Shannon Sullivan Ellis

Shannon Sullivan Ellis oversees the implementation of I-Corps regional courses across the northeast U.S. She recruits instructors and mentors and helps qualified teams apply to the national I-Corps Teams program. She focuses on identifying and supporting innovative researchers who wish to explore the commercialization potential of STEM technologies they have developed, as well as on growing the NSF I-Corps network in the Northeast through strong partnerships with universities, incubators, and nonprofit venture development organizations. She serves on the UNY Curriculum Committee. Shannon spent more than 10 years as an entrepreneur and was a founding executive at Globaloria, an education technology startup that was sold to Carnegie Learning in 2017. Her career of over 20 years in digital media and technology includes leadership roles at MTV and Knowledge Adventure. She holds a BA from the University of Southern California and a M.Ed from the University of Virginia.