Samantha L. — CEO
My Appelatives: Renaissance Mensch, Entrepreneur, Startup Sage, and Holistic Guru. My Passion: Entrepreneurship-I galvanize students and entrepreneurs to envision and develop business start-ups. Business & Service-Learning Consulting: I facilitate innovative business development projects. On my own and/or in collaboration with students, I consult and coach entrepreneurs and business leaders on small business planning, strategy, and problem solving. Global, Cross-Industry Business & Educational Leadership Experience: I enrich my teaching and research drawing on 15+ years of global and cross-industry business experience. Cross-Disciplinary, Global Education: My eclectic education enables me to innovate and imagine serendipitous lines of flight. For inspiration, I call upon my degrees and studies in business, philosophy, literature, linguistics, computer science, mathematics, German, French, comparative cultural studies, the business of cinema, and philosophies of risk and epidemiology. My Career Objectives: I aspire to positions that leverage and challenge my passion and talent in teaching and directing programs in entrepreneurship and leadership development. Ideally, I thrive when motivating and managing groups across industries, facilitating creative collaboration between students and corporate leaders. My Dream: To start a think tank retreat to synergize entrepreneurism, learning and leadership development with holistic, healthy and affirming self-actualization best practices. My Motto: Risk living now. Aspire for greatness. Accept worst case as improbable, but bearable. Identify with others, for better or worse. Protect and nurture your body and mind as if you were your only child. Do these things, and you will love life, and live well.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in entrepreneurship and educational consulting.
Experience: 25 yrs 2 mos
Career Highlights
- Over 15 years of global business experience.
- Expert in entrepreneurship and leadership development.
- Passionate about innovative business consulting.
Work Experience
The Lonely Entrepreneur
Executive in Entrepreneur Success (4 yrs)
Cameron University
Director, Center for Emerging Tech. & Entrepreneurial Studies (CETES), Regional Dir. SBDC, Prof (4 yrs 4 mos)
LeaderSoul Consulting; (formerly: Lankford Consortium)
Business & Leadership Development Consultant (10 yrs 5 mos)
Mercer University; Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics
Director of the Mercer Innovation Center; Visiting Asst. Prof. in the Practice of Entrepreneurship (2 yrs)
Penn State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Business Writing (3 yrs 4 mos)
Evia Learning, Inc.
Textbook and Curriculum Developer (College-Level German Language) (4 yrs 9 mos)
La Nouvelle Agence
Rights and Contracts Bookkeeper/Accounting Assistant (0 mo)
The University of North Carolina
Instructor/ Graduate Teaching Fellow (6 yrs 9 mos)
UNC Press
Rights & Contracts Assistant (9 mos)
Google Base - Online Operations Contractor (0 mo)
Executive Development Associates, Inc.
Event Manager/ Executive Assistant (1 yr 2 mos)
GlobalNetXchange (GNX)
Corporate Client Trainer: German Language (5 mos)
Eurolingua Language School
English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor (4 yrs)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA at Colorado State University
PhD at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The French School at Middlebury College
MA at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA (equivalent) at The University of Freiburg
BA at University of Iowa
Mathematics; English at Beaumont Leys School
Diploma at Chariton High School