UMRF Ventures Board Members

UMRF Ventures was established as a for-profit, C Corporation in 2017. We are affiliated with the University of Memphis, but the University of Memphis Research Foundation owns 100% of the shares of our company. Any profits that Ventures earns is paid back to the Research Foundation in the form of dividends.
The company has about 10 full-time employees and over 200 part-time student employees.

Pierre Landaiche

CEO

Meka Egwuekwe

Board Member

Jasbir Dhaliwal

Board Member

Robert Garrett

Board Member

Dr. Okenwa Okoli

Board Member

Dr. Debra Burns

Board Member

Dr. Alison Happel-Parkins

Board Member

Dr. Bert Burraston

Board Member

Matthew Haught

Board Member