Meet our Staff

Steven Asiala, Ph.D.

Faculty Engagement Associate

574.631.1974
sasiala@nd.edu

Ryan Biggs

Manager, De-Risking

574.631.7150
rbiggs3@nd.edu

Angela Coar

Executive Assistant

574.631.8157
acoar@nd.edu

Jessica Dennis

574.631.0097
jessica.dennis@nd.edu

Ray Fraser

Entrepreneur in Residence

860.985.8498
rfraser@nd.edu

Matthew Gardner

Principal, Pit Road Fund

801.971.9221
matthew.gardner@nd.edu

John Henry

Director, Student Startups

561.310.1579
jhenry5@nd.edu

Iseli Hernandez

Admissions Recruiter, ESTEEM

574.631.0169
ihernandez@nd.edu

Benjamin Hoggan

Director of De-Risking

574.631.7150
bhoggan@nd.edu

Melissa Jones

Program Assistant for Student Engagement, Competitions and Events

574.631.1339
mjones38@nd.edu

Tim Joyce

Director, Risk Assessment and Technology Validation

574.631.3029
tim.joyce@nd.edu

Mitchell Kokko

Fund Manager, Pit Road Fund

601.622.8005
mkokko@nd.edu

Ryan Kreager

Software Architect in Residence

rkreager@nd.edu

Lori Lancour

Director, Operations

574.631.1766
llancour@nd.edu

Matt Leevy

Director, IDEA Center Innovation Lab

574.229.8970
wleevy@nd.edu

Natalia Leonova

Administrator

nleonova@nd.edu

J.J. Marler

Business Manager

574.631.2735
jmarler@nd.edu

Tracey Mulherin

Operations & Administrative Coordinator

574.631.9579
tmulher1@nd.edu

David Murphy

Assistant Provost, Office of Innovation/IDEA Center, Executive Director for Student Entrepreneurship and the ESTEEM Graduate Program

574.631.5667
dmurph12@nd.edu

Patti Reinhardt

Director of Student Engagement, Competitions and Events

574.631.2499
preinhar@nd.edu

Kelley Rich

Executive Director of Commercialization

574.631.0515
krich2@nd.edu

Katherine Richards

Intellectual Property Manager

574.631.1711
krichar8@nd.edu

Bryan Ritchie

Vice President and Cathy and John Martin Associate Provost for Innovation

574.631.5154
britchie@nd.edu

Benjamin Sheyko

Technology Validation Manager

574.360.8251
bsheyko@nd.edu

Nick Swisher

Director, Marketing, Communications and Events

574.631.2984
nswisher@nd.edu

Kunigunda Szentes

New Venture Development & Invention Program Manager

574.631.8531
kszentes@nd.edu

James Thompson

Associate Vice President for Innovation

574.631.1041
jthomp22@nd.edu

Tony Van Avermaete

Manager, IDEA Center Innovation Lab

574.309.2422
avanaver@nd.edu

Jesse Vogel

Events Program Manager and Special Assistant to Dr. Bryan Ritchie, Vice President and Associate Provost for Innovation

574.631.9848
jvogel@nd.edu

Michelle Wheeler

Commercialization Program Manager

​574.631.4551
mwheele4@nd.edu

Michael Wicks

Senior Engineer and Designer

mwicks@nd.edu