BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1888@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20240423T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20240423T090000 DTSTAMP:20240401T160347Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/azbiopeers-in-state-incubators-exploring- local-resources SUMMARY:AZBioPEERS: In-State Incubators\, Exploring Local Resources - - 23 Apr 24 08:00 DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin us for an enlightening discussion on maximizing your p otential with in-state incubators\, featuring an esteemed panel from acros s the state of Arizona. Panelists include Anita Bell from the University o f Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI)\, Tom Schumann from the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI) and Russ Yelton from Yelton and Associate s. Discover how these incubators serve as fertile grounds for growth and i nnovation\, providing invaluable support\, mentorship\, and resources tail ored specifically to the needs of budding life science startups. Learn how strategically positioning your company within these incubators can facili tate access to crucial networks\, funding opportunities\, and specialized expertise.\nRegister Here\nTuesday\, April 23\, 2024\n\n8:00 am - 9:00 am (AZST) on Zoom\nAbout Our Panel:\nRuss Yelton\, President of Yelton and As sociates\n\nRuss Yelton served as Chairman of the AZBio Board of Directors from January 2015 to December 2017.  He has been an active board member since being elected in 2009 and currently serves on AZBio’s Executive Co mmittee.\n\nHe is currently president of Yelton and Associates.  The fir m provides economic development services as well as early stage business s olutions. Yelton and Associates has experience both domestically and inter nationally and has assisted thousands of entrepreneurs to raise funding an d bring their products to a variety of markets. The firm  also has a long history of assisting municipalities with the development of co-w0rk\, inc ubators and accelerators as well as loan funds\, student focused entrepren eurial programming as well as shared facilities.\n\nYelton was President a nd CEO of the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology    located in Flagstaff.  NACET is a business incubation program that a ssists companies with commercializing their technologies in both domestic and international markets.  NACET is supported by the City of Flagstaff a nd Northern Arizona University where it functions as the Technology Transf er Office for NAU.  Clients in NACET’s program received individual busi ness consulting\, access to mentors\, venture and angel capital and domest ic and international student research teams.\n\nPrior to coming to Arizona in 2009\, Yelton oversaw the creation of a business incubation program i n Asheville\, North Carolina in an abandoned 141\,000 sq feet former BASF manufacturing plant.  That program\, located at a community college\, inc luded a commercial food kitchen\, biotechnology space with wet\, dry and c ore laboratories\, light manufacturing and executive offices.\n\nAnita Bel l\, Director of University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI)\n\n\n\n Anita Bell has been involved with the University of Arizona and Tucson’s startup incubator network for over fifteen years with a focus on supporti ng entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into successful companies.  In her role at the University of Arizona Center for Innovation\, she executes on strategy\, manages daily operations\, directs client services\, develo ps and implements programs\, mentors companies\, and supports fundraising efforts.\n\nAnita is passionate about mentoring entrepreneurs and growing scalable startup and emerging technology companies that fuel the Arizona e conomy. During her professional career\, Anita has directly assisted over 100 early-stage startups in technology and life sciences. She is actively involved in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and organizes several signature events that benefit university\, community and international startups. Ani ta follows the motto “it takes a village to raise a company” and culti vates relationships with and within the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Her col laborative spirit has helped shape a regional network that benefits startu ps.\n\nAnita is a life-long learner with focus on incubation and commercia lization.  She holds the Entrepreneurship Center Management Certificate a nd the Rural Incubation Lite Certificate from the International National B usiness Incubation Association (InBIA). Anita is a graduate of the Greater Tucson Leadership program and received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration\, Management Emphasis from Northern Arizona University.\n\n Tom Schumann\, Executive Director of Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI)\n\n\n\nThomas is an experienced business counselor providing financ ial and technical assistance to small and medium-sized businesses across a variety of industries and stages of development. Tom uses his background in economics\, accounting and finance to help growing companies secure the financial resources required for growth through private investment and co mmercial and non-traditional lending.\n\nHis educational background includ es degrees in accounting and economics\, an MBA\, a doctoral candidate in Computer and Information Systems. He holds certifications as an SBA commer cial loan underwriter and an INBIA Certification in Business Incubation Ma nagement\, and he is a certified trainer in the Profit Mastery and Growth Wheel programs.\n\nAt the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI)\, Th omas leads a state-of-the-art\, award-winning business incubator that focu ses on the commercialization of bioscience and medical device technologies emerging from Arizona’s higher education community. CEI is expanding it s mission by launching LabForce\, state-wide workforce training initiative focused on developing the skills and talent required by the Arizona biosc ience industry.\n\nThomas came to CEI after a 25 year career in Michigan u niversities where he held a variety of leadership positions and spearheade d multiple state-wide outreach initiatives to support businesses and entre preneurs\, such as the Inventors Center of Michigan\, the Michigan Manufac turing Resource and Productivity Center and the Michigan Business Incubati on Association. Throughout his career\, Tom has been at the forefront of t echnology use in education. He was recognized by the Michigan legislature as “Michigan’s E-Learning Pioneer”. CATEGORIES:Education END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20230424T080000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR