Innovate State: Financial Wellness

651 N. Shaw Ln,East Lansing MI 48824

01 December, 2021

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Join us on Wed., December 1 at 6 p.m. for Innovate State: Financial Wellness ft. Rochelle Nawrocki Gorey The Innovate State Speaker Series brings both emerging and accomplished Spartans back to campus for a fireside chat-style interview. These 60-minute sessions offer the chance for guests to share their perspectives on a wide array of topics like innovation, startup life, investments, and career paths. Students get the opportunity to hear firsthand about the hard knocks of the entrepreneurship & innovation hustle to maintaining work/life balance. These are stories of success, stories of failures, and stories of uncommon will—and you do not want to miss them. Innovate State kicks-off at 6 p.m. ET and are free to the community. Events will be offered in a hybrid-format, offering attendance options in-person & virtually. Early registration is highly encouraged.  About our Speaker Rochelle Nawrocki Gorey, Co-Founder & CEO, SpringFour Rochelle Gorey leads SpringFour, a Certified B, social impact fintech company that helps the financial services industry limit risk by empowering improved payment performance and increased customer engagement. Trusted by BMO Harris Bank,Capital One, Wells Fargo, Discover, M&T Bank, LendUp, Oportun and more, SpringFour’s solutions provide financial resources to millions of consumers. Rochelle’s more than 25 years of experience in public policy and government relations led her to the fintech industry. SpringFour has won numerous awards, including: the 2015 Promontory Financial Group’s Empowerment Award for Financial Innovation; 2017 Top Venture for the Points of Light Civic Accelerator Program, winner of the BMO Harris/1871 Fintech Partnership Program and named a finalist for the BAI Global Innovation Award in 2017 & 2019; finalist for the 2018 FinXTech/Bank Director’s Most Innovative Solution of the Year and Women Tech Founders Social Impact Founder of the Year Award; 2019 finalist for LendIt’s Partnership of the Year Award and named a Startup to Watch in 2021 by Chicago Inno. SpringFour is featured in Forbes, American Banker, Business Insider, Global Banking & Finance Review and more. Rochelle resides in Chicago with her husband and two daughters and enjoys traveling, biking, and Michigan sunsets. Location Entrepreneurship Lab (651 N. Shaw Ln., M025 Business Pavilion, East Lansing, MI 48824) Registration Information The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation utilizes Eventbrite to manage registration for the Innovate State Speaker Series. To register for the event, select "Tickets” to select your preferred way to attend Innovate State. To access more information about Innovate State or the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, please visit eship.msu.edu. For any further questions, please email Aubrey Haase, [email protected].  The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing programs, courses, and resources to foster an entrepreneurial mindset and create new ventures. Students are primed to embrace failure mindfully, explore unknowns, and develop skills that matter.