Gregory Chandler Ray

Biography

Gregory Ray is the Don and Margi Berens Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. At Cornell, he has led major entrepreneurship initiatives, including the Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellows Program — originally launched as the BioEntrepreneurship Initiative — the Green Technology Innovation Fellows Program and the Center for Regional Economic Advancement’s Sprint program.

Ray also serves as co program director of the Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator and teaches in the eLab Student Accelerator program. Beyond Cornell, he is an instructor in the National Science Foundation’s I Corps program and an active angel investor with a focus on nutrition and healthcare delivery.

Before returning “home” to Cornell in 2020, Ray held several leadership roles at Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), an accelerator for early stage science and technology companies. At CDL, he supported programming across multiple business schools, including Toronto Rotman, NYU Stern and Georgia Tech Scheller.

Ray works to cultivate a culture of entrepreneurship and creativity among scientists, engineers, alumni and students, empowering them to translate ideas into viable ventures. At the Johnson School, he is deeply committed to developing the human capital that will drive the next generation of technology and science based companies.

He holds a B.A. in biochemistry from Hamilton College, an MBA from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Cornell University.

Education

MBA University of Toronto, 2015
PhD Cornell University, 2014
BA Hamilton College, 2008