Center For Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI)

Mission

To promote an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset across the CSUB community and to provide a structured and integrated entrepreneurship education platform to the region

Value Proposition

• Grow new startups and contribute to regional economic growth through a structured venture accelerator program
• Offer innovative interdisciplinary educational programs in the field of new venture creation
• Function as an innovation hub for the region by connecting various local entrepreneurial programs and institutions
• Open to all CSUB students, alumni, faculty, staff, as well as members of the Kern County community at large

Targeted Industries

• Petroleum and Renewable Energy
• Aerospace
• Remote Business Services
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Agricultural Technology

CEI Leadership Team

Dr. Deborah Cours

Executive DirectorDean of BPA

Phone: (661) 654-2207Email: dcours@csub.eduOffice: BDC 126A

Dr. Sumita Sarma

Faculty FellowAssistant Professor of Management & Marketing

Phone: (661) 654-2072Email: ssarma@csub.eduOffice: BDC 232A

Dr. Angela Titi Amayah Ntala

CSUB Entrepreneurship Club AdvisorAssistant Professor of Management & Marketing

Phone: (661) 654-2245Email: aamayah@csub.eduOffice: BDC 133A

Dr. Jeremy Woods

Faculty DirectorAssociate Professor of Management & Marketing

Phone: (661) 654-3961Email: jwoods7@csub.eduOffice: BDC 136A

CEI Advisory Board Members

NaTesha "T" Johnson

Bakersfield College

Kelly Bearden

CSUB Small Business Development Center

Richard Cohn

Air Force Research Laboratory

Shannon LaBare

Purveyor Branding

JP Lake

B3K, Kern Venture Group, Seed Core Foundation

Austin Llach

Alpine Software Group (ASG)

James M. Duncan

Scanlon Duncan

Jake Panero

Skeet Varner Foundation & Varner Bros Inc.

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