UNLV

Lead Business Advisor for the SBDC and Las Vegas native, Jamie Schwartz, works at our BlackFire Innovation location in Las Vegas. With a background in business consulting, valuation analysis, financial analysis, banking, commercial real estate and business sales and acquisitions

Phoebe Hendarmo is a Business Development Advisor at the UNLV Research Park center. She recently graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management. She co-founded a hot dog specialty restaurant in Bali, Indonesia with her

Carmen comes with extensive management and business development experience across different industries, such as H&R Block, 7-Eleven Corporate and PepsiCo. In her tenure with these industries she has developed well-honed communication, interpersonal and relationship management skills. The value she

Albert Delgado is a Project Manager, UNLV OED at the BlackFire Innovation location in Las Vegas. He has been involved with many facets of consumer and business lending and provides a background in banking, credit, financial literacy, cash flow, financial

Mandi Elliott is a transplant from Houston, Texas who recently relocated to Las Vegas.  She has BS in education and experience in economic development, market strategies, non-profit administration, and local chambers of commerce.  Mandi owns a Virtual Assistant business that offers a