Contacts
Dean Harvey / (859) 257-1930
Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship
107 ASTeCC Building
Pat Powell / (859) 257-6871
UK/Lexington Innovation & Commercialization Center
330 East Main Street, Suite 210
Commercialization Specialists
Jessica Williams / (859) 218-6559
Natasha Jones / (859) 218-6557
Partners
- Bluegrass Business Development Partnership
- Commerce Lexington
- EDA University Center Economic Development Partnership
- Institute for Workplace Innovation
- Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
- Kentucky Dept. of Commercialization & Innovation
- Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation
- Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship is the nexus for business development at the University of Kentucky.
The Von Allmen Center's team, lead by Dean Harvey, workswith faculty, clinicians, staff and students on campus who want to start a business based on their research and ideas. They provide ongoing support and services such as intellectual property and technology assessment, assistance with business plans and obtaining funding, marketing strategies, and growth planning.
Pat Powell, director of the UK/Lexington Innovation and Commercialization Center, is also part of the Von Allmen Center team. Powell focuses on seed and early stage high tech and high growth business projects from both the Lexington community and the UK campus.
The Von Allmen Center is part of the national U.S. Department of Commerce EDA University Center Economic Development Partnership.
UK partners with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and Commerce Lexington in the Bluegrass Business Development Partnership (BBDP) through the business development team in the Office for Commercialization & Economic Development. The BBDP links entrepreneurs and businesses with a team of economic development specialists in one convenient location.
Business Development Programs