Find Your FORGE in Yuma
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.
Get to know our Yuma location - FORGE at Yuma Academic Center (YAC)! The University of Arizona Yuma is a regional location that partners with Arizona Western College, Imperial Valley College in California and other Arizona community colleges. FORGE offers entrepreneur mentorship and support at the Yuma Academic Center at 7875 E 24th St #7, Yuma, AZ.
Office Hours
- Mondays: 1:30 to 4:00 pm
Our dedicated Mentor in Residence in Yuma, is Randy Nelson. Randy worked as the Director of a Small Business Development Center covering Yuma and LaPaz Counties assisting the startup business community, growing existing businesses, and selling or closing businesses. Randy has been working directly with entrepreneurs for over 20 years in Yuma and LaPaz Counties and has helped launch hundreds of new businesses in the area. Randy’s background includes an MBA along with 20 years of professional development opportunities including certifications in NxLevel, Profit Mastery, and Growth Wheel.
Randy notes that the Yuma Academic Center is a great resource for assisting entrepreneurs in the area. “The Yuma Center is very flexible and allows for mentoring in individual (and confidential) settings or in a group. The facility is very convenient to the Yuma community and is located across from the entrance to AWC.”
FORGE mentoring hours in Yuma Center are Monday afternoons from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. Additional times are available via zoom or in person by appointment only and can be scheduled by emailing randallnelson@arizona.edu.