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DEI Initiatives in Tech Commercialization and Entrepreneurship at Academic Institutions

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Please join us for a webinar on DEI initiatives for academics and tech transfer managers focused on entrepreneurship and commercialization. You will hear from five leaders in the field discussing programs and initiatives directed at promoting inclusion and dissolving the disparities for underrepresented populations in academic innovation. We’re excited to have you hear from:
• Megan Aanstoos, Licensing and New Ventures Manager at Kentucky Commercialization Ventures, a founder of GEDITT (Global Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Technology Transfer) and the former Chair of the AUTM EDI Committee
• Latane Brackett, Principal Manager for the GEM I4 program, a cooperative partnership with the NSF to develop a national diversity and inclusion infrastructure for the Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) Program
• Anne-Marie Maman, Executive Director of the Princeton Entrepreneurship Council and one of the organizers of Empower, a conference to broaden opportunities for academic entrepreneurs from different historically underrepresented groups
• Nichole Mercier, Assistant Vice Chancellor & Managing Director for Technology Transfer at Washington University in St. Louis, founder of Equalize and whose office recently hired its first Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Program Manager focused on technology commercialization
• Maria Rahmany, Senior Business Development Officer at Columbia Technology Ventures and leader of DICE (Diversity & Inclusion in Commercialization & Entrepreneurship), a program for education, mentorship and access for graduate students and post docs that identify as being from underrepresented groups in early stage commercialization

You can submit questions below and we will also have a Q&A session during the webinar.

This webinar is open to all of OUP’s academic institution partners.

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May 10, 2022 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: May 10, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: DEI Initiatives in Tech Commercialization and Entrepreneurship at Academic Institutions Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6eVMoe6iSd--MsebSDdBQA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Megan Aanstoos (Licensing and New Venture Manager @Kentucky Commercialization Ventures (KVC)) Megan is responsible for outreach and education on matters related to commercialization, along with assessing, managing, and licensing intellectual property developed at KCV partner institutions. Megan is also actively involved in launching start-up companies and fostering collaborations between partner institutions and third-party collaborators. Megan is a strong advocate for equity, accessibility, and bringing awareness of different needs to light, so people can form closer, stronger connections and improve communication and social engagement. She currently serves as Co-Programming chair for the AUTM Central Region Meeting and Past-Chair for AUTM's EDI Committee, to help enhance EDI education within the technology transfer community. Megan also serves as one of the six co-founders for GEDITT – an organization dedicated to Global Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Technology Transfer. Latane Brackett (Principal Manager of Innovation Programs @The National GEM Consortium) Latane partners with the National Innovation Network to create pathways for graduate research Fellows to pursue entrepreneurial pathways. He served as a highly accomplished Supply Chain/Manufacturing Operations Executive developing future leaders, creating performance cultures, and driving sustainable productivity. He has 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and food manufacturing industries working as a corporate engineer, plant manager, director of operations, and vice president of supply chain and operations. Latane also served as Executive Director of Student Affairs at Tennessee State University. Latane Brackett earned his Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering at Norfolk State University where he was a DNIMAS Scholar. He earned his Masters of Business Administration at Texas A&M Commerce. Latane believes you change the world by building relational equity and intentionally collaborating with others. Anne-Marie Maman (Executive Director of the Princeton Entrepreneur Council (PEC) @Princeton University) As Executive Director of the PEC, Anne-Marie has been responsible for driving changes to Princeton’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, developing programs designed to meet the needs of faculty, grad students, and alumni entrepreneurs. She started her career focusing on early customer discovery and product/market fit for cutting edge technologies within large healthcare companies (Johnson&Johnson as they launched the world’s first intravascular stents, US Surgical (now Tyco) as they developed and launched the first beating heart surgery system, Genzyme (now Sanofi) as they developed a minimally invasive heart valve system and a minimally invasive heart blood pump system). Her passion for creating and introducing new medical inventions that improve patient care brought her into startups, as the first employee at Axya Medical, developing automated suturing for both open and minimally invasive surgeries. She then founded three medical technology companies: LumenVu, PhOx Diagnostics, and Oxygense. Nichole Mercier (Assistant Vice Chancellor & Managing Director @Washington University in St. Louis) Dr. Mercier sets the strategy for technology transfer at WashU and oversees all operations relating to the licensing and protection of intellectual property assets. In addition to her licensing background, she is committed to ensuring that women and minorities engage in technology transfer and entrepreneurship. She established the Women in Innovation and Technology (WIT) Program at WashU and a national program called Equalize where academic women are matched one-to-one with mentors prior to pitch day. Before joining WashU, she worked as a licensing associate for Boston Children’s Hospital’s Intellectual Property Office and received her PhD in Cell Biology from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Mercier serves on several not-for-profit boards including Academic Venture Exchange, Midwest Research University Network, and the Balsa Group. She also volunteers for AUTM, the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition in St. Louis and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri. Mária B. Rahmany, PhD, MBA (Associate Director for Business Development and Portfolio Management @Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV)) In her current role, Maria works with the technology licensing team to strategize, market and commercialize innovations from Columbia Investigators across research sectors, manages Columbia’s strategic partnerships with Industry as well as guides development of new accelerator programs under Columbia’s Lab to Market Umbrella. Additionally, Maria leads the Columbia Diversity & Inclusion in Commercialization & Entrepreneurship program, which launched in 2021 and aims to support graduate students and faculty researchers who identify as being from traditionally underrepresented groups in early-stage technology commercialization. Maria is also Adjunct Faculty with the Department of Biomedical Engineering in which she teaches the lab-to-Market Life Science Accelerator course which provides specialized frameworks in life science development to faculty led teams and graduate students with an interest in commercialization.

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