TLA Staff
Bruce
Burgess
Director, Venture Development
Aileen
Dingus
Marketing and Events Coordinator, NSF I-Corps Site Program Manager
Sabrina Duarte
Administrative Associate
Rakhi
Gibbons
Director, Licensing
Doug
Hockstad
Assistant Vice President
Elena
Fielder
Administrative Assistant
Mitch
Graffeo
Senior Licensing Manager, College of Medicine – Tucson
Lewis
Humphreys
Senior Software & IT Licensing Manager, Eller College Embed
Katie
Kuhns
Licensing Manager, Health Sciences
Jace
Langen
Market Research Manager
Jianling
Liu
Senior Data and Compliance Analyst
Sarah
Moore
Program Coordinator, Intellectual Property Docket Clerk
Tod
McCauley
Senior Licensing Manager, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Manisha
Narasimhan
Mentor-in-Residence
Peter
Nestler
Mentor-in-Residence
Ellen
Ogley
Administrative Associate
Linda
Portillo
Executive Assistant
Grace
Ratje
Manager, Finance & Administration
Shane
Reiser
Manager, Venture Development – Physical Sciences
Laura
Silva
Senior Licensing Manager, College of Science
Anne
Spieth
Marketing Associate
Paul
Tumarkin
Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications
Steven
Wood
Mentor-in-Residence
TLA Advisory Board
Mara
Aspinall
Managing Director
BlueStone Venture Partners
Harry
George
Managing General Partner
Solstice Capital Partnership
Robert
Griffin
Managing Partner
DVI Equity Partners
Larry
Hecker
Attorney
Hecker PLLC
Jeff
Johnson
Vice President
Innovation and Digital Business, Banner Health
Kirsten
Leute
Senior Vice President of University Relations
Osage University Partners
Andy
Lombard
Executive Vice President, Business Development
Arizona Commerce Authority
Joann
MacMaster
Chief Executive Officer
Desert Angels
Fletcher
McKusker
CEO
UAVenture Capital
John-Paul
Roczniak
President & Chief Executive Officer
University of Arizona Foundation
David
Smallhouse
Managing Director
Miramar Ventures
Commercialization Partners
Mark
Baker
Renee
Barber
Aaron
Call
Seton
Claggett
Joseph
Cooper
Allen
Freed
Doug
Goodman
Charlene
Grabowski
Callie
Groth
Dan
Gumpright
Donna
Hover-Ojeda
Jeff
Koenig
Sara
Kwan
Philip
Lacovara
Nicholas
Lim
Peter
Mantas
Patrick
Markus
Kevin
McLaughlin
Aric
Mears
Dennis
Merens
James
Millerd
Gullermo
Morales
Liz
Pocock
Alexander
Schauss
Mike
Sember
Eric
Smith
Don
Orton
Steve
Runnels
Vince
Sumpter
Bill
Verduin
Mike
Voevodsky
Kenneth
Wertman
John
Zipp
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