National Entrepreneur Advisory Council

Consortium members recognize the importance of involving our successful entrepreneurs in all aspects of developing entrepreneurship education programs. They are the source of advice on what to do, and what not to do. Their stories of failures are just as important as those of success as a way to teach future entrepreneurs. Case studies about entrepreneurs provide real life discussions about how a business might be more successful. Field trips to an entrepreneurial company provide real life examples of business systems. With the cooperation of the entrepreneur, you might even challenge students to find ways to improve an existing business.

The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education has formed an entrepreneur-based advisory group starting in 2003 as a result of a Kauffman Foundation grant. This outstanding group has provided us with many ideas about taking initiatives in support of entrepreneurship education forward. Council members are entrepreneurs who were nominated by Consortium members who have partnered with entrepreneurs in their individual programs with success.

The Advisory Council provided the first input into the content of the National Content Standards as well as helping us refine them at later stages. Their diverse experiences as entrepreneurs as well as their involvement with local entrepreneurship programs made their input especially valuable. We are proud to have the assistance of these outstanding people as we move forward to support new initiatives.

Al Abney
Eveready Carburetor and Auto Electric Co., Inc
(recently sold)
Professor of Entrepreneurship, York College
New York, NY

Richard T Amarosa
Tech Ed Concepts, Inc. of North America
Pembroke, NH

Chad Atkins
FaxPax
St. Louis, MO

James S. Davis
Iowa Title and Realty Company
Charles City, IA

Joe Dudley
Dudley Products, Inc
Kernersville, NC

Daniel Francis
St. Louis Pre-sort
St. Louis, MO

Adam Gonzalez
Serrano's Café and Cantina Corporate Headquarters
Austin, TX

Michael and Carol Hamilton
Chutters
Littleton, NH

Richard Hempel
Belcan Partners, LLC and People Strategy, LLC
Union, KY

Darleen Johns
Alphanumeric Systems, Inc
Raleigh, NC

Carol Majors
Entrepreneurship Consultant
(Retired from Kauffman Foundation, teacher training specialist).

Lee's Summit
MO

Alan Miller
A. Miller Group, Inc.
Lathrup Village, MI

George Pellettieri
Pellettieri Associates Inc
Warner, NH

Erik Sander
Diversified Mobility, Inc
Tampa and Gainesville, FL

Dian Thomas
The Dian Thomas Company
Salt Lake City, UT

Susan Weiss
Net Tango, Inc.
Louisville, KY