Leadership Team
Meet the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) leadership team.
Richard Adams
Director
Richard Adams is the director of the IEC. In this role, he oversees the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) and the Shell GameChanger AcceleratorTM Powered by NREL (GCxN). His team also conducts the NREL Industry Growth Forum and manages the Investor Advisory Board. He also manages programs dedicated to regional and national incubators and the clean energy and cleantech startup communities.
Trish Cozart
Group Manager, IN2 Program Manager
Trish Cozart is the group manager of the IEC. Within the center, Cozart also manages IN2, a $50-million-dollar program dedicated to speeding early-stage cleantech companies to market.
| Name | Position | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colantonio, J.A. | Investor Engagement Lead | JA.Colantonio@nrel.gov | 303-384-7351 |
| Curtiss, Shelly | Energy I-Corps Program Manager | Shelly.Curtiss@nrel.gov | 303-384-7856 |
| Dunn, Rexann | NREL Small Business Program Manager | Rexann.Dunn@nrel.gov | 303-275-4322 |
| Ebbitt, Sheila | Industry Growth Forum Event Coordinator | Sheila.Ebbitt@nrel.gov | 303-275-3715 |
| Field-Macumber, Kristin | IN2 Technical Project Manager | Kristin.Field-Macumber@nrel.gov | 303-384-7376 |
| Foster, Kathryn | Industry Growth Forum Intern | Kathryn.Foster@nrel.gov | 303-384-6309 |
| Gross, Megan | Energy I-Corps Project Manager | Megan.Gross@nrel.gov | 303-275-3650 |
| Grover, Rhea | Industry Growth Forum Intern | Rhea.Grover@nrel.gov | 303-384-7930 |
| Gutcher, Wendy | Administrative Associate | Wendy.Gutcher@nrel.gov | 303-275-3053 |
| Ihly, Rachelle | GCxN Technical Project Manager and Entrepreneurship Program Development | Rachelle.Ihly@nrel.gov | 303-275-4060 |
| McCabe, Tonya | GCxN and IN2 Project Controller | Tonya.McCabe@nrel.gov | 303-275-3038 |
| Mujumdar, Monali | Startup Engagement Lead | Monali.Mujumdar@nrel.gov | 303-275-4173 |
| Ott, Kimberlee | Incubator, Accelerator, and University Partner Engagement Lead | Kimberlee.Ott@nrel.gov | 303-275-3168 |
| Proc, Heather | Project Controller, New Programs | Heather.Proc@nrel.gov | 303-275-3791 |
| Richardson, Katie | Deputy Director, NREL Government Relations | Katie.Richardson@nrel.gov | 303-275-4788 |
| Theis, Kristi | Communications Lead | Kristi.Theis@nrel.gov | 303-275-3652 |
| Wadsack, Karin | Program Manager | Karin.Wadsack@nrel.gov | 303-275-3619 |
| Woslager, Katie |
Program Manager |
Katie.Woslager@nrel.gov | 303-275-4289 |