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Our Team

Co-Interim Executive Director

Emily Wilcox

Senior Assistant Dean, External Relations
Leavey School of Business

Co-Interiim Executive Director

Chris Norris

Executive Director,
Ciocca Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Executive Director,
Sustainable Business Institute

Retired Dec. 2025—Executive Director, My Own Business Institute (MOBI) and Professor, Information Systems & Analytics, Leavey School of Business, My Own Business Institute

Drew Starbird, PhD

Senior Director, Institute Relations and Program Development, My Own Business Institute

Trish Kalbas-Schmidt, M.S.

Director, Operations and Communications, My Own Business Institute

Jill Martin, MBA

Operations and Communications Manager, My Own Business Institute

Annasofia Zuleta, M.Ed.

MOBI Operations & Communications Interns


Paulina Ordoñez, '26

Psychology and Public Health Science Double Major, College of Arts & Sciences

Jeffrey Leon, '28

Management Information Systems Major, International Business Minor, Leavey School of Business