AUTM Foundation board members serve to strengthen and enhance AUTM’s mission to advance academic technology transfer by providing the capacity to secure resources for the Association and promote its goals. Our board members have industry expertise that positions them to identify individual, corporate and foundation leaders. They create the vital connections needed to support the Association’s efforts to advance academic technology transfer globally.
Laura A. Schoppe
Chair
Laura A. Schoppe is president of Fuentek, LLC, a consulting firm that provides intellectual property (IP) management and technology transfer services…Read More
Yatin Karpe
Secretary
Yatin S. Karpe, Ph.D. is Director of the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) at Rowan University, located at the South Jersey Technology Park in Mullica Hill…Read More
Katherine “Katie” Pollard
Treasurer
Katie Pollard serves as the AUTM Foundation Treasurer. She is the associate director of venture development at the University of Toledo.
George Chellapa
Board Member
George Chellapa joins from the AUTM Foundation Board with a plethora of experience in volunteer leadership as the co-chair of the Better World Project and as mentor.
Nichole Mercier
Board Member
Nichole Mercier is an Assistant Vice Chancellor for Washington University in St. Louis & the Managing Director of the Office of Technology Management…Read More