Director, Center for Entrepreneurship; Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Washington State University.

Dr. Chris Cooney is an associate professor of entrepreneurship and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Washington State University's Carson College of Business, where he also teaches BA 100, the college's redesigned introductory business course. A longtime Adobe collaborator, he has spent his career building industry-aligned, hands-on projects that pair core business skills with emerging AI tools, helping students graduate workplace-ready. As CfE director, he's now expanding that approach across the center's programming to prepare the next generation of entrepreneurs.