Faculty: Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Dr. Glenn Fox is a faculty member at the University of Southern California's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, in the Marshall School of Business. His current projects focus on neural systems for emotion regulation, high stakes training, and developing entrepreneurial mindset skills in founders and business leaders.

Glenn received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from USC, where he focused on the neural correlates of gratitude, empathy, and neuroplasticity. Currently, Glenn is the Director and Founder of the USC Found Well Initiative which aims to understand and promote entrepreneurial mindset in founders and business leaders.

Elissa's research concerns social networks in new venturing – encompassing network development for startup resource acquisition and crowdfunding. Her work has been published in journals including Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Before joining USC, Elissa was on the faculties of Loyola Marymount University and Baruch College.

Jessica Jackley is an entrepreneur and investor best known as founder of Kiva, the first microfinance crowdfunding platform with over $2B in loans since 2005. She is currently a Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship at the Marshall School of Business at USC, and Founder and GP at Untapped Capital. Previously, Jessica was Founder/CEO at Alltruists, creating unique volunteer experiences that can be done anywhere. Other notable experience includes serving as Walt Disney Imagineering's inaugural Entrepreneur in Residence, Chief Impact Officer at Aspiration, Venture Partner at Collaborative Fund and Mustard Seed Maze, author of CLAY WATER BRICK(PenguinRandom House), and founder/CEO of Profounder (acquired by GOOD Inc. in2010), among others. Jessica was previously a Visiting Practitioner at Stanford’s Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society. Extensive board service includes Habitat for Humanity, Opportunity International, International Museum of Women, and more.

Geraldine Martin-Coppola is an experienced executive in the consumer space. She has scaled some of today’s leading digitally native brands, having been the COO of Tastemade, the President of GOOP, and the General Manager of Fabletics, where she grew the business from 0 to $250MM in revenue in three years.

Julien is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law (J.D., 1991) and the University of Southern California (B.A., 1988). Julien started his career in Los Angeles practicing complex commercial litigation at O’Melveny & Myers and then at Kaye Scholer.

David Belasco is an accomplished educator, entrepreneur, and attorney. At USC, he teaches “Taking the Leap – Entrepreneurial Mindset,” "Power, Players & Platforms in Global Sports," and “The Game is Life” with Pete Carroll and Dean Varun Soni. Professor Belasco has received four Golden Apple Teaching Awards, the Peer Achievement Award, and the USC Mentoring Award. He is active in USC Athletics through recruiting, mentoring, and supporting coaches.

Professor Belasco began his career as a lawyer at Latham & Watkins, then founded and sold companies in environmental services and manufacturing. Dave is a graduate of USC and earned his juris doctorate from the University of of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an editor of The Law Review.

Dr. Anthony Borquez is an expert at building and scaling creative tech businesses. He is the founder of Grab, a leader in augmented and virtual reality. He also founded Blue Label Games, an early leader in mobile game development, later acquired by Konami.

Garrett is a fourth-generation Trojan who began his career as a lawyer representing entrepreneurs. His first sales role was at Fastpoint Games, where he eventually ran all Sales & Business Development efforts until the company was acquired. He then helped launch & scale Bitium, an enterprise software company, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer until they were acquired by Google. Garrett joined Google and learned countless lessons about the inner workings of one of the most recognizable companies on the planet. He’s now an active startup investor and advisor, and a founder of Agency18, a firm that helps companies, build, scale, and inspire sales teams. He is also co-author of the HarperCollins book, The Unsold Mindset.

Kathleen Allen, PhD is Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship at the USC Marshall School of Business where she founded and led the USC Marshall Center for Technology Commercialization. She is the author of multiple books and journal articles in the fields of entrepreneurship and technology. In 2014, she was selected as Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Her personal entrepreneurial endeavors include co-founding five companies and serving as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at a major aerospace firm. She is on the board of directors of an S&P 500 company as well as several private companies.

Patrick Henry's expertise is in applying theories of social networking into career and business development efforts for professionals. He received Marshall's Golden Apple Award in 2006 and 2012. He also received the Ivan C. Thompson Award for Mentoring of Students.

Knapp is the Academic Director of the Master's of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and an Associate Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship in the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.

