August 17, 2026   

Carnegie Mellon University has named Damion Shelton (SCS 2004, 2007) as associate vice president and the next executive director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, appointing an experienced entrepreneur, technology executive and Carnegie Mellon alumnus to lead the university’s next phase of growth in entrepreneurship, enterprise creation and research commercialization. His first day will be Aug. 17.