America’s Seed Fund Road Tour is a national outreach effort to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, known as “America’s Seed Fund”.
America's Seed Fund Road Tour plays an important role in encouraging participation in innovation and entrepreneurship by members of underrepresented groups while supporting the mission of the SBIR/STTR programs to support scientific excellence and technological innovation to build a strong national economy.
Federal Agency representatives attended events in South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia that brought together local and national innovation ecosystems to help attendees navigate over $4 billion in early-stage funding opportunities through America’s Seed Fund.
America's Seed Fund
2024 Road Tour: Southeast
May 13 - 17, 2024 | Complete
May 14 | Atlanta, Georgia
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
May 16 | Lexington, Kentucky
Hosted by the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
May 17 | Huntington, West Virginia
Hosted by TechConnect West Virginia and Marshall University
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
Who Will Be There
Lakita Calvin
SBIR Business Analyst
CDC/HHS
Connie Benesh
Outreach Manager
DHS
Allen Franke
AFVentures Specific Topics
DoD - AFWERX
Meghan Scott
AFVentures Program Manager
DoD - AFWERX
Ashley Hill
SBIR/STTR Program Engineer
DoD - AFWERX
Jennifer Perkins
SpaceWERX Program Manager, Specific Topic Team
DoD - SpaceWERX/AFWERX
Nicole Fox
TBT Autonomy and Contested Logistics & Sustainment; S&T Portfolio Manager; SBIR Program Analyst
DoD - Army
Colleen Gibney
SBIR Deputy Project Manager
DoD - DHA
Drew McDougall
SBIR Program Outreach
DoD - NAVSEA
Megan Stokes
Program Analyst
DoD - Navy
Eileen Chant
Outreach Program Manager
DOE
Sharon Soucek
Director, Office of Technology Transfer at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
FLC
Stephanie Fertig
Director
HHS
Jaime Camelio
Program Director
I-Corps
Eileen Nelson
Program Manager, NASA Langley SBIR/STTR
NASA
Howard Conyers
NASA Chief Technology Liaison (CTL)
NASA
Jose Colucci-Ríos
General Business Specialist
NIST
Nicole Berry
SBIR Program Administrator
NIST
Pamela Jennings
Senior Policy Advisor
NIST-CHIPS
Ben Schrag
SBIR/STTR Program Director
NSF
Diomides Zamora
National Program Leader for Forest Resources Management
USDA
Tammi Neville
Program Specialist
USDA
Tomeka Oubichon
Eastern Regional Outreach Officer
USPTO
Carol Rabke
Tech to Market (T2M) Advisor - Partnering
DOE
Chad Rogers
Outreach, Education and Social Media Sr. Analyst
DoD
Regina Sims
Director, DoD SBIR/STTR Program Office
DoD
Sean Griffiths
SBIR Program Manager
CDC
Joshua Stutzman
Deputy District Director
SBA Kentucky District Office
Terri Dennison
District Director
SBA Georgia District Office
Patrick Rodriguez
Deputy District Director
SBA
Savannah Willburn
Operations Liaison
SBA
Nancy Kamei
Program Development Specialist
SBA
Erick Page-Littleford
Acting Director SBIR/STTR Program Office
SBA
Michelle Andrade
Outreach Engagement Operations Specialist
SBA
Catherine Andrews
Outreach Engagement Operations Specialist
SBA
