Kerri Smith
Associate Managing Director - Rice Alliance
Executive Director - Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator
Kerri has broad experience in developing strategies and leading nationally recognized programs that help maximize the success of technology-enabled startups. Her experience includes entrepreneurship education, startup acceleration, commercial readiness, and technology licensing. As a senior leader, Kerri has provided leadership, oversight, and strategic direction for commercialization, entrepreneurship, and technology transfer initiatives.Kerri joined Rice University in 2004 where she serves as Executive Director of the Clean Energy Accelerator, Associate Managing Director of the Rice Alliance, Director of Rice's NSF I-Corps™ Southwest Region Hub, and Advisor to the OwlSpark Tech Accelerator. In all positions, she plays a lead role in enabling entrepreneurship and accelerating the formation of scalable, tech-enabled startups.