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Full Name
Jeff Sorensen
First Name
Jeff
Last Name
Sorensen
Affiliation
Administrative Faculty
Faculty
Officer of Administration
Title
Director, Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship
Phone
541-346-7586
Office
Lillis 345A
Departments
Lundquist College of Business
Programs, Research and Outreach
Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship
Profile Section
Education
  • BA, University of Michigan, 2012
  • Graduate Coursework, Ross School of Business, 2013–2014
Appearances
  • Founding Director for Social Innovation, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan, 2015–2022
  • Cofounder, optiMize, 2012–present
  • Instructor, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017–2018
Biography

Jeff Sorensen is a founder, funder, and community builder. He has been leading the University of Oregon's Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship since fall 2022. The center aspires to provide an ideal place for highly committed people to build their next big project.

Over the past 12 years, along with great teams and colleagues, Sorensen has raised $25 million for college entrepreneurship programs, incubated more than 5,000 student founders, advised and funded hundreds of them, and built infrastructure to support student entrepreneurs for decades to come.

Sorensen believes that anyone can build amazing things, and he wants to help where he can. His mission is to create supportive communities for the ones who ask, "Why not me?" and take action on their ideas. Please don't hesitate to reach out.

Speeches
  • "All Ages, All Majors: Student Motivation for Social Innovation: A Conversation with UNLV President Keith Whitfield," Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers, 2022
Professional Leadership
  • Member, University of Michigan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Roundtable, 2017–2022
  • Member, Ann Arbor Learning Community School Board, 2016–2019
  • Member, United Way of Washtenaw County Campaign Cabinet, 2015
Honors and Awards
  • Forbes 30 Under 30, 2017
  • Crain's 20 in Their 20s, 2017
  • University of Michigan Student of the Year, 2014
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