Hub Leadership
Aaron Cervantes
Director of Strategic Partnerships
University of Texas at El Paso
Andrew Schwarz
Faculty Lead
Louisiana State University
Aprille Busch
Hub Executive Director
University of Texas at Austin
Blake Petty
Lead Instructor
Texas A&M
Cynthia Hipwell
Research Lead
Texas A&M
Elizabeth Hutt-Pollard
Co-PI
Oklahoma State University
Kaz Karwowski
Faculty Lead
Rice University
Ken Meissner
Co-PI
University of Texas at El Paso
Luis Cifuentes
Co-PI
New Mexico State University
Matt Kammer-Kerwick
Data and Evaluation Lead
University of Texas at Austin
Michael Webber
Faculty Lead
University of Texas at Austin
Peter Rodriguez
Co-PI
Rice University
Reuben Burch
Co-PI
Mississippi State University
Richard Gajan
Faculty Lead
Oklahoma State University
Robert H. Bishop
Co-PI
Texas A&M
Rod McSherry
Co-PI
University of Texas at San Antonio
Roger T. Bonnecaze
Principal Investigator
The University of Texas at Austin
Saurabh Biswas
Faculty Lead
Texas A&M
Teja Guda
Primary Investigator
University of Texas at San Antonio
Thomas Boland
Faculty Lead
University of Texas at El Paso
Wei Tang
Faculty Lead
New Mexico State University
Weston Waldo
Hub Assistant Director and Mentor Director
University of Texas at Austin
Key Personnel
Alyssa Panepinto
Communications Lead
Louisiana State University
Brad Burke
Associate Vice President for Industry and New Ventures and Executive Director, Rice Alliance
Rice University
Chris Corbine
Program Manager
New Mexico State University
Christine Burke
Director of Commercialization and Technology Transfer
University of Texas at San Antonio
Daniel Will
Associate Vice President, Cowboy Enterprises and Cowboy Technologies, LLC
Oklahoma State University
Garrison Walker
Program Coordinator, VentureCatalyst
Mississippi State University
Gianna Sanchez
Program Specialist
New Mexico State University
Jacob Clemmons
I-Corps Program Manager
Louisiana State University
Jason Boudreaux
Associate Director, LSU Innovation Park
Louisiana State University
Jessica Fleenor
Director of Acceleration Programs
Rice University
John Nickel
Assistant Director, Cowboy Enterprises and Cowboy Technologies, LLC
Oklahoma State University
John Walters
Director, Office of Technology Management
Mississippi State University
Julio Rincon
I-Corps Program Manager
University of Texas at El Paso
Kaitlyn Bloch
Commercialization Program Manager
University of Texas at San Antonio
Kerri Smith
Associate Managing Director, Rice Alliance, and Executive Director, Clean Energy Accelerator
Rice University
Kramer Winningham
Program Director, Arrowhead Center
New Mexico State University
Lenae Scroggins
I-Corps Program Manager
Texas A&M
Magdalini Lagoudas
Executive Director, Industry & Nonprofit Partnerships — College of Engineering
Texas A&M
Nicholas Pashos
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach
Mississippi State
Shanna Spencer
Director, McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship
Texas A&M
