
Leadership Team
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Hundreds of thousands of photos taken, mostly of musicians and portraits
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Always listening, watching or playing music
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Never seen without a camera
Benjamin Collins
President
Ben Collins is a junior in the Grossman School of Business pursuing a degree in Marketing and Entrepreneurship with a minor in Music Business and Techonology. Early in high school, Ben began his first business, Ascentios, and immediately felt at home upon arriving at UVM and joining the Entrepreneurship Club. For Ben, there is nothing more exciting than seeing friends and peers succeed in their passions and their businesses. He is dedicated to helping members and non-members of the club figure out what it is they need to do to succeed in their passions.
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Junior in CDAE
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Very knowledgable about entrepreneurial resources
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Favorite food is chicken
Skylar Bagdon
Vice President
Skylar is a Junior studying Sustainable Technology Commercialization in the Community Development and Applied Economics Department. He has been invovled in leading multiple student startups including Power Scavengers and Chromajam. Skylar is incredibly passionate about using entrepreneurship as a vehicle for allowing people to express their creativity and have a positive impact on the world. Additionally he is a member of the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies and has experience in pitching, fundraising, renewable energy, sales, environmental policy and small business management. If you have any questions about entreprenurial resources or connections in Burlington Skylar is your guy!
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Junior in College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
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Holds a patent on a green energy technology
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Wants to be a mad scientist
George Philbrick
Operations Director
George is a Junior in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences studying Electrical Engineering. He has a minor in Computer Science. He is part of multiple entrepreneurial ventures in Burlington. He founded an energy harvesting company with fellow students called Power Scavengers, and raised $20,000 from various University resources. He also builds interactive lighting installations for events around Burlington with an artist collective called the Illumination Collective. He believes that people from any major or background can become entrepreneurs, and strives to help students get access to the research and resources that enable success at the University.
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Junior in the Grossman School of Business
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Passionate about social media marketing
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Loves creating art of all kind
Sarah Horrigan
Marketing Director
Sarah is a junior in the Grossman School of Business studying Marketing and Entrepreneurship. She is a self-described "serial entrepreneur" and has started five businesses... so far. Social media and design have been her favorite parts of entrepreneurship which is why she began her most recent exploit, The Social Reef. Creativity knows no bounds for Sarah; she is also an avid cook and painter in her free-time. Sarah is always up for a new challenge and loves learning from other entrepreneurs as well as sharing her knowledge and insight. She believes collaboration is the foundation of a successful start-up.
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Earl lived and attended school in Princeton New Jersey. He played varsity hockey at Princeton High.
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Earl Humes grew up spending summers in the Adirondack Park of NY, at a lakeside summer camp run by his father. His grandfather and namesake, Earl Humes Sr. co-founded the camp with his wife Pauline over 75 years ago as one of the first racially integrated summer camps in America.
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Earl enjoys many sports, especially hiking and skiing. After high school he took a gap year and became a ski instructor in Whistler, BC. Afterwards, he backpacked through New Zealand and Australia with a group of his friends.
Earl Humes
Finance Director
Earl Humes is a senior student of the Grossman School of Business. He is studying the disciplines of marketing and finance, with a theme of sustainability. He is also pursuing a minor in economics. Earl is inspired by philosophy of the natural world and seeks to employ the merits of his privileges and education towards making the world a better place by helping to resolve the current challenges of social and environmental sustainability that threaten our future generations of life on earth.
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play on men’s D2 ACHA Hockey team
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love to cook and try new food
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big outdoors person from spear fishing to golf
Kyle Hart
Club Officer
I am a sophomore at the University of Vermont majoring in Engineering Management and minor in Community Development and Entrepreneurship. I am very indulged in entrepreneurship and self-development, which led me to launch my own online store and partner on another. With that, I have also started my own side business of property and yacht management. I have a background in digital marketing, social media growth and website creation.







