CBE Advisory Group

The Center for Black Entrepreneurship was developed under the direction and guidance of an Advisory group composed of the following individuals:

David Clunie, BEA Executive Director	Richelieu Dennis, BEA Board Member; Founder of Sundial Brands, New Voices Fund for Women of Color, and Executive Chairman of Essence Ventures
Tony Coles, M.D., BEA Co-Chair; CEO of Cerevel Therapeutics	Paul Judge, Ph.D., Tech Entrepreneur & Investor; Co-Founder & Executive Chair of Pindrop Security
Charles Philips, BEA Co-Chair; Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Recognize; Former CEO of Infor	Chris Lyons, BEA Advisory Board Member; Managing Partner of a16z’s Cultural Leadership Fund and Global Advisor to Verizon Media
Helene D. Gayle, M.D., MPH, President of Spelman College	Kneeland Youngblood, BEA Advisory Board Member; Founding Partner and Chairman of Pharos Capital Group
David Thomas, Ph.D., President of Morehouse College	Tia Breakley, BEA Board Member; Managing Director at Blackstone

CBE Faculty and Staff

Grant Warner, Ph.D., Inaugural Director, Center for Black Entrepreneurship
Marionette Holmes - Chair, Ph.D., economics department and associate
professor for economics
Jerry Volcy, Ph.D., Co-director, Spelman Innovation Lab
Jaycee Holmes, Co-director, Spelman Innovation Lab
Eric Thompson, Assistant director and Spelman Innovation Lab manager
Sonya Rush, Director, Spelpreneur