The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program at Clark University is student-venture focused. To learn more, call or send us an email. We would love to hear from you.
Director of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program
508-421-3730
Teresa is passionate about providing resources through relevant events, activities, and curriculum for students to obtain their goals in entrepreneurship. She is highly skilled in student-centered program development being several student-run initiatives to Clark’s campus. She loves to work collaboratively with alumni, as well as local Worcester community members, to provide Clarkies with exceptional mentoring, enhanced student venture funding, and experiential learning for students interested in entrepreneurship. Teresa’s work developing innovative and engaging programs for student small business owners and entrepreneurs at Clark University earned the E&I Program the 2020 Innovations that Inspire award from AACSB and the 2021 Outstanding Student Leadership and Engagement from GCEC. Teresa is a champion of entrepreneurship and small business ownership as an equalizing force for all, but most importantly women, the LGBTQAI+ community, POC, and other marginalized citizens.
Before coming to Clark, Teresa was Assistant Director of the Kelley Center for Entrepreneurship and assistant professor at Dakota Wesleyan University, and program manager and athletic director at the Leona Group.
Teresa is a partner in 4Quinns Farm a solar farm startup.
She is a proud graduate of California State University, Dominguez Hills, with a BS in Entrepreneurship, Northcentral University with an MEd in Education Management, and an MS in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Grand Canyon University.
Other Staff
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Natalie Hoang ’25 | Marketing Director |
| Henry Reyes ’23 ’24 | Assistant E&I Program Manager |
| Emily Levesque ’26 | Website Designer |
| Kyan Lahiri-Clements ’27 | Website Developer |
| Yu Kosaka ’26 | Budget Manager |
| TBA | Brand Manager |
| Emalee Bunker ’26 | Clark Collective Coordinator |
| Amelia Clark ’26 | Assistant Clark Collective Coordinator |
| Danny Fredette ’26 | Photographer |
| TBA | Podcast Host and Audio Tech |
| Rachel Smith ’25 | Thrift Store Content Creator |
| April Chronowski ’26 | Thrift Store Team Member |
| Yvanna Torres ’25 | E&I Program Promotions |
| Yu Kosaka ’26 | Budget Manager |
| Esther Lasser ’27 | Thrift Store Manager |
| Sasha Cohen ’25 | Thrift Store Operations Manager |
| Gracie Paulson ’25 | Thrift Store Team Member |
| Diana Reyes ’25 | Thrift Store Team Member |
| Emelie Spence ’25 | Thrift Store Team Member |
| Weslee Tyler ’27 | Thrift Store Team Member |
| Emelie Spence ’25 | Thrift Store Team Member |
| Name | Class |
|---|---|
| Miles Caponi ’27 | ENT105-1 Creative Entrepreneurship |
| Benicio Root ’27 | ENT105-2 Creative Entrepreneurship |
| Heiner Sanchez ’27 | ENT203 Art of the Pitch |
| Ann Dinac ’27 | ENT216 Entrepreneur and Small Business Finance |
| Liz Hernandez ’26 | ENT264 Community-based Entrepreneurship |
| Zach Sinclair ’27 | ENT296 Marketing Pitch |