Who We Are
Our Mission
Launch Blue’s mission is to support promising technology startup founders and university innovators in Kentucky and beyond.
Launch Blue Team
Laura Russell Halligan
Executive Director
Lead Instructor & Coach
Erin Shea
I-Corps Program Manager
Kenzie Dickens
Operations Coordinator
Victoria Hamilton
Launch Blue Manager - Program & Communications
Laura Triplett
Program Manager
Kendra Stenzel
Director of Innovation Talent Development
MaKenzie Purdom
Launch Blue Senior Ambassador
Beatriz Heringer
Launch Blue Communications Ambassador
Yasmin Affini
Launch Blue Communications Ambassador
Eva Blankenberger
Launch Blue Communications Ambassador
Launch Blue Ventures Team
Raechele Smalls
Invest Blue Director
Eric Hartman
Co-Founder and Advisor
Jack Hughes
Launch Blue Ventures Ambassador