Idea Factory Main Office
Dr. William E. Bentley
Professor and Director
Idea Factory
4467 Technology Drive 1105 Herbert Rabin Technology Advancement Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742
tel: (301) 405-3906Idea Factory Office of Business, Finance, and Facilities
Heather Mattern
Director
Karen Russo
Associate Director
Ericka Black
Business Coordinator
Jonathan Young
Venture Facilities Manager
Chaunda Pair
Building Facilitator
Robyn Ruggier
Grants and Contracts Coordinator
Office of Business, Finance, and Facilities
University of Maryland-Idea Factory 5000 College Avenue 1100 Technology Ventures Building College Park, MD 20740
Idea Factory Marketing and Communications
Eric Schurr
Director
Shola Lawal
Assistant Director for Information Technology
James Kopańko
Coordinator
Elena Russ
Communications Coordinator
Daniel Carafelli
Senior Principal Specialist
Idea Factory
4467 Technology Drive 1105 Herbert Rabin Technology Advancement Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742
tel: (301) 405-3906Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) Program
Joseph Naft
Director
Ronnie Gist
Associate Director
Onur Unal
Life Sciences Projects Manager
Ashley Chapman
Contract Administrator
Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) Program
4467 Technology Drive 3119 Herbert Rabin Technology Advancement Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742
tel: (301) 405-3891mips.umd.edu ›Mtech Ventures
Rob Cohen
Program Manager, Mtech Ventures
Scott Christensen
Manager, Mtech Ventures & Chesapeake Bay Seed Capital Fund
Chaunda Pair
Facilitator, Herbert Rabin Technology Advancement Building
Mtech Ventures
4467 Technology Drive 1114 Herbert Rabin Technology Advancement Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742
tel: 301-314-7805mtechventures.umd.edu ›UMD I-Corps Program
Daniel Kunitz
Director, Venture Strategy and Development Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic I-Corps Hub
David Steele
Program Manager, UMD I-Corps Hub Coordinator, Mid-Atlantic I-Corps Hub
Edmund Pendleton
Instructor, UMD I-Corps
Glen Hellman
Instructor, UMD I-Corps
UMD I-Corps Program
4467 Technology Drive 3119 Herbert Rabin Technology Advancement Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742
tel: (301) 405-8572icorps.umd.edu ›Learning and Development
Dr. James V. Green
Managing Director
Alyssa E. Cohen Sherman
Associate Director
Cindy Gilbert
Program Administrative Specialist
Idea Factory Learning and Development
4467 Technology Drive 1105 Herbert Rabin Technology Advancement Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742
tel: (301) 314-9223 | fax: (301) 314-9192Idea Factory education programs ›ASPIRE (A Scholars Program for Industry Oriented Research in Engineering)
Joseph Naft
Director
ASPIRE
4467 Technology Drive 3119 Herbert Rabin Technology Advancement Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742
tel: (301) 405-3886aspire.umd.edu ›xFoundry
Amir Ansari
Executive Director
Phillip Alvarez
Head of Products and Ventures
Janice Duran
Program Coordinator
Jasmine Kelly
University Engagement Lead
Isabella Laurel
Head of Marketing and Communications
Atin Moridian
Web Experience Lead
Fiorella Nava
Community Engagement Manager
Alex Onufrak
Head of Technology
Kevin Roach
Digital Content Production Manager
Alison Waldman
Partnership and Sponsorship Lead
xFoundry
xfoundry.org ›Program Organizational Chart
