Norma Sue Kenyon, Ph.D. is Vice Provost for Innovation at the University of Miami and Chief Innovation Officer of the Miller School of Medicine. Under her leadership, the U Innovation team, including the Office of Technology Transfer and the Wallace H. Coulter Center for Translational Research, has successfully increased the number of licensing agreements and startups emanating from faculty innovations across the university’s 11 schools and colleges. The Launch Pad provides support to students, alumni and faculty entrepreneurs interested in establishing a startup.
Kenyon recently launched the ‘Cane Angel Network, aimed at bringing together entreprenurs and investors from the University of Miami community to provide early-stage funding and a network of advisors. Together with community partners, Kenyon is working to grow the Converge Miami innovation district (previously known as the UM Life Science and Technology Park). Kenyon serves on the Board of Directors of the Miami-Dade Beacon Council.