OTEF, the Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation, educates and invests in people and organizations that create hope.

Board of Directors


Joan Koerber-Walker

Chairman of the Board

Joan brings to OTEF experience ranging from non-profit and entrepreneurial ventures to the Fortune 500. In addition to her role of Chairman of the Board here at OTEF, Joan currently serves as President and CEO of of the Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio).  Her resume includes board level and executive positions with for profit companies in the B2B and B2C space. She also has served as the CEO of the Arizona Small Business Association (2006-2008), on the board of trustees of the National Small Business Association in Washington D.C.,  on the board of directors of the Arizona Technology Council and  as chairman of the board of Parenting Arizona.  (LinkedIn)

Rob Dunaway

General Counsel, Board Secretary, and Co-Founder 

Rob has over 20 years of experience as a Silicon Valley technology attorney and startup company management advisor, having represented public clients and hundreds of startup companies. A co-author of popular books on startup company management and legal protection of software and licensing, he also has CEO experience and has started or co-founded several companies and non-profits. (LinkedIn)

Ed Nusbaum

Board Member and Co-founder

Ed is a cofounder and partner of Stealthmode Partners. Since 2008, Ed has served as a director of the The NROC Project (formerly The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education), a non-profit organization committed to improving access to education. He has previously served as a board member of the Arizona Technology Council, Arizona Internet Professionals Association, AeA, and TiE-Arizona. (LinkedIn)

Francine Hardaway, PhD

Executive Director and Co-founder 

Francine is the co-founder of Stealthmode Partners, an accelerator and advocate for entrepreneurs in technology and health care that was founded in 1998. Prior to Stealthmode, she owned two marketing companies, and served as Director of Worldwide Press Relations for Intel and the CMO of Innovative Environmental Products. Her communications specialties are technology, healthcare and financial services. Francine was an Entrepreneurial Fellow of the Eller Entrepreneurship Center at University of Arizona, and was a founder of Social Media Club Arizona and the Arizona Software Association. She is co-founder of Living the Dream and  USHealthCrisis and blogs on Medium for the Stealthmode Blog. (LinkedIn