Core Team

Tova (MBA ’22) is a WashU alumna and has a BA in Spanish from Allegheny College. She began her entrepreneurship journey by starting a baking business, Sweet L’Oven Bakes, in 2020, and now is a Co-Founder of VertiGreens, LLC. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, dancing, and spending time with friends and family.

An alum of WashU (BA ’12), Yannic is a designer, writer and strategist who spent the past decade co-creating products at eBay, Eventbrite, and Meta. Now, he designs services that foster community engagement and a culture of agile, evidence-based product building. Raised in a village in Germany’s Black Forest, he’s a fan of soccer, good…

Adam joined the Skandalaris Center in 2024 as Associate Director for the organization. In his role, Adam leverages lessons learned over the past 20 years at the intersection of Design, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. Most recently, Adam served as Director of Design Studio and Operations at Edward Jones, a Fortune 300 financial services firm headquartered in…

Cyril joined the Skandalaris Center in 2020 and became Venture Development Manager in 2024. He graduated with a degree in Political Science and Communication from the University of Missouri in St. Louis in 2010 and MA in Legal Studies from Webster University in 2014. Cyril is an entrepreneur who has worked on developing communities locally…

Rasheen Coleman joined the Skandalaris Team as the Director of Advancement in 2022 after serving as a Regional Director of Advancement at Washington University. Rasheen is a graduate of Morehouse College (BA) and Texas A&M University (MPA). He has extensive experience in fundraising, strategic planning, and performance management. Rasheen enjoys spending his free time with…

Jeroma graduated from WashU twice (MSF ’23, BA ’22) and is passionate about startups. A beneficiary of Skandalaris Center during his time as a student, Jeroma joined as a full-time staff to assist in growing the Center’s venture portfolio. In his own time, Jeroma enjoys traveling, watching movies, and playing sports.

II (pronounced “two”) Luscri is Washington University’s Assistant Vice Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Managing Director of the Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In these roles, he cultivates a creative and startup-oriented culture across all eight academic schools at WashU and leads the nationally recognized new venture, teaching, translational, and research…