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Tommy White is a Senior Professorial Lecturer (formerly “Executive-in-Residence”) at the Kogod School of Business at American University. In this role, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on introduction to business, introduction to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship business planning, revenue/financial forecast modeling and start-up launch, and venture capital.
Professor White is also the Director of the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship where he works promotes/directs entrepreneurial experiential learning activities throughout the AU campus and directly works with student entrepreneurs launching companies.
Professor White is an entrepreneur with 3 successful exits and 2 failed ventures. He is an active angel investor and coaches/mentors 20 – 25 startup ventures annually throughout the DC Startup Ecosystem.
Professor White received his MBA in Marketing from the Kogod School of Business, American University (1995) and his BA in Economics and History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1986).
Professor Vogel teaches courses at both Kogod and WCL focusing on the intersection between sustainability and entrepreneurship. She is also the Assistant Director of the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining the Kogod faculty, she founded Glen's Garden Market, a climate-motivated grocery store in Dupont Circle. Before that, she spent a decade on Capitol Hill working to pass comprehensive climate legislation. She also served as a Trial Attorney, enforcing the Clean Air Act for the U.S. Department of Justice.