Nathalie Duval-Couetil is a Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University, and the director of University Entrepreneurship Education Initiatives (Office of the Provost / Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship). She is responsible for the launch and development of the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a university-wide program enrolling over 2000 students per year. Through her leadership, the program has won the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Model Program Award from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the Deshpande Award for Excellence in Curriculum Innovation in Entrepreneurship, and became ranked among the Princeton Top 25 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Programs. Prior to her work in academia, Nathalie spent several years in the field of market research and business strategy consulting in Europe and the United States with Booz Allen and Hamilton and Data and Strategies Group. She received a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an MBA from Babson College, and MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University.
