Find Your FORGE in Phoenix
FORGE provides venture resources throughout Arizona with three locations on the main University of Arizona campus in Tucson and locations in downtown Tucson, Phoenix and Yuma. FORGE (Finding Opportunities and Resources to Grow Entrepreneurs) is a unique entrepreneurial community that combines startup acceleration alongside experiential student and community education.
Get to know our Phoenix location - FORGE at Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC)!
Located at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix campus, FORGE at PBC hosts two mentors, Flora Tromelin and Ben Maurey. Ben Maurey is a strategy consultant in biotechnology with a strong focus on developing and commercializing cancer therapeutics and is one of the Mentors in Residence helping with the selection process for our Biomedical Entrepreneur Startup Scholarship and Residency. Flora Tromelin is the founder and CEO of FCT Strategies, an LLC located in Phoenix, Arizona. and an expert in public affairs and communication.
Drop-in on-site mentoring is available at the hours listed below. The office is located in the Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building, Room E964A – 475 N. 5th Street, Phoenix, AZ. Visitors are asked to check in at Health Sciences Education Building – 435 N. 5th Street.
Office Hours:
- 1st and 3rd weeks of the month
- Monday: 3pm - 5pm (Ben Maurey)
- Thursday: 10am - 12pm (Flora Tromelin)
When asked about what she enjoys about being a mentor, Flora Tromelin explained “I love to give and find ideas out of the box that can help people in the long term. There is nothing better than feeling that you have made a difference. But, being a mentor is not a selfless task: I receive so much more. Students and partners with an entrepreneurial mindset always come with brilliant new ideas. It is always an inspiration to me.”