SLU Entrepreneurship Teaching Team

SLU's Entrepreneurship Teaching Team has been recognized as one of the strongest in the nation, as identified by decades of top-50 rankings in USNews and Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine . The program has three academic strengths: (1) Almost all classes are co-taught by highly-published academic experts and top-flight local entrepreneurs, (2) Classes grade ideas and accomplishments using real-world standards whenever possible, and (3) All classes are built on experiential learning as students develop the elements of entrepreneurship they will use in business.

Current Teaching Team - Introductory Classes

Teachers with asterisks (*) are SLU alums. Teachers with double asterisks (**) are ENT program alums.

Murray Endowed Professor, Scholar, Former State-Sanctioned Entrepreneur in Communist China

Co-Founder Missioncontrol.gg, Arch Grants Recipient


Associate Professor, Musician, Social Entrepreneur

Linda Moen

President EFK Moen

Medart Endowed Clinical Professor, Corporate VP, Private Consultant, Specialist in Family Business

Dave Finklang

Partner at Anders CPA, Baord President Friends of Arch Grants

Attorney, Family Business Specialist

Co-Founder Missioncontrol.gg, Arch Grants Recipient

Shaughnessy Endowed Professor, Scholar, Editor, IT Expert, Former Peace Corps Worker

Lewis Sheats

Director, Chaifetz Entrepreneurship Center

Co-Founder The Startup Within, Founder Thoughtware,
Corporate Entrepreneur

Jeff Barry

Director of Innovation at DOT Foods, UMSL Accelerator mentor, brand strategist

Current Teaching Team - Advanced Classes

Marian Nunn*

Civic Entrepreneur (Jazz St. Louis), Doyen of St. Louis Commercial Real Estate

Emily Muhoberac**

COO of perennial Inc. 5000 firm Sapper Consulting

Laura Burkemper**

CEO The Catalyst Center, Lead Mentor Stadia Ventures, Express Scripts, Group360

Joe Pimmel

Managing Partner Stadia Ventures, Detalus, Billiken Angels

Vince Volpe*

Associate Professor, Lawyer, Director Aribis Consulting, Regional Growth Capital

Mark Malone

Serial CFO for Startups & Growing Firms , Mentor at Stadia Ventures

Hall of Fame - Prior Teaching Team Members


Steve Epner

Founder The Startup Within, Author, Boeing Ventures


Kyle Welborne

General Partner Cultivation Capital & Yield Lab

Beth Schulte*

Principal and Director Anders CPA + Advisors, Board Member Capital Innovators, Prosper

Rob Vitale*

President Post Holdings &
AHM Financial Group

Judy SIndecuse

CEO Capital Innovators

Tim Hayden**

Co-Founder Stadia Ventures, SLU Chaifetz Entrepreneurship
Center Director

Steve Rull

Managing Director, Detalus

Rich Pisani

President American Marketing Group, Former Lieutenant Governor Candidate


Derek Weber*

President goBRANDgo!,
Co-founder Conflux

Cyril Loum

Caring Ministries, WU Skandalaris Center

Don Dent

Fractional CFO, ITEN Mentor

Ron Roy

Founder UltraStar, Wines That Rock, Master of Social Media

Mike Bynum

Sr. Associate FedTech

Steve Wideman

President Wideman Management Group

Other Co-Teachers Over Over the Nearly 50 Years

Rob Berger, Michael Black, Jason Bockman, Anjali Dooley, Art Handman, Trey Goede, Liz Krus**, Sutton Lasater**, Tim Murphy, Jim O'Donnell, Kevin Rhoades*, Jim Rittenbaum, Tyler Sondag**, Paul Scheiter**, Dougan Sherwood, Deb Wagnon*, Larry Weiss, Thomas Cy Wong*