Kimberly Gramm

Kimberly has over 16+ years of early-stage technology venture development experience, and serves as Tulane's Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer. More than 325 startups have been created in university environments under her management, those startups have raised more than $470M in investment capital. She has been awarded more than $12M in federal and economic development grants for research and commercialization funding in support of innovators and entrepreneurs. She is on the governing board of the $160M National Science Foundation engine grant called Future Use of Energy in Louisiana to support energy transformation and is also the managing director of Tulane's first venture fund of $10M investing in biotech, energy, and AI or tech enabled startups.