Rhonda brings to her role as Director of the Big Idea Center a career rich in innovative problem solving and entrepreneurial action, including leading an incubator for family and children service organizations to meet unmet community needs, directing public-private regional economic revitalization initiatives to strengthen southwestern Pennsylvania’s economy, founding several businesses, and executive leadership in technology startups.
For two decades she’s brought her innovative problem-solving experience to early stage and evolving organizations across multiple industries and sectors through her firm, The Synergos Group LLC.
Serving as an entrepreneur in residence at the University of Pittsburgh and as Innovation Coordinator at The Corner LaunchBox, a Penn State University Innovation Hub, Rhonda has enjoyed leveraging her background helping innovative problem-solvers navigate the complexity, uncertainty, thrill, and satisfaction of realizing their entrepreneurial potential.