Corine Farewell (DVM, MBA) is the Director of UVM Innovations (formally the Office of Technology Commercialization) and manages the UVM Ventures Fund. In this role, she provides guidance to the academic community on all aspects of protecting and commercializing university innovations. She has a proven record of identifying innovative opportunities and aligning the necessary human and material resources to implement sustainable initiatives, especially in building relationships between the private sector and academia. She is a lecturer in the Grossman School of Business co-teaching Technology Commercialization in the Sustainable Innovation Masters of Business Administration program. Dr. Farewell joined the University of Vermont in 2012. Dr. Farewell has been active in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship since 1998 first with Cornell University as a Senior Technology Manager for the Life Sciences and later University of Rochester as Director of the Office of Technology Transfer on the River Campus. Prior to her technology transfer roles, Dr. Farewell provided technical services, marketing, training and development expertise with international scope for the Iams Company throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa and previously practiced veterinary medicine in Germany. She earned Bachelor of Science, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Business Administration degrees from Cornell University. Dr. Farewell has been an invited guest speaker for both scientific and management topics throughout Europe and the U.S. She has served on several boards representing the University as an ex-officio member or as a board member for companies unrelated to the university. She currently serves on the UVM Health Network alternative investment committee and GeneratorVT board and has previously served on the Alumni Association Executive Committee for the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, the Johnson Graduate School of Management BR Incubator Advisory Board and the campus-wide Cornell Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program.