Dr. Stephanie Morley is a 1997 graduate of The School of Hospitality Business at MSU and 2003 graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine at MSU. Her career began with the frequently asked question, “How did you transition from Hospitality Business to Veterinary Medicine?'' and was a definite foreshadowing of her unique career path.

Over the course of her 18+ year career, she established a reputation as a transformational leader excelling at strategic development and execution in both the private and public sectors. She practiced small animal medicine in New Mexico and Michigan before transitioning into laboratory animal medicine. Her business acumen led her into management at the largest single-site contract research organization in the world, ultimately leaving as Vice President of Operations at MPI Research. She transitioned to academia working at the University of Michigan Medical School as Associate Director of Business Development for Fast Forward Medical Innovation. With the exposure to academic IP commercialization, she jumped at the chance to start Zomedica Pharmaceuticals in 2015. She leveraged this experience for the veterinary sector by identifying new technologies that could advance veterinary practice. Zomedica listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange in 2016 and cross-listed onto the NYSE American in 2017. Upon launch of Zomedica’s first product in 2021, Dr. Morley took the opportunity for her latest career pivot and left to pursue other opportunities. She now leverages her decades of experience to work with startup founders advising on business strategy, fundraising and product positioning as well as consulting for the career-curious veterinarians interested in pivoting out of practice. She is part of a busy blended family with 5 teenagers and a dog with three legs. She’s a passionate Spartan, wants to see every board of directors be majority women, believes businesses are only truly successful when solving a problem for their customers and always putting the customer’s needs first.

As Co-Director of Startup Grind Lansing, Julie connects founders and entrepreneurs to the resources they need to launch and grow. As a consultant and coach, she has worked with a number of startups, helping to secure tens of thousands in funding to expand sales nationally and globally.

Her own path took her from an Emmy award-winning career as an Executive Producer in TV news to small business owner and successful entrepreneur, named one of Lansing’s “10 Over the Next Ten” by the Chamber of Commerce in 2017.

Julie launched her own agency full-time in 2018, growing mConnexions to six figures within six months.

During the Pandemic, she continued to scale her agency while locking arms with other entrepreneurs to help them weather the economic storm. Her Facebook live series, “Expert Connexions” became so popular that it launched as a TV show on the Lansing ABC station, where it aired following Good Morning America every Monday for a full year before going digital in 2022.

You can also catch Julie hosting a podcast for women, called Think Tank of Three, and leading the Legal Marketing Association’s Voices & Strategies digital content hub, as co-editor.