We turn ideas into
real-world impact.
We turn ideas into
real-world impact.
Where the classroom
meets the community
ASU Enterprise Partners serves as the resource-raising arm of Arizona State University.
As the parent organization of five nonprofits that are each tasked with identifying new revenue opportunities, ASU Enterprise Partners represents a new, innovative and highly efficient model for diversified revenue generation. Through its nonprofits, ASU Enterprise Partners invests in initiatives and partnership opportunities that provide resources to Arizona State University.
Careers
Innovation in higher education takes talent — yours.
If you’re ready to change the future of fundraising, let’s connect. Building a movement requires all hands on deck, from entrepreneurs to graphic designers, fundraisers to accountants, filmmakers to investors.
We’re home to
ASU Foundation
The ASU Foundation matches donors with their passion by raising and investing private contributions to ASU programs, faculty and students.
University Realty LLC
University Realty LLC cultivates and advances commercial and residential real estate projects to support Arizona State University.
Skysong Innovations
Skysong Innovations, ASU EP’s technology transfer, creates a pipeline between ASU inventions and the private sector.
ASURE
ASURE conducts applied research and consults for classified and midrange technology-readiness-level (TRL) services for the defense and security industry.
RealmSpark
By the numbers:
ASU Foundation
$1B
($1,016,000,000) in total assets
$734M
endowment
$116M
to ASU students, faculty and programs
$37M
for ASU-linked companies
Skysong Innovations
3.8K+
invention disclosures
$833M+
investment capital
845+
US patents issued since FY03
144
launched startups
ASURE
Awarded funding from SRP to test drone technologies throughout Arizona
Developed a strategic partnership with the U.S. Army to conduct Megacities research
University Realty
Purchased and renovated a 100-year-old building three blocks from the White House with 18 ASU programs
Sold 87% of residential units at Mirabella, ASU’s 20-story life-long learning center
Our team
Our team is made up of dedicated, mission-driven professionals with a variety of background and experiences. Together, we work tirelessly to advance the most innovative university in the country.
“ASU is a disruptor and leader that requires a resource-generating enterprise to serve the university’s faculty, staff and students and engage our donors, philanthropists and investors.”
– Dan Dillon, CEO
ASU Enterprise Partners
Leadership
Samantha Bradley
Managing Director
RealmSpark
Bradley oversees and facilitates educational-technology venture capital opportunities with mission-aligned partners for the benefit of Arizona State University.
Gretchen E . Buhlig
Chief Executive Officer
ASU Foundation
Buhlig provides leadership of the fundraising team and works to cultivate and steward major university donors.
Augustine V. “Augie” Cheng
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer
Skysong Innovations
Cheng leads the exclusive technology transfer arm of ASU Enterprise Partners.
Virginia “Ginny” DeSanto
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
ASU Enterprise Partners
DeSanto is responsible for Enterprise Partners’ financial operations and oversight of subsidiary organizations.
Dan Dillon
Chief Executive Officer
ASU Enterprise Partners
Dillon is the chief executive officer of ASU Enterprise Partners, overseeing the operations of its various affiliate organizations.
Stephanie Leach
Chief Technology Officer
ASU Enterprise Partners
Leach provides strategic technology leadership to enable business innovation and achieve scalable, best-in-class operations at ASU Enterprise Partners.
Chief People Officer
ASU Enterprise Partners
Miller provides leadership to ASU Enterprise Partners’ human resources functions and guides partnerships with the organization’s business units to advance corporate culture, diversity, inclusion and engagement.
Jeff Mindlin
Chief Investment Officer
ASU Enterprise Partners
Mindlin is responsible for managing the ASU Foundation’s highly diversified investment assets to maximize long-term, risk adjusted returns.
Jeff Roberts
Managing Director
University Realty
Roberts determines strategic positioning, implementation of land and vertical developments, trade partnering and real estate disposition for new and future real estate assets.
Hope M. Sharett, Esq.
General Counsel
ASU Enterprise Partners
Sharett works to provide practical advice on legal issues in support of ASU Enterprise Partners’ mission to raise resources in advancement of ASU as the New American University.
Michelle Shipley
Assistant Vice President and Chief of Staff
ASU Enterprise Partners
Shipley works in direct support of the CEO to ensure strategic focus and operational efficiency of ASU Enterprise Partners.
David Thomas
Executive Director
MILO Space Science Institute
Thomas has built and led teams focused on directed energy, nanotechnology and materials science, executing research and development programs for the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA.
Ronald “RT” Thompson
Associate Vice President
Office of Strategic Alignment
Thompson provides corporate strategy to align Enterprise Partners’ applied research, aerospace, real estate development, venture capital, tech transfer, and fundraising among Enterprise Partners’ affiliates and with ASU. Additionally, he leads and directs operations for ASU’s applied research lab.
Debbie Williams
Chief Operating Officer
Vice President, Communications and Marketing
ASU Enterprise Partners
Williams leads the organization’s success through its shared service partnerships, as well as its communications and marketing strategy.
Get Involved
Let’s talk.
At ASU Enterprise Partners, we’re always looking for bigger, bolder ideas. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to asuenterprisepartners@asu.edu with any questions or feedback you may have. We look forward to hearing from you!