Zach Hench
Creative and Technical Initiatives
hench@iit.edu
312.567.3935
Zach Hench holds a Master of Music in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Music with Honors in Piano Performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Hench is a recognized Adobe Certified Expert and has considerable experience with graphic design, web design, motion graphics, and videography. Over the last year, he has created extensive print and web campaigns for the IEA Idea Challenge, the CEO National Conference Science and Technology Track, and the Chicago Innovation Chase. He has also built an ever-expanding online video archive of our guest speakers for use in the classroom.
Mr. Hench is also an accomplished recording artist and composer; his most recent album was released earlier this year. When not hard at work for the Entrepreneurship Program at IIT, Mr. Hench is usually hard at work for his music company, his design company, or his publishing press.
Jodi Houlihan
Administrative and Operational Initiatives
houlihan@iit.edu
312.567.3924
Jodi Houlihan holds a Master of Science in Science Education degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In her first year with the Entrepreneurship Program at IIT, she oversaw many of our major events, including the CEO National Conference Science and Technology Track, our One Day Smart Start Entrepreneurship Workshop, and an all-day introduction to entrepreneurship for over 80 local high school students.
Ms. Houlihan also supervises our student organizations, KIEA and IEA, and brings top-level entrepreneurs to speak at our monthly student luncheons. Prior to joining our program, Ms. Houlihan worked at IIT in areas including operational support and graduate-level student advising.