Drew Ellis
Drew would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, Growth Stage, and Executive Level Founders. I am a double UTK grad: my first degree is in mechanical engineering and my second is a law degree. After graduating from engineering school, I worked in a variety of engineering roles with the bulk being in mechanical design engineering. From there, […]
Tricia Bateman
Tricia would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage and Growth Stage Businesses. For more than two decades, I’ve helped companies solve problems through design. I’ve designed countless projects for a range of B2B companies from Fortune 500s to midsized companies with the occasional passion project for smaller nonprofits. This work ranges from developing single designs to whole design […]
Keith Hickey
Keith would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, and Growth Stage Businesses. Before joining Three Roots Capital as Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, he served as Director of Lending and Banking Relationships at Pathway Lending since 2018. Keith has been in the finance and banking industry for over 30 years and his passion and purpose has […]
Chris Trump
Chris would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. Chris Trump, a graduate from the University of Tennessee College of Law, specializes in providing outside general counsel services to businesses of all sizes throughout East Tennessee. An active participant in the area’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, Chris is particularly passionate about representing start-ups […]
Breanna Hale
Breanna would love to meet with Novices and Early Stage Business Owners. Breanna Hale is the Executive Director for the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and has spent a decade in running entrepreneurial centers for major academic institutions including University of California, Irvine, and Utah Valley University. She brings vast experience in developing entrepreneurship programming, building a […]
Jasmine Newton
Jasmine would love to meet with Novices and Early Stage Business Owners. Jasmine Newton is a portrait photographer, speaker, mentor, and community leader. Born and raised in Chicago, IL, Jasmine always had a passion for photography, but initially pursued a career in customer service doing various roles. However, in June 2015, she decided to follow her true passion […]
Corey Tyree
Corey would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, Growth Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. Corey Tyree is the founder and CEO of Trillium Renewable Chemicals, where he leads fundraising, hiring, and strategy. Trillium is building a chemical plant in Texas to produce chemicals that will decarbonize toys, aerospace parts, automotive parts, sporting goods, renewable energy, and […]
Marcus Blair
Marcus would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage Businesses, and Executive Level Founders. Marcus Blair is the founder of Omega Business Solutions. Omega works with organizations to help them choose and implement the right technology to meet their goals. He started his career as a 3rd shift production line associate and worked his way up to executive […]
Cliff Caudill
Cliff would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, and Growth Stage businesses. In my 39 year career with John Deere I lead Product Planning for John Deere’s global forestry harvesting equipment business, including the acquisition of its primary competitor based in Finland. John Deere continues to lead this global market. Since retiring in 2016 I joined SCORE, an […]
Halee Sprinkle
Halee would love to meet with Novices, Early Stage, and Growth Stage businesses. Halee Sprinkle is the owner and Marketing Alchemist at Czech Yourself Marketing. With over 15 years of experience in corporate and agency marketing, she now specializes in social media marketing, creative ideation, and content planning. Her career has been a blend of creativity and strategy, bringing […]
