Henry Mortimer has served as the director of The University of Baltimore's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation since August 2017. The Center provides support and assistance to all UBalt undergraduate and graduate students intent on establishing an enterprise.
In his role as director, Mortimer has expanded on his well-established reputation as a facilitator, problem-solver, and source of inspiration for entrepreneurially minded individuals in the metro region. The University of Baltimore, founded in 1925 by city-based business leaders to educate Baltimore's working adults, is ideally positioned to help entrepreneurs succeed.
Mortimer, founder of Baltimore-based Mortimer Communications and a key voice in the metropolitan area’s growing ecosystem for startups and small businesses, previously served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at UBalt. He has also been involved with several Baltimore-area incubators and business education providers. He frequently teaches workshops for emerging and established entrepreneurs. Through his communications firm, which he founded in 2008, he helps entrepreneurs understand their niche in the local business community and how to own their origin story—from "elevator speech" to strategic planning and execution. Mortimer holds a B.A. in English from Bucknell University.
Smith, K., & Mortimer, H. NACCE Annual Conference, "Merging the “Real World” and the Classroom: How the University of Baltimore Uses Philanthropy to Transform Academic Entrepreneurship," National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship Programs, Boston, MA. (2022).
Rhee, M. G., & Mortimer, H. Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers International Conference, "Judge This Book By Its Cover: Why entrepreneurs and designers should collaborate through experiential learning," GCEC, Baltimore, MD. (2021).