As CEO of Idea Village, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify support and retain entrepreneurial talent in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region, Jon leads the organization's efforts to catalyze the entrepreneurship and innovation community, assemble companies through incubation an accelerate existing start-up companies to scale.Active in the local investment community, Jon also serves as the Administrator for Lagniappe Angels, LLC. In this role, Jon manages operations of the investment group and is responsible for pipeline development, coordination of due diligence, and general administration of the group.Jon previously served as Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development at Loyola University New Orleans, a program he helped found. In this role, he leads Loyola's efforts to provide nationally recognized entrepreneurship education that will help build an innovation-ready workforce that serves New Orleans and the Gulf region.At Loyola, Jon became a Lean Launchpad educator teaching MBA courses in technology commercialization, business model development, and customer development.Jon holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, Leadership and International Business from Tulane University, graduating with Beta Gamma Sigma academic honors. His Bachelor of Arts in Economics is from Davidson College where European studies abroad and a finance internship in Hong Kong gave him extensive international experience.At Tulane, Jon founded The Changemaker Institute, a social entrepreneurship incubator recognized as “Best in Class” by Ashoka. Additionally, Jon helped develop the "Propeller" social venture incubator and consulted directly for ventures in this program.Jon’s unique combination of quantitative finance skills and qualitative management expertise yield a unique perspective on business and finance.