Steve Carpenter

Steve Carpenter is a Senior Vice President at the Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central PA. The LSGPA is a seed-stage investment organization that invests up to $4 million in promising life science companies in central Pennsylvania. Mr. Carpenter’s principal responsibilities include serving as director or board observer for portfolio companies, evaluating prospective companies and performing due diligence for investment. Mr. Carpenter also serves as an Adjunct Instructor at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business teaching Entrepreneurial Finance to 2nd year MBA students and as the Program Administrator for the Garber Fund providing venture investment experiences for MBA students. Prior to joining the LSGPA in 2004, Mr. Carpenter served more than 20 years in a variety of management and engineering positions primarily leading operation start-ups and new product launches. Mr. Carpenter earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and an MBA from Penn State University where his academic concentration was on venture capital, entrepreneurship, and finance.