Breanna Hale, originally from California, received her B.A. in Communication from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her M.B.A. from the University of California, Irvine. She has taught courses in entrepreneurship at Irvine Valley College (Irvine, CA) and Utah Valley University (Orem, UT) and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Educational Administration with a concentration in Leadership Studies at the University of Tennessee.