Enitiative Leadership

Bruce Kingma, associate provost for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, leads the Enitiative program.

Enitiative receives support and strategic leadership from several key groups:

• The Office of Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor
• The Office of Syracuse University Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric Spina
• A National Advisory Board consisting of prominent entrepreneurs and educators
• An Executive Council made up of chief executives from Syracuse University’s six academic institutions and key community partners
• The Management Council is comprised of representatives from each academic and community partner. The Council is responsible for the implementation of Enitiative’s mission and goals.
• eProfessors and ePractitioners have been selected from across partner campuses and the community to play significant leadership roles in teaching, research, and service.

Stacey Keefe is executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Experiential Learning (ExCEL). She earned a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. She can be reached via e-mail (excel@syr.edu) or phone (315-443-7086).

Enitiative Executive Council
Nancy Cantor, Chancellor & President, Syracuse University
Ray Cross, President, Morrisville State College
Kathy Goldfarb-Findling, Executive Director, Gifford Foundation
Arthur Hamlin, Director of Economic Development Upstate New York, National Grid
Darlene Kerr, President, Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Kingma, Associate Provost for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Syracuse University
Daniel Larson, President, Cayuga Community College
Anne Messenger, President, Messenger Associates, Inc.
Neil Murphy, President, SUNY ESF
Margaret O'Connell, Allyn Foundation
Peggy Ogden, President & CEO, Central New York Community Foundation
John Smarrelli, Interim President, Le Moyne College
Eric Spina, Professor, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, Syracuse University
Debbie Sydow, President, Onondaga Community College
Sara Wason, Executive Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Syracuse University

Enitiative Management Council
Bruce Kingma, Associate Provost of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Syracuse University (Chair)
Nasir Ali, Vice President of New Venture Development, Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Salwa Ammar, Dean of Management, Le Moyne College
George Burman, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises, Syracuse University
Peter Dunn, President-Elect, CNY Community Foundation
Kathy Goldfarb-Findling, Executive Director, Gifford Foundation
Linda Clark, Senior Economic Development Rep., National Grid
Dawn Kindel, Associate Vice President of Academic Services, Onondaga Community College
Anne Messenger, President, Messenger Associates, Inc.
Peggy Ogden, President & CEO, Central New York Community Foundation
Tom Paczkowski, Professor of Business, Cayuga Community College
Dave Rogers, Dean, Business School, Morrisville State College
Chuck Spuches, Associate Dean, Outreach, Instructional Quality & Technology and Director, ESF in High School (SUNY ESF)
Sara Wason, Executive Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, Syracuse University

National Advisory Board
Christine Casey, Director of Education, By Kids For Kids; Former Superintendent of Schools, Stamford, CT
Richard Cherwitz, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Rhetoric & Composition. Founder of the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program (IE) University of Texas at Austin
John Cimino, Jr., Director Creative Leaps International, Pres. & CEO, Associated Solo Artists, Inc.
Guy Cosentino, Executive Director, Stardust Foundation of Auburn; Former Mayor of Auburn, NY
Kenyon Craig, President, Housing Visions
Leigh Estabrook, Dean Emerita & Professor Emerita, Director of Library Research Center, University of Illinois
Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chairman, US Green Building Council
Marsha Firestone, President & Founder, Women Presidents’ Organization
Norman Goldstein, CEO, By Kids For Kids
William Johnson, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Rochester Institute of Technology; Former Mayor of Rochester, NY
Philip Kaplan, Co-Founder, AdBrite
Don Kelly, Principal, Intellectual Asset Management Associates LLC; Former Director of Independent Inventor Programs for the US Patent & Trademark Office
Larry Kramer, Advisor, CNS Interactive; Senior Advisor, Polaris (Boston)
Ed London, Partner, Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, LLP
Anthony Longo, Jr., Owner, condodomain.com
L. Hunter Lovins, President & Founder, Natural Capitalism, Inc.
Michael Madden, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, BlackEagle Partners, LLC
Paul Magelli, Advisor, Kauffman Foundation, Director of OSBI Consulting, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Eric Marks, Founder, President & CEO, AgilePath Corporation
Eric Mower, Chairman & CEO, Eric Mower & Associates
Eric Rothfeld, Chairman, REI Capital

Enitiative Organizational Chart (pdf)