Sean Petersen

Co-Chair, Chancellor's Student Innovation Circle

Sean is the Co-Chair of the Chancellor’s Student Innovation Circle, which serves as a central leadership group that works to identify any remaining gaps in supporting student entrepreneurs.

Sean is the Co-Chair of the Chancellor’s Student Innovation Circle, which serves as a central leadership group that works to identify any remaining gaps in supporting student entrepreneurs. The team is charged with disseminating information about entrepreneurial resources to the student body and collaborating with student organizations and departments to identify various ways to link innovation and entrepreneurship to existing activities. Sean is majoring in political science and minoring in social entrepreneurship. He is interested in scaling mission driven companies with triple bottom lines that seek to improve the quality and longevity of life through medical and environmental innovations. He was selected into the Adams Apprenticeship program this year, which selects the top entrepreneurial minded students at UNC and provides them access to advisors, mentorship, and programs to help turn their visions into value and problems into opportunities.