Entrepreneurs Serving Entrepreneurs

We know what it’s like to start and scale a business.

We are a team of local Entrepreneurial Ecosystem-Builders (known as Venture Catalysts)

We take a system-level view of the entrepreneurship and innovation assets in a community and region, connect entrepreneurs and innovators to key resources, and work with partners to fill gaps where necessary in order to help elevate the entire ecosystem and enable a culture of possibilities.

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Our Board of Directors

  • Juan Barraza

    Board President, Executive Committee, Finance Committee

    Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, VertueLab

    Founder of Pitch Latino and Latino Founders Accelerator

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  • Katrina Hull

    Vice President, Executive Committee

    Retired CTE Engineering Teacher

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  • Artees Vannett

    Treasurer, Sustainability/Fundraising Committee

    Director of Operations – Grey Snow Management Solutions an Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Economic Development Corporation

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  • Robert Gable

    Secretary, Executive Committee, Systems Committee

    Manager of Workforce Development, EmpRes Healthcare Management

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  • Ranjit Ghoshal

    Board Member, Stakeholder Appreciation Committee, Sustainability Committee

    Founder of MillionSteps.com, Fellow of the School of Social Entrepreneurs, Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture & Commerce

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  • Nola Osinubi, PhD

    Stakeholder Appreciation Committee

    Consumer Insights Manager, Pilotly

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