About · CEL

Who We Are

Meet the faculty and staff behind the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership — dedicated professionals who share their expertise and passion to inspire, guide, and empower the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs.

Our Mission

We encourage all UCF students to become entrepreneurial leaders who solve problems and simply make things better.

Faculty

Cameron Ford

Associate Professor, Management;
Founding Director, Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership,
Executive Director, UCF Blackstone LaunchPad

Faculty

Cassi Willard

Instructor, Management; Program Director, Blackstone LaunchPad at UCF

Faculty

Jun-Yeob Kim

Assistant Professor, Management

Faculty

Aaron McKenny

Assistant Professor, Management

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Faculty

Dane Blevins

Associate Professor, Management

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Faculty

Richard Maltsbarger

Executive in Residence, School of Technology Leadership & Innovation

Faculty

Luis E. Garcia

Adjunct Professor

Staff

Mckenzie King

Peer Coach

Staff

Giuseppe Riccobono

Peer Coach

Staff

Akshay Ramjisingh

Peer Coach

Staff

Andrew Jamen

Peer Coach

Staff

Mia Figueroa-Castro

Student Ambassador

Staff

Anna Reed

Student Ambassador

Staff

Leslie Perez

Lead Front Desk Staff

Staff

Maria Carrillo

BASTA Internships Ambassador

Staff

Sophia Perez

Student Ambassador

Staff

Jadia Erskine

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