New Enterprise Forum

The core mission of New Enterprise Forum is to coach startups, help perfect their investor pitches and connect entrepreneurs with investors. Our hallmark offering is our showcase presentation pitch coaching, but we also have other tools and activities, including expert panel discussions, pitch pit competitions, business readiness assessments and pitch tune-ups. We are comprised of a team of all-volunteer business professionals with a passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed.

Board Member

MedHealth Innovation

MedHealth is a regional collaboration connecting, convening, and educating the medical innovation ecosystem in Southeast Michigan and Southwest Ontario to accelerate the adoption of technologies that improve quality of care and contribute to economic growth.

Steering Committee Member

Invest Detroit Ventures

Leads the support and tracking of the startups in the IDV investment portfolio. Works with entrepreneurs in the ecosystem, and in the IDV portfolio to identify resources and talent to help enable faster growth. Significantly engaged in the community, participating in start-up events and programs that assist early-stage high-tech companies.

Venture Community and Portfolio Manager

Community and Portfolio Manager

Inforum

Responsible for leading inGAGE™, Inforum’s strategy to position Michigan as the Midwest hub for high-growth women entrepreneurs. The approach delivers programs to increase the number of women angel investors in Michigan; provides women access to our network of investors and advisors, guides women through the process of commercializing technology and assists emerging second-stage companies in identifying and seizing new market opportunities, enabling them to scale. 

Since the 2012 launch of inGAGE™, 101 women have participated in Inforum's entrepreneurial programs; those women have incorporated 42 new companies, created 395 new jobs, and have been granted 36 patents.  Additionally, inGAGE™ supported women founders have raised over  $52.2M in new capital, and over $13M in government contracts.

Founded in 1962 in Detroit as the Women's Economic Club, Inforum is the only professional organization in Michigan – and one of a few in the country – focused on accelerating careers for women and boosting talent initiatives for companies by combining strategic connections, proven professional development programs, a respected forum for new ideas, and original research.

Inforum serves a broad range of professional women in different stages and types of careers – from emerging leaders, to high-potential executives, entrepreneurs, Veterans and for-profit corporate board leaders. Inforum also conducts and publishes research on women’s leadership influence in Michigan, including the Michigan Women’s Leadership Index.

Director inGAGE

inGAGE Program Manager

Director of Membership

Right Management

Regional Director of Marketing, Great Lakes Region

BeautyFirst

East Coast Regional Director, Corporate.
Director of Franchise Operations two different franchise owners in the Mid-west.

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