Elizabeth Gatewood

Elizabeth Gatewood is an accomplished academic and professional in entrepreneurship and management, currently serving as the Associate Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Research and Education and as the Director of the Office of Entrepreneurship & Liberal Arts at Wake Forest University since July 2004. Gatewood co-founded and contributed as a researcher for the Diana Project from 1997 to 2012 and previously held the position of Director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Indiana University from 1998 to 2004. Prior experience includes Executive Director of the Small Business Development Center Network at the University of Houston and Director of the Center for Business and Economic Studies at the University of Georgia. Gatewood's leadership has extended to academia as Chair of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management from 1992 to 1993. Educational credentials include a PhD in Management and an MBA in Finance from the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, along with a BS in Psychology from Purdue University.