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Mentors - Overview

Are you a seasoned entrepreneur? Become a mentor. CoMotion has a variety of opportunities for mentors to get involved and connect with the community of makers at the UW. For example: CoMotion Labs is an area where mentors and entrepreneurs help guide makers toward the path of viability for their projects. Depending on their background and interests, mentors may help with pitches, patent research, business plans, speaking engagements, brown bag topics, and more.

For more information, contact Jeanette Ennis, jmgennis@uw.edu.

Jeanette Ennis

Associate Director of Innovation Investment

Jeanette Ennis supports UW researchers pursuing grant money to commercialize their innovations, and helps CoMotion secure economic development grant opportunities. Ennis joined CoMotion in 2009 after more than 15 years of broad research experience as a scientist, entrepreneur, and manager. Her areas of expertise include pharmacology, biochemistry, molecular biology, tissue engineering, and medical devices. She has worked with a variety of start-up companies as project manager, grant writer, and intellectual property manager, and held senior research positions at Cornell University and the UW Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. She earned a doctorate in medical and molecular pharmacology from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she trained with Louis Ignarro, Nobel Laureate in Physiology. She also holds a certificate in technical writing and editing from the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering.