Dr. Colleen C. Robb is an associate professor for Florida Gulf Coast University’s Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship. She has been teaching entrepreneurship since 2004 at various universities. Dr. Robb has over fifteen years working as a strategic and fundraising advisor to various start-ups in the athletic, cosmetic, manufacturing, nonprofit, retail, and technology sectors.

Formerly, she was the director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and an assistant professor of entrepreneurship at California State University, Chico (CSUC). At CSUC, Dr. Robb was the Co-PI for the Blue Tech Valley Innovation Cluster and co-director for the interdisciplinary group called Bridge Entrepreneurship.  She also served on the 3CORE Economic Development Strategy Committee and as a mentor for a local incubator, ChicoStart.

She has nearly twenty years of experience in the nonprofit sector in various roles for organizations such as MedShare International, the University of Cincinnati, and Best Buddies International. Dr. Robb was also the founding associate director for Florida International University’s (FIU) Pino Entrepreneurship Center, where she was responsible for developing both academic and outreach programs, general management of all programs related to the Center and its five institutes, fundraising, and teaching classes and workshops. She developed and managed FIU’s annual business plan competition, spearheaded a social entrepreneurship track, and coached hundreds of entrepreneurs on their business plans and pitches for raising capital.

For several years, she taught in Nova Southeastern University’s MBA programs and at the Keller Graduate School of Management. She also worked in South Africa for Oklahoma State University’s Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Program as the lead faculty advisor, where she coached and instructed student teams working with historically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in Cape Town.

Dr. Robb holds a B.F.A. and M.B.A. from Florida International University and a Doctorate of Economics and Business Administration with an emphasis on Social Entrepreneurship from Abo Akademi University in Finland.

Currently, she serves as a volunteer for the Alliance of Therapy Dogs and United Way’s Beesley’s Paw Prints. She serves as a therapy dog handler for her 2-year-old Goldendoodle, Simba, who both enjoy visiting memory care units, rehabilitation facilities, and youth shelters on the weekends.

She previously served as a board member and Governance Chair for the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, marketing chair for the Torres Community Shelter annual gala, and board member for the Butte Humane Society.

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