Georgann Jouflas

Georgann Jouflas is an Instructor of Business at Colorado Mesa University's College of Business, where she has been teaching since 1991. She is actively involved in entrepreneurship education, serving as Program Manager for the Coleman Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows program and as advisor to The Point, a student-run coffee shop and bar. Her career combines academic instruction with real-world business leadership and consulting.

Education:

• MBA, George Washington University
• BA in International Affairs, University of Colorado

Her research and consulting work focus on local economic trends and business development. She leads the Listening to Business program, which interviews 100 business leaders biennially to identify economic trends, and contributes to the Planning Oversight Committee of the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce through monