Just like New Orleans, our team is unique and our approach is different.

As the CEO of The Idea Village, I am deeply committed to serving this region’s entrepreneurs, innovators, startups, and growth-oriented companies, and I am passionate about writing the next chapter of this organization — an organization whose programs have helped form the fabric of our burgeoning entrepreneurial community. I consider myself a product of this ecosystem and am excited about the opportunity pay it forward for a new generation.

Over my career, I have worked in finance, investment, entrepreneurship, and education and been an advisor and mentor to both for profit and social ventures. I previously served as the first Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development at Loyola University New Orleans, the CFO of a food startup, and co-founder of the Changemaker Institute at Tulane University.

I currently serve as co-founder of the Lagniappe Angels, a local angel investment fund, and am a volunteer member of the Investment Committee of the New Orleans Startup Fund. I received my degree in Economics from Davidson College and MBA from Tulane University Freeman School of Business.

I am a New Orleans native and a graduate of Spring Hill College and American University. I started my development career at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights/The Leadership Conference Education in Washington, DC in 2010 and was a member of their development team for four years. After seven years in DC, it was time to come home. I had the opportunity to join The Idea Village’s NOEW 2015 seasonal staff and loved every minute of it. Supporting entrepreneurship was new to me, but I learned its importance in the growth of the city. In my current role, you’ll find me coordinating with partners and staff on everything from events to financial reconciliation.