Carnegie Mellon University

Swartz Center Staff

Meredith Meyer GrelliMeredith Meyer Grelli

Managing Director & Interim Exec Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship; Assistant Dean of Entrepreneurship Initiatives, School of Computer Science; Director, Project Olympus; Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business

mmgrelli@andrew.cmu.edu

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Namrata Banerjee

Namrata Banerjee

Director, VentureBridge
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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Steven Guo

Steven Guo

Program Manager
stevengu@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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Hallie Johnson

Hallie Johnson

Academic Program Manager
hkjohnso@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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Craig Markovitz

Craig S. Markovitz

Entrepreneur-in-Residence; Assistant Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship
cmarkovi@andrew.cmu.edu

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Sean Mawhinney

Sean Mawhinney

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

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Aleksandar Petkov

Program Manager
apetkov@andrew.cmu.edu

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Melanie Simko

Melanie Simko

Senior Program Manager
msimko@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 Carnegie Mellon University
dmawhin@andrew.cmu.edu

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