Gene Miller has consulted for a variety of organizations, including the Sound Advance Systems, Rockwell Science Center, Munger, Towles and Olsen, and Akin, Gump. He has served as a Member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara.

Jonathan Carson is a dynamic, engaging Bankruptcy expert bringing insight and enthusiasm to his commentary on current bankruptcy news and developments. Drawing on his experience as a corporate-restructuring professional and award-winning entrepreneur, he serves as Co-CEO of Stretto, the largest technology business serving the bankruptcy and insolvency industries. He is a professor at Michigan Law School, guest lecturer on both corporate restructuring as well as on entrepreneurship and leadership at universities and law schools around the country, and he frequently speaks with the media on topics relevant to his expertise.

Jonathan began his career as a corporate-restructuring attorney with Kirkland & Ellis and leveraged his legal expertise to launch Kurtzman Carson Consultants (KCC), a technology firm that redefined the administration of large Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He and his co-founder, Eric Kurtzman, successfully grew KCC to become the market leader in its space, and their entrepreneurial success earned them widespread recognition, including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Carson and Kurtzman sold KCC in 2009, and after a brief stint on the corporate sidelines, they re-emerged in 2017 to continue their shared vision resulting in the building of Stretto, a market-leading technology and services partner serving legal and financial markets.

Kavitta Ghai is the CEO & Co-Founder of Nectir, building AI-powered learning partners that personalize education at scale. She launched Nectir as an undergraduate student at UC Santa Barbara, raising $6M+ in VC funding to transform classrooms into dynamic, student-driven spaces. Today, Nectir’s purpose-built AI infrastructure is powering personalized learning at over 100 institutions nationwide. Featured in TechCrunch and Fast Company, Kavitta is a leading voice on the future of learning, speaking on how AI can modernize the teaching and learning experience while keeping accessibility and inclusion at the center of innovation.

Derek T. Kan was appointed to the Postal Service Board of Governors by President Joseph R. Biden and confirmed by the Senate on May 12, 2022. He is serving a term that expires December 8, 2028. Kan was elected by his fellow Governors to serve as vice chairman on November 14, 2024, and was reelected as vice chairman on November 14, 2025. He currently serves on the Audit and Finance Committee.

Kan currently serves as a Vice President at Shopify, after its acquisition of Deliverr, an e-commerce fulfillment company where he was chief business officer. Before this role, Kan held several high-level positions in the federal government, including deputy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Before his recent public service, Kan held various positions focused on emerging technologies, including general manager for Lyft. Earlier in his career, Kan was a policy advisor to the former Senate Majority Leader and was a Presidential Management Fellow at the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Kan currently serves on the board of directors of Toll Brothers, the nation’s largest luxury homebuilder. He previously served as a member of the board of directors of Amtrak from January 2016 through May 2019. He also served as a board observer for Rand Logistics.

Kan earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern California in just three years, followed by a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, and a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Marina is a culture strategist and trusted advisor to visionary leaders, helping startups, philanthropists, and social impact organizations build high-trust, high-performance teams.

A life history interview specialist, Marina works with Ashoka, the world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs and a global leader in social innovation, to identify world-changing changemakers. Through in-depth interviews, she uncovers key influences that shaped their entrepreneurial life path. 

She currently serves as a Culture Strategist for Adyton, a venture-backed startup led by military veterans that develops software solutions for the DoD. In this role, she works to cultivate a high-performance team culture aligned with the company’s mission of serving those who serve.

Marina serves on the Strategic Advisory Board of NYU Stern’s Initiative on Purpose & Flourishing, guiding efforts to integrate purpose-driven leadership into workplaces. She is a Board Member at CoGenerate, where she champions cross-generational collaboration to tackle society’s most pressing challenges. She also contributes to the Paradigm Project Working Group, helping reimagine higher education as a more holistic and inclusive space.

Her career began as a student leader at Stanford, and she then co-founded and scaled Ashoka U for over a decade, building a global network of hundreds of universities committed to social impact. Recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree for Social Entrepreneurship, Marina was awarded the Tom Ford Fellowship in Philanthropy from Stanford University and named an Honorary Fellow of the University of Northampton. She holds a BA in International Relations from Stanford University.