Trey Bowles is Cofounder and Executive Chairman of the Dallas

Entrepreneur (DEC) Center where he recently stepped out of his role as

CEO. At The DEC Trey lead strategy, vision, and drove the overall planning

and development efforts for the DEC. Bowles cofounded and launched

the Dallas Innovation Alliance, a public partnership to develop a Smart

Cities initiative for the City of Dallas. Bowles is cofounder and

Chairman of the Mayor’s Star Council which is created with City of

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to engage culturally diverse and civically

minded group of young professions to make impact on the city. Trey

launched an entrepreneurship department at SMU in the Meadows

School of Arts where he still serves as an adjunct professor and most

recently Bowles helped relaunch the next stage of the Startup America

Partnership as the Startup Champions Network. SCN is national

network of professional ecosystem builders working together to support

entrepreneurs in their local regions. Most recently Bowles was

appointed to the National Advisory Council on Innovation and

Entrepreneurship (NACIE) as a special government employee by

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. Bowles, a serial entrepreneur,

having built numerous organizations in both the for-profit and non-

profit space, lives in Dallas, TX with his bride and three kids.