Meet Our Team

Team Leadership

Samuel Kim

Interim Chief Innovation Officer & Managing Director, New Ventures

Janie Hurley

Senior Director, Licensing

Megan Brown

Director, Operations

Technology Management & Licensing

Stewart Davis

Assistant Director, Licensing

Robert Brummett

Senior Licensing Manager

Ankur Dayal

Senior Licensing Manager

Brandon Hudder

Licensing Manager

Sheikh Ismail

Senior Licensing Manager

Robert McMinn

Licensing Associate

Jean Njoroge

Senior Licensing Manager

Shyamala Rajagopalan

Senior Licensing Manager

Craig Carothers

Director of Strategic Projects

Market Intelligence

David Sandhop

Market Intelligence Manager

Daniel Odenweller

Market Intelligence Coordinator

New Ventures

LauraLee Hughes

Director, New Ventures

Stasha Kraguljac

Program Manager

Chris Scotti

Director of Strategic Partnerships

Operations

Crystal Carter

Program Specialist IV, Outreach

Brenda Jones

Data & Reporting Specialist

Debbie Lander

Financial Accountant

Amy Nesmith

Administrative Associate IV

Francisca Patcha

Reporting Coordinator

Ginger Pierce

Financial Accountant

Myra Prosper

IP Operations Specialist

Ashlynn Rutherford

Program Coordinator

Ashley Skow

Project Manager

Cody Walston

Program Specialist III

Keri Williams

Project Coordinator II

Legal

Rob Brown

Intellectual Property Attorney

Mark Kelley

Intellectual Property Attorney

Michael Rodriguez

Intellectual Property Attorney

Graduate and Student Assistants

Katherine Alexander

Graduate Assistant, Market Intelligence

Hatch Cunningham

Student Assistant, Market Intelligence

Logan Garic

Student Assistant, Data

Manolo Garcia-Moreno

Graduate Assistant, Market Intelligence

Nathan Mungai

Student Assistant, Media

Michael Sowell

Graduate Assistant, Market Intelligence

Elanah Sriram

Student Assistant, Financial