President’s Advisory Board for Enterprise Creation, Entrepreneurship and Industry Engagement

The President’s Advisory Board for Enterprise Creation, Entrepreneurship and Industry Engagement was convened in Fall 2023 to assess ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ’s current enterprise creation, entrepreneurship and corporate engagement ecosystems as well as to make forward-looking recommendations that lay the groundwork for the future.

PAB Members

  • Theresa Mayer, co-chair; ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, Vice President For Research
  • Ronald Bianchini, co-chair; Microsoft Corporation, Distinguished Engineer; Member of the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Board of Trustees
  • Mary Jo Dively, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, Vice President and General Counsel; Secretary of the Corporation
  • Raj Rajkumar, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, George Westinghouse Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Rebecca Nugent, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, Head, Department of Statistics & Data Science and Fienberg Professor, Statistics & Data Sciences
  • Sanjiv Singh, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, Consulting Professor, Robotics Institute; Near Earth Autonomy, CEO & Co-Founder
  • Jeanne Cunicelli, UPMC-Enterprises, President; Member of the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Board of Trustees
  • Sam Reiman, Richard King Mellon Foundation, Director; Member of the ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ Board of Trustees
  • Stephen Moret, Strada Education Foundation, President & CEO
  • Luis Von Ahn, Duolingo, Founder & CEO
  • Meredith Grelli, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, Managing Director & Interim Executive 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; Founder, Wigle Whiskey and Threadbare Cider & Mead
  • Michael Donohue, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, Tech Investor and Startup Mentor, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship; WhatsApp, Co-founder
  • Chris Martin, BNY, Senior Director, Responsible AI
  • Parag Batavia, ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ, Adjunct Instructor, Robotics Institute; Neya Systems, Founder