Hudson Valley Future Summit

Eliza Edge

Eliza EdgeProgram Director 
Hudson Valley Venture Hub at SUNY New Paltz, a NYSTAR Innovation Hot Spot. 


Eliza Edge brings 10+ years of experience as both an entrepreneur and a developer of programming to support entrepreneurship. For example, she has been an adjunct professor of social entrepreneurship at Bard College and a program manager at Start Small Think Big, where she developed a marketing and sales program for low-income entrepreneurs which has impacted thousands of early-stage entrepreneurs. Edge is from the Hudson Valley originally, and believes that anyone from our community should have access to the tools, education, and network to start their own business and create a living for themselves without needing to leave home. She holds her BS in communications from SUNY Oneonta and an MBA in sustainability from Bard College.