People

Farrell Center's faculty members

Staff

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Mary Beth Aber

Mary Beth joined the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship in February 2021 as the Center’s Administrative Support Coordinator.

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Mandy Laub

Mandy Laub is an Administrative Assistant at the Smeal College of Business Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In that role, she supports the activities of the Farrell Center, the Garber Venture Capital Fund and the Proof of Relevance Program.

 

Center Directors

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Dr. Shawn M. Clark

Dr. Shawn Clark is the Michael J. Farrell Endowed Professor for Entrepreneurship, and Director of the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Pennsylvania State University.

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Dr. Jeanette Miller

Dr. Jeanette Miller is an Associate Clinical Professor of Management and Organization at the Smeal College of Business, and Associate Director of the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Pennsylvania State University.

 

Affiliated Faculty

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Dr. Forest Briscoe

Forest Briscoe is an associate professor of Management and Organization, and a Frank & Mary Jean Smeal Research Fellow, in Smeal College of Business.

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Stephen Carpenter

Stephen Carpenter is the Program Administrator for the Garber Venture Capital Fund and an Adjunct Instructor with the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Dr. Jamey Darnell

Dr. Jamey Darnell is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Management and Organization at the Smeal College of Business, and a member of the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, at The Pennsylvania State University.

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Neil Fogarty

Neil Fogarty is an Instructor of Entrepreneurship in the Management & Organization Department of the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University.

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Dr. Raghu Garud

Dr. Raghu Garud is Professor of Management and Organization and the Farrell Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, at the Smeal College of Business, and a member of the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, at The Pennsylvania State University.

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David Lenze

David Lenze is the Director of the APEX Program at Penn State and a member of the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Pennsylvania State University.

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Travis Lesser

Travis Lesser is an Adjunct Instructor with the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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Brad Leve

Brad Leve is an Instructor of Entrepreneurship in the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University.

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Dr. Charlene Zietsma

Charlene Zietsma is Associate Professor, and John & Becky Surma Dean's Research Fellow, Management and Organization at the Smeal College of Business, and a member of the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Pennsylvania State University.