Tim Flood is an Associate Professor of Management Communication at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School (since 2004) and has been with Launch Chapel Hill since our founding in 2013.  

Tim’s startup journey began with the lemonade stands and lawn mowing, and really took two great turns: first, when he worked as a solutions consultant at Vanguard Cellular Systems (now part of AT&T Wireless)—back when cell phone companies were the hottest startups—and, second, when he was lucky enough to connect with the Launch Box (soon the Triangle Startup Factory) in the then-fledgling American Underground. 

Tim has been very fortunate to work--as a consultant, advisor, pitch coach and critic, vocal supporter and networker--with Fortune 500 companies, startups, small and medium businesses, and teams who have come through Launch Chapel Hill, and across the many-layered entrepreneurship ecosystem coming out of the B-School, Innovate Carolina and across the UNC campus, NC and the southeast.

Tim received his bachelor’s degree from U Maryland @ College Park, his master’s from Texas A&M @ College Station, and his PhD from the University of North Carolina @ Greensboro.

Alex came on board as we returned to in-person operations, and he has done amazing things to restore and reinvigorate the physical space and every day experience of our thriving Launch Chapel Hill community.

Concurrent with his work at Launch, Alex also teaches online electronics classes through Nash Community College, runs a business with his dad that makes trainers to aid for basic electricity classes, and has experience as a web developer. “I really enjoy the beauty of a well-written code that flows like a good book”

And Alex still manages to find some free time: a bit of an amateur chef (who enjoys the process of making the food as much as eating the final result) who enjoys going to the gym, and he’s been getting into board games recently

Chijioge “Chi” is the co-founder and CEO of GameFlo, a black-owned gaming company building communities by empowering people on their own terms and to their own abilities. He also serves as Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship at Kenan Flagler Business School where he has coached and mentored over 200 student-entrepreneurs.

After obtaining his B.A. in Economics from Brown University in 2010, Chi worked at JPMorgan before making the transition to sports technology as the CFO for Bloomberg Sports (named one of the “Ten Most Innovative Companies in Sports” by Fast Company in 2011).

Chi is a 2018 MBA graduate of Kenan-Flagler Business School and was awarded the inaugural Adams Alumni Pioneer Award in 2020 for his work within the UNC community and beyond. Chi is an avid New York sports fan, bass guitarist, and proud uncle of 7!

The Reverend Doctor Cecelia GreeneBarr is an entrepreneur who finds inspiration both in her deeply-rooted Christian faith and in her hard-earned business acumen. Dr. GreeneBarr—a Chapel Hill native--has pastored 4 churches, including 1 she planted herself, and, while walking those roads, she has become a social media and digital marketing pro, an executive coach and consultant, and an in-high-demand keynote speaker.

She brings all of these skills and sensibilities to her work as a Launch Ambassador as she is committed to the personal and professional growth and development of every individual with whom she works, and every community with which she surrounds herself.

Dr. GreeneBarr holds a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina A&T State University, a master’s degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from Ashland Theological Seminary.

Sheryl leads external relations through Innovate Carolina and engages individuals and organizations across the UNC campus and broader North Carolina communities to forge and foster partnerships that address innovation and entrepreneurship as engines of economic development.

Sheryl is also co-founder of e51, a women’s entrepreneurial initiative, an entrepreneurial community powered by women aimed to harness the talent and potential of female entrepreneurs. Sheryl began her career co-founding Padcom, Inc., (wireless data communications) where she held numerous roles including EVP, Sales & Marketing and Director of Business Development. Her sales and marketing framework was instrumental in leading the company’s success and eventual merger with a leading data communication company, NetMotion.