Collaborators – Systemwide Entrepreneurial Program

Special Thanks

We appreciate University of Missouri System President Mun Y. Choi for inspiring collaboration among colleagues across our four universities and providing seed capital for the 2018-19 Entrepreneur Quest program.

EQ was modeled after the Innovation Quest (IQ) program at the University of Connecticut. Thank you to creator Keith Fox for his willingness to visit Missouri and share the IQ playbook with us.

EQ Leaders, 2019-20

Bill Turpin
MU Interim Associate Vice Chancellor of Economic Development, and CEO of the Missouri Innovation Center

Greg Bier
MU Executive Director of Entrepreneurship Programs

Kelly Mattas
MU Senior Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator

Jeff Hornsby
Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Executive Director, UMKC Regnier Institute

Bryan Boots
Managing Director for Venture Creation, UMKC Regnier Institute

Andy Heise
Managing Director for Arts Entrepreneurship, UMKC Regnier Institute

Laura Moore
Program Manager, UMKC Regnier Institute

Ben Gruber
Entrepreneurship Scholars Program Coordinator, UMKC Regnier Institute

Michael Davis
Missouri S&T Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Economics

Hanqing Fang
Missouri S&T Assistant Professor of Business and Information Technology

Dan Lauer
Founding Executive Director, UMSL Accelerate

Ala Kehoe
Director, UMSL Accelerate