Awards
Pradyumna Rao completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering, minors in computer science and physics, and a research focus in fusion energy systems.
Tim Stelzer is a technology and operations executive, leading growth-stage companies to scale with purpose and precision in the energy transition. Recognized for building enduring enterprise value, Stelzer brings over 25 years of global operations and technical leadership experience spanning R&D, product, data analytics, manufacturing and technical sales across the energy and technology sectors.
Heath Briggs, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Patents and Innovation Strategies Group, is a chemical engineer, a registered patent attorney and has more than 19 years of patent prosecution experience and 10 years of AIA trial experience.
Chip Bollendonk graduated from CU Â鶹ӰԺ in 2017 with his BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering and a minor in leadership. He works at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU Â鶹ӰԺ, where he designs and builds spaceflight instruments to enable cutting-edge space, earth and climate science.
Adrianne Lewallen is a systems engineer lead at Lockheed Martin, where she oversees the architecture, integration and verification of advanced aerospace and defense systems. She earned her master’s degree in engineering management and MBA from the University of Colorado Â鶹ӰԺ.
Deanna Campos-Miller is a graduate of the Â鶹ӰԺ, where she received degrees in both journalism and Spanish.
Adam J. Griff has a PhD in computer science and an unofficial MFA in dance from CU Â鶹ӰԺ. Griff has worked on his own startups; other people's micro startups; building teams and being the glue; an approximately 100-person startup; and even a large startup (aka Uber).
Kevin Martin is the founder & CTO of unspun, a certified B Corp transforming apparel manufacturing through automated and localized production. Martin graduated from the Â鶹ӰԺ in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering.
Kevin Seibert is a technical VP with Eli Lilly and Co. and holds a BS in chemical engineering from the Â鶹ӰԺ, as well as MS and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. He has over 30 years’ experience working in small and medium molecule syntheses for both Merck and Eli Lilly. Seibert has been responsible for the process development and optimization of many early and late-phase products and led the technology transfer, validation and launch of several marketed compounds.
Avery is president emerita of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, having served in the leadership role there from 2008 to 2015.ÌýPrior to that she was on the faculty of the Â鶹ӰԺ from 1982 to 2008, most recently holding the academic rank of professor of electrical and computer engineering.