Our Team
With experts, entrepreneurs, and business leaders native to Elkhart leading the way, the Institute’s project operations are managed by enFocus Inc.
enFocus is a nonprofit organization that catalyzes community development through innovation and entrepreneurship.
Andrew Wiand
President
enFocus
Shivangi Tiwari
Financial Analyst
enFocus
Pete Trotter
Innovation Fellow
enFocus
Ayush Sindhwani
Innovation Fellow
enFocus
Our Advisors
The Institute is proud to have the support of local leaders, entrepreneurs, and business experts as members of our team.
Liz Naquin Borger
Stifel
Ryan Brady
Alliance RV
Ashley Martin
NIBCO
Jack B. Smith Jr.
Gaska Tape
David Smith III
Talon Products
Research Partners
The Institute is proud to have outstanding researchers to further our understanding of entrepreneurial communities.
Dr. Stephanie Fernhaber
Butler University
Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Dr. Michael Hicks
Ball State University
Professor of Economics & Business Research
Director of the Center of Business Economics Research
Andreas Widmer
The Busch School of Business
Director of the Arthur & Carlyse Ciocca Center for Principled Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Practice