Ready to start your Entrepreneur Journey? If so, the ANTrepreneur Center is designed for you, the student. Access is easy and we take walk-ins or Zoom meetings.
We are located in the Banning House, next to Summer Session and Disability Services. Click here to find us on the UCI Map.
Hours:
Monday 11-4pm, Tuesday 11am – 7pm, Wednesday 11am – 7pm, Thursday 11am – 7pm, and Friday 11am-4pm
Legal Drop-In Office Hours: Mondays 3pm-4pm, Fridays 12pm-3pm.
Make an appointment via CampusGroups, or come by and say hi!
Meet the Team
Ryan Foland
ANTrepreneur Center Director
Email: rfoland@uci.edu
Phone: 949-943-4200
Ryan Foland is the Director at the UCI ANTrepreneur Center. He is a high energy speaker, author, and consultant. Ryan specializes in helping start-ups when it comes to ideation, core messaging, pitching, and personal branding.
Stefani Rios
ANTrepreneur Center Business Coordinator
Email: riossl@uci.edu
Phone: 909-279-9919
Stefani is in charge of operating and managing all things that go on behind the scenes. It is her responsibility to make sure all students are happy with programming and are up to date on the all resources UCI and our ANTrepreneur Community have to offer.
Jaune L. Odombrown
ANTrepreneur Program Coordinator
Email: jaune.odombrown@uci.edu
Jaune is responsible for designing, developing, and delivering entrepreneur development programs for aspiring undergraduate student entrepreneurs. He researches and identifies the best practices in the field of entrepreneurship, creating and implementing curriculum and programming, coordinating events and workshops, speaker series and managing relationships with key campus partners.
Lizzie Duong
Sustainability Resource Strategist
Lizzie works in collaboration with UCI’s ANTrepreneur Center and Sustainability Resource Center. She prepares students and startups to identify creative, forward-thinking solutions for implementing sustainability initiatives with all of the proper resources to proceed with their ideas in a more environmentally conscious manner.
Martha Barranco Luna
Dreamers Resource Strategist
Martha’s role at UCI’s ANTrepreneur Center is to equip undocumented students with the proper resources to help them start, fund, or build-up their own business. Martha works with various underserved communities to guide them toward greater business and funding opportunities within the entrepreneurial field.
Nitish Nagesh
Student Venture Consultant
Nitish is passionate about helping people achieve their health and wellness goals. His research involves building personalized AI-driven food and mental wellbeing recommendation systems. He offers expertise in market research, customer discovery, and business model canvas focusing on food and well-being ecosystems.
Lucretia Williams
Student Venture Consultant
Lucretia Williams is a startup coach, consultant, and user experience researcher. In particular, Lucretia assists student startups with customer discovery, ideation, MVP creation, user experience, and design.