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Leadership

Francois Baneyx

François Baneyx

Director, CoMotion and UW Vice Provost for Innovation

baneyx@uw.edu
206-543-0905

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Anson Fatland

Associate Vice Provost for Innovation Strategy and Ventures

ansonf2@uw.edu
206-612-2589

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Fiona Wills

Associate Vice Provost for Innovation Development & Commercialization

fwills@uw.edu
206-685-2268

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Sara Burmeister

Associate Vice Provost for Innovation Finance and Operations

sarajane@uw.edu
206-685-0154

Administrators

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Shoko Saji

Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost for Innovation

sbagwell@uw.edu
206-543-4387

Kasie Becker

Kasie Becker

Executive Assistant to the Associate Vice Provost for Innovation Strategy and Ventures

kdawkins@uw.edu
206-616-5362

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Merrie Emmons

Executive Assistant to the Associate Vice Provost for Innovation Development & Commercialization

merrie93@uw.edu
206-616-1501

Innovation Managers and Administrators

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Forest Bohrer

Senior Innovation Manager, Engineering

fbohrer@uw.edu
206-543-1134

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Judy Bridges

Innovation Manager, Physical Sciences

jbridg2@uw.edu
425-785-1296

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Frieda Chan

Innovation Manager, Life Sciences

friedac@uw.edu

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Laura Dorsey

Director of Licensing, Copyright & Software

ldorsey@uw.edu
206-685-6790

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Roï Eisenkot

Senior Innovation Manager, Bioengineering

roieisen@uw.edu
206-897-1982

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Dennis Hanson

Director of Licensing, Life Sciences

hansonda@uw.edu
206-543-0430

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Adam Krynicki

Innovation Manager, Digital Content and Database

adamtk@uw.edu
296-543-4611

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Jennifer McCullar

Associate Director, Life Sciences

mccullaj@uw.edu
206-543-6861

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Lisa Norton

Director of Licensing, Physical Sciences & Engineering

lnorton@uw.edu
206-616-6918

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Shamim Naigaga Shonibare

Innovation Manager, Software & Copyright

snaigaga@uw.edu
206-221-0734

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Iris Castillo

Senior Licensing and IP Associate

irisc11@uw.edu
206-616-0575

Zoe Embler

Licensing and Intellectual Property Associate

mzembler@uw.edu
206-685-2063

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Bunny Grewal

Compliance Manager

bunny37@uw.edu
206-616-9440

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Amy Simmonsen

Senior Licensing and IP Associate

amysimm@uw.edu
206-616-9843

Material Transfer Team

James Lowry

Senior Agreements Officer

jrlowry@uw.edu
206-543-3970

Jean Reilly

Agreements Specialist

jeanr4@uw.edu
206-685-0553

Intellectual Property Managers and Administrators

Katrina Brede

Copyright and Trademark Manager

katbrede@uw.edu
206-616-3372

Robyn Adams

Director, Patents

radams4@uw.edu
206-543-3970

Patrick Chinkiwsky

Senior Patent Portfolio Manager

pchin@uw.edu
206-221-8286

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Dev Narasimhan

Patent Portfolio Manager

dnaras13@uw.edu
206-616-6533

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Venu Sareen

Patent Portfolio Manager

vsareen@uw.edu
206-616-6862

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Rain Bartholomew

Intellectual Property Paralegal

rainlb@uw.edu
206-616-9287

Christine Hurdle

Senior Intellectual Property Paralegal

cah34@uw.edu
206-543-9815

CoMotion Labs

Ashlee Esteban

Associate Director, CoMotion Labs

aesteban@uw.edu
206-897-8278

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Zach Chamberlain

Manager, CoMotion Labs - Life Science

zchamb02@uw.edu
206-221-8455

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Siri Vimolchalao

Manager, CoMotion Labs – Hardware

siripunt@uw.edu
206-543-1776

Caroline Hansen

Manager, CoMotion Labs - Technology & Innovations Investments

cshansen@uw.edu

Funding, Mentorship and Training

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Soraya Bailey

Director, Innovation Training

sorayab@uw.edu
206-685-0213

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Ryan Buckmaster

Associate Director, Innovation Investments

rbuckmas@uw.edu
206-685-3862

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Ken Myer

Commercialization Advisor

myerk@uw.edu
206-321-3736

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Mobility Innovation Center

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Bart Treece

Director, Mobility Innovation Center

btreece@uw.edu
206-685-4478

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Marketing and Events

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Donna O’Neill

Director, Marketing & Communications

donnao3@uw.edu
206-685-9972

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Debra Bouchegnies

CoMotion Marketing Manager

dbouch@uw.edu
206-221-8734

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Sallyann Price

Writer/Content Creator

sprice5@uw.edu

Greg Schlimm

Web Computer Specialist

gschlimm@uw.edu
206-221-5540

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Karen Leikin

Assistant Director of Special Events

krleikin@uw.edu
206-616-9540

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Fanny Castro

Special Events Manager

fan1415@uw.edu
206-685-0213

Operations

Devon Bacon

IT Manager

dbacon@uw.edu
206-616-6080

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Maryn Gerdes

Human Resources Manager

mar555@uw.edu
206-543-3970

Johnathon Giang

Contract Manager

johngq@uw.edu
206-616-9844

Bob Glass

Software Engineer

206-543-9044

Anna Godornes

Fiscal Specialist II

godornes@uw.edu
206 543-8112

Karla Maynard

Karla Maynard

Invoice Specialist

kjm612@uw.edu
206-616-6523

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Sarica Sampson

Senior Analyst

ssampson@uw.edu
206-685-3671

Elaine Tobin

CoMotion Community Manager

elainet9@uw.edu
206-543-3970

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Lila Young

IT Business Analyst

lgyoung@uw.edu
206-221-8960

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