Marriott SchoolFaculty and students work together to make the Ballard Center a unique place for learning and putting that learning into practice.
Providing more than 3,000 students per year with quality programming requires the collaboration of several team members. See below to learn more about our incredible contributors:
Management Team
Todd Manwaring
Managing Director
Associate Teaching Professor
Alicia Becker
Social Innovation Projects Professor
W. Gibb Dyer
Academic Director
O.L. Stone Professor of Entrepreneurship
Reid Robison
Partner Relations Manager
Assistant Professor
Alicia Gettys
Communication/Operations Manager
Aaron Miller
Social Venture Academy Advisor
Assistant Teaching Professor
Paul C. Godfrey
Associate Academic Director
Associate Professor
Rose Palmer
Event Manager
Student Associates
Alison Brand, Kate Hulme & Lori Bell
Receptionist & Marketing/Event Managers
TBD
Changemaker Club President
Camden Robinson & Kyle Harrison
Social Innovation Leadership Council (SILC) Program Directors
Oscar Chavez & Shirene Urry
Social Innovation Solutions Competition (SISC) Program Directors
Mara Thomas & Thomas Barlow
Y-Prize Newborn Program Directors
Cara Bassett & Oscar Chavez
Advisement/Internship Program Directors
TBD
Graduates for Social Innovation President
Talmage Haines
Social Innovation Projects (SIP) Program Director
TBD
Social Venture Academy (SVA) Program Directors
Marissa Getts
Y-Prize Solar Program Director