Misty Stutsman Fox is the Director of Entrepreneurship and Small Business at Syracuse University’s D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), where she has spent nearly a decade building one of the nation’s most comprehensive ecosystems supporting veteran entrepreneurship.

Stutsman Fox leads a diverse portfolio of 14 national and international initiatives serving nearly 100,000 alumni. She directs a cross-functional team who collectively deliver more than 200 trainings, workshops, and convenings annually. During her tenure, the Institute successfully acquired and integrated a national nonprofit organization, significantly expanding IVMF’s reach and impact in the veteran entrepreneurship space.

As Director of the Coalition of Veteran Owned Business (CVOB), Stutsman Fox orchestrates a strategic collaboration between Fortune 500 companies and over 34,000 veteran-owned businesses, facilitating unprecedented access to corporate supply chains and procurement opportunities. She manages two national higher education consortiums, coordinating program delivery through nearly 20 partner universities and community colleges for 26 annual offerings nationwide. Stutsman Fox has authored influential publications, reports, and toolkits that inform stakeholders and the ecosystem.

Prior to joining IVMF, Stutsman Fox served as Manager at Oklahoma State University’s Riata Center for Entrepreneurship, where she established and led a multi-university consortium delivering veteran entrepreneurship programming, secured grant funding for program expansion, and designed community-based accelerator programs supporting entrepreneurs at various stages of growth.

Stutsman Fox holds an MBA and B.S. in Business Management and Marketing from Oklahoma State University and is an alumna of President George W. Bush’s Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program. She resides in Central New York with her husband and their two daughters.