Dr. Stephanie E. Raible is an Assistant Professor of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware’s Department of Business Administration (Horn Entrepreneurship) in its Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics, with a previous appointment with the University’s Department of Human Development and Family Sciences. Dr. Raible has also held teaching and curriculum development positions in the areas of social and cultural entrepreneurship and ethical leadership at several universities and non-profits, including the University of Illinois Champaign–Urbana, University of Minnesota Duluth, Claremont Lincoln University, Chestnut Hill College, Social Entrepreneurship Akademie (Germany), Global Entrepreneurship Summer School (Germany and international), and Critical Concrete Social and Sustainable Architecture Program (Portugal).

Outside the university, Dr. Raible was honored by the Delaware Business Times as a 40 under 40 “DBT40” Awardee. She is a former National Board Member of the Social Enterprise Alliance, Paul R. Lawrence Fellow with the Case Research Foundation, and Leader within the Social Entrepreneurship Interest Group of the U.S. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship.

Dr. Raible earned a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership from Northeastern University, a joint M.A. in Lifelong Learning Policy and Management from the Institute of Education-London and the University of Deusto, an M.S.Ed. in Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. in Italian Studies from the University of Delaware, with further graduate studies within its Socially Responsible and Sustainable Apparel Business graduate certificate program.

Dr. J. Howard "Jim" Kucher serves as the Program Director of the MS in Health and Social Innovation. An award-winning teacher and internationally recognized thought leader in social entrepreneurship, he cultivates strong entrepreneurial skill development for students, researchers, and professionals through experiential learning courses and workshops. He is the lead author of Social Entrepreneurship -A Practice-Based Approach to Social Innovation, recently published by Edward Elgar Publishers, a leading independent academic and professional publisher.

Previously, Dr. Kucher was the Founding Executive Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at the University of Baltimore, where he led the Baltimore Social Enterprise Collaborative. In addition to his teaching duties, Kucher works as a consultant to leading and emerging social benefit initiatives to help them improve outcomes and increase sustainable revenues. He has successfully secured over $70m in working capital on behalf of mission-oriented enterprises and assisted over 100 area nonprofits and social enterprises in developing new models for meeting the needs of their constituents while increasing the sustainability of their organizations.

Kucher earned a Doctorate in Public Administration with a concentration in Social Entrepreneurship, as well as a MBA with an Entrepreneurship specialization from The University of Baltimore. He holds a B.A. from Kean University and has also earned certification as a project management professional and a new product development professional. He has been recognized as a Baltimore Renaissance Seed Scholar, an Unsung Hero of Small Business and a Fulbright Specialist Scholar in Social Entrepreneurship.