Center Advisory Board
The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship Advisory Board connects students, faculty, and staff to Seattle’s thriving entrepreneurial community. Board members offer vital support to the Buerk Center’s programs and curriculum—judging competitions, mentoring, strategic planning, offering financial support, and facilitating opportunities for idea-driven students to build networks that will help them achieve their start-up goals.
Kirk Van Alstyne, Evolution Capital Partners
François Baneyx, UW CoMotion
Andrina Bigelow, Fran’s Chocolates
Bill Bromfield, Fenwick & West
Arthur Buerk, The Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship
Troy Cichos, Madrona Venture Group
David Coven, Scholarship Junkies
Ralph Derrickson, Bsquare Corporation
Jeff Dossett, Impinj (retired)
Geoff Entress, Pioneer Square Labs
Mike Fridgen, Madrona Venture Labs
Kristen Hamilton, Multi-time Tech Founder & CEO
Lisa Hjorten, Pacific Edge Properties
Craig Kinzer, Kinzer Partners
Suresh Kotha, Foster School of Business
Loretta Little, Washington Research Foundation & WRF Capital
Adina Mangubat, AirMiners
Bill McAleer, Voyager Capital
T.A. McCann, Pioneer Square Labs
Liz Pearce, Ever.green
Jesse Proudman, Venice.ai
Amber Ratcliffe, Arbor Health Inc
Craig Sherman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Ben Straughan, Perkins Coie
Anna Smukowski, Enterprise Community Partners
Sara Weaver, IAGL
Kelci Zile, Envest
Emeritus Board Members
Neal Dempsey, Bay Partners
Steve Singh, Madrona Venture Group
Terry Drayton, WayForth
General Contact Info
University of Washington
Michael G. Foster School of Business
4th Floor, Founders Hall 406, Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195
Tel: 206-616-0734
[email protected]
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