LEC Director Search: Finalist Candidates

LEC Director Finalist Candidates – Open Forums

The Lubar Entrepreneurship Center will host the finalists for the position of LEC Director at UWM. Details about the position, the candidates and the scheduled open fora are available below.

LEC Director Position Description 

Each candidate has been asked to prepare an entrepreneurial experiment for the in-person audience, followed by a Q&A session. Each open forum will be hybrid (see below for a Microsoft Teams meeting link). Recordings of each candidate’s open forum are available upon request. 

A link to a survey soliciting feedback on the candidates can be found HERE. The survey will close on Thursday, 11/2 at 11:59PM. The information will be presented to the hiring authority in a non-identifying format for his review and consideration.

  • Tuesday, October 24th at 11:15am – 12:15pm: Ilya Avdeev 
LEC Touchdown Space, LECWC 203A or via Teams:
Click here to join the meeting 
  • Thursday, October 26 at 9:45AM – 10:45AM: Daniel Sem 
LEC Touchdown Space, LECWC 203A or via Teams:
Click here to join the meeting
LEC Touchdown Space, LECWC 203A or via Teams:
Click here to join the meeting
  • Tuesday, October 31 at 10:45AM – 11:45AM: Ilke Panzer
LEC Touchdown Space, LECWC 203A or via Teams:
Click here to join the meeting

The Office of the Chancellor thanks the Search Committee, chaired by Dr. Karyn Frick, for service to the University and for producing a strong pool of candidates. The committee members also included David Lubar, Liz Drame, Jessica Silvaggi, Romila Singh, Prasenjit Guptasarma, Marc Young, and Tiera Trammell. We also extend thanks to Human Resources staff Ali Wiencek and Yulia Siverikova who have been instrumental in managing logistics throughout this search process.