Nicolle Panuthos is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Business at St. Petersburg College-College of Business. She earned a Bachelors in Accounting from CUNY Baruch College in New York City and an MBA from the University of South Florida in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. She has been with SPC for 20+ years and during her tenure has served as adjunct faculty, full-time faculty, academic department chair, director of the entrepreneurship program & college-wide business competition, and CEO Club chapter faculty advisor. In 2010 she launched and directed the Entrepreneurship Certificate and AS program and curriculum development, along the Annual Business Plan & Elevator Pitch Competition that was featured at the Seminole campus for over a decade. She has over 25 years industry and entrepreneurial experience, specializing in financial services, marketing and consultancy for small businesses in launch and growth phases. Her active engagement in the Tampa Bay entrepreneurial community has brought network opportunities and over $100,000 in funding to the SPC students who have participated in the annual competition. She has served on multiple committees and boards at the College and within the community and actively engages in building partnerships and opportunities for her students and SPC alumni. For more information on the Entrepreneurship Program and College of Business visit: www.spcollege.edu/future-students/degrees-training/business ​www.spcollege.edu/future-students/degrees-training/business/business-administration/business-entrepreneurship-certificate or Email competition@spcollege.edu