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Meet the Team

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Meet the team and join the conversation here at ITN in whatever way you feel comfortable:


The Innovation Transfer Network team:

Jennifer Hammaker
Director of Business Development
Business Liaison		 In November 2007, Jennifer joined the Innovation Transfer Network (ITN) as the Director of Business Development. In this role, she brings significant experience from her corporate, start-up and non-profit background. At ITN, Jennifer leads outreach to the business community as well as online content, media, event planning and marketing.
Full Bio		 Jennifer Hammaker
Malcolm Furman
Faculty Liaison		 Malcolm comes to ITN from four years with the PA DEP Office of Energy and Technology Deployment where he conducted technical and economic evaluations of energy-generating, energy-saving, environmental, biological, and agricultural technologies; surveyed national and global publications for innovators and developers, and assessed their engineering, market, and financial potential for deployment in PA. Within ITN he is the faculty liaison, concentrating on meeting and working with the faculty to realize commercial application of their ideas – directly to industry or through additional state and federal grant and assistance channels. As part of this work he will also be developing greater levels of collaboration within and among the schools in the consortium.
Full Bio		 Malcolm Furman
Jill Edwards
Director of Operations		 Jill Edwards has had 14 years’ experience in entrepreneurial development. She served as the Director of Small Business Incubation Programs for the York County Economic Development Corporation. In addition, she has served as a senior manager and small business lender at a number of PA banks.
Full Bio		 Jill Edwards
Yvonne M. Dunst
Administrative Assistant		 Yvonne serves as Administrative Assistant for 5 co-located entities at Penn State Harrisburg, Eastgate Center, including Innovation Transfer Network; Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Central and Northern Pennsylvania; Venture Investment Forum; Ben Franklin Transformations; and Innovation Partnership. Her responsibilities include accounts payable; database maintenance; event planning; ordering/inventorying of supplies; IT troubleshooting; and general secretarial duties.
Full Bio		 Yvonne Dunst