Many of our entrepreneurship initiatives are made possible by our generous donors, and we want to recognize their contributions and impact on our teaching, research and outreach activities.
The late Ron Clark, HBA ’65, and Nancy Clark donated $1.5 million to support Ivey’s Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship. The gift created the Ron and Nancy Clark Chair in Entrepreneurship, an HBA Entrepreneurship Award, and the Ron and Nancy Clark Entrepreneurship Initiative Fund.
Steve Suske, MBA ’77, donated $500,000 to support the Ivey New Venture Project and the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program.
Connie Clerici, QS ’08 and Closing the Gap Healthcare Group, Inc., donated $250,000 to expand entrepreneurship programming and outreach to raise the national profile of the Morrissette Institute, and expand its positive impact on Canadian entrepreneurs.
Ian Aitken, M.S.C., CFA, HBA ’87, donated $100,000 to support the development of social enterprises and to fund the Pembroke Management Prize in Social Enterprise Business Plan Competition.