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](/bpa/_images/deborah-cours.png)
Executive DirectorDean of BPA
Phone: (661) 654-2207Email: dcours@csub.eduOffice: BDC 126A![Dr. Sumita Sarma](/bpa/_images/sumita-sarma.jpg)
Faculty FellowAssistant Professor of Management & Marketing
Phone: (661) 654-2072Email: ssarma@csub.eduOffice: BDC 232A![Placeholder](/_resources/images/csub-shield-150x150.png)
CSUB Entrepreneurship Club AdvisorAssistant Professor of Management & Marketing
Phone: (661) 654-2245Email: aamayah@csub.eduOffice: BDC 133A![Dr. Jeremy Woods](/bpa/_images/jeremy-woods.jpg)
Faculty DirectorAssociate Professor of Management & Marketing
Phone: (661) 654-3961Email: jwoods7@csub.eduOffice: BDC 136ACEI Advisory Board Members
![NaTesha "T" Johnson](/bpa/_images/natesha-johnson.jpg)
Bakersfield College
![Kelly Bearden](/bpa/_images/kelly-bearden.jpg)
CSUB Small Business Development Center
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Air Force Research Laboratory
![Shannon LaBare](/bpa/_images/shannon-labare.jpg)
Purveyor Branding
![JP Lake](/bpa/_images/jp-lake.jpg)
B3K, Kern Venture Group, Seed Core Foundation
![Austin Llach](/bpa/_images/austin-llach.jpg)
Alpine Software Group (ASG)
![James M. Duncan](/bpa/_images/james-duncan.jpg)
Scanlon Duncan
![Jake Panero](/bpa/_images/jake-panero.jpg)
Skeet Varner Foundation & Varner Bros Inc.
Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Logo
![CEI logo](/bpa/_images/CEI-logo.jpg)