About

Graduate Entrepreneurs Association
The mission of the Graduate Entrepreneurs Association (GEA) is to enhance the MBA experience by providing unique opportunities that prepare, inform, and excite Leeds MBA students who have an interest in entrepreneurial endeavors. The GEA is a community where students share ideas, interact closely with successful entrepreneurs, and gain exposure to a stimulating environment that encourages innovative thinking and ambitious efforts.

Our overall objectives include:

• Serving as a vehicle for students to achieve a high level of ownership and involvement in the Leeds/Boulder entrepreneurial ecosystem throughout their MBA experience and beyond.
• Providing opportunities for students to connect with one another and build upon each other’s enthusiasm and desire to do something great.
• Energizing students and faculty, and thus facilitating the growth of entrepreneurial ventures from the academic foundation provided at the Leeds School of Business.
• Creating awareness about entrepreneurial practices and the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship among the entire MBA student body.

 

Our Leadership Team

 

President Elect: Connie Wang

E-mail: connie.wang-1@colorado.edu

 

Emphasis: Entrepreneurship & Marketing

Internship: Consulting Intern, Red Idea Partners | Boulder, CO

Education: BS, Finance and Marketing | University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
AAS, Fashion Merchandising | Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, NY

Employment History: Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Company |Buffalo, NY
b.little & Company | NY, NY

Biography: My time in the Leeds MBA program has been an eye opening.  I originally came to Leeds wanting to work for a large company doing product development, but found the entrepreneurial spirit in the Boulder community to be inspiring.  I hope to one day start my own business, but until then I am going live vicariously through great entrepreneurs I meet.

 

Vice President: Chris Menard

E-mail: chris.menard@colorado.edu

 

 

Emphasis: Entrepreneurship

Internship: TechStars, Summer Associate | Boulder, CO

Education: BS, Soil and Crop Sciences | Colorado State Fort Collins, CO

Biography: With a background in sales and marketing in the commercial printing industry I returned to the CU Leeds to study entrepreneurship and round out the skills I felt I would need to successfully start a business. I have learned allot in my first year and I am more confident in my ability to successfully start and manage a high growth start up.