Economic & Community Development

Economic & Community Development

Friday, June 15
7:30 am - 9 am

E|SPACES Cool Springs
1550 W. McEwen Drive, Suite 300, Franklin

"Entrepreneurship & Small Business"
A Conversation with Jeff Cornwall & Mark Schenkel




Dr. Jeff Cornwall, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship, and Jack C. Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship, Belmont University

Dr. Jeff Cornwall is the Jack C. Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship at Belmont University. Previously, he was the Sandra Schulze Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Cornwall earned a D.B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of Kentucky, and a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In the late 1980s, he left academics to become the Co-founder and President/CEO of Atlantic Behavioral Health Systems, headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Dr. Cornwall's current research and teaching interests include entrepreneurial finance and entrepreneurial ethics. He authored or co-authored six books. His blog, The Entrepreneurial Mind, is one of the most popular small business blogs on the web. It was named by Forbes as the "Best of the Web" and is part of the Forbes blog network.




Dr. Mark T. Schenkel, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Belmont University

Dr. Mark Schenkel earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati, an M.B.A. from Northern Kentucky University, and a Ph.D. in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from the University of Cincinnati. While pursuing his doctoral studies at the University of Cincinnati, he served as the Assistant Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Education and Research. In that capacity, he fostered and mentored the entrepreneurial efforts of local businesses in their continued development as a coordinator for Small Business Institute program.

General management roles in small closely held family firms, including The Habegger Corporation, David E. Estes Engineering, Inc., The Hennegan Company, and Wright Brothers Inc., furthered his entrepreneurial experience.

Dr. Schenkel's research and teaching interests focus on the role entrepreneurial cognition and strategic decision-making play in new venture creation, and corporate venturing activities.

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