Scott Holley is the new director of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah. Photo courtesy University of Utah.

The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah has a new leader.

Scott Holley has been named executive director of the institute, which is part of the university’s David Eccles School of Business. He succeeds Troy D’Ambrosio, the institute’s founding executive director. D’Ambrosio will continue to advise the institute while also working as the university’s vice president for innovation and chief of staff for the president’s office.

Holley is an entrepreneur with a background in the outdoor industry, business consulting and venture capital and has a bachelor’s degree in finance from the UofU. He was one of the first student leaders at what is now called the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute in 2001, the year it was established, when he was an Please log in to see the rest of this story.