EEVF Funding Committee

Chris Taylor, CT Equity Group

Chip Weismiller, Principal, Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund

Chip Weismiller, a graduate of Entrepreneurship at Babson, has owned a wide variety of businesses and industries in agricultural biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, construction, specialty chemicals as well as working with 12 distressed companies as a turnaround specialist. In 2016 he successfully sold his international alcohol company to work with the community college population. He has personally mentored 25+ students and entrepreneurs. Chip is keenly aware of the unique challenges that traditional community college students face. He is committed full-time to help this student population make a meaningful improvement in their family economics and community connections through strategically smarter self-employment.

Stuart Weismiller, Principal, Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund

Stuart has a long history in financial services and consulting as an executive with industry leaders and as a Managing Partner of Marketing Tactics, Inc. (MTI), a consultancy specializing in business and marketing strategy. In addition to her consulting, Stuart has launched many consumer and B2B business ventures. She is currently President of the Board of Directors and serves on the Development Committee and the Entrepreneurship Task Force.

Stuart received her BA in psychology and studio art from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and completed Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.

Gilene Janvier, Suncoast Credit Union

Rolanda McDuffie, Founder

Everyday Entrepreneur Venture Fund Committee

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