Daniel Kunitz

Dan Kunitz is the Director of Venture Strategy and Development at the University of Maryland. Dan is co-PI and Director of the NSF-funded Mid-Atlantic I-Corps Hub, supporting innovation and entrepreneurship programs for university researchers. Dan is an Instructor in NSF’s National I-Corps program and has taught evidence-based entrepreneurship programs for researchers throughout the region as well as nationally and internationally. Before joining UMD, Dan was in a similar role at The George Washington University as Director of I-Corps Programs for the NSF I-Corps Node and as co-PI of GW’s NSF I-Corps Site.  He has also been a Senior Advisor to NSF’s National Innovation Network where he chaired several curriculum initiatives. Dan has been an advisor to AGED Diagnostics for 7 years, an investor, and now a board member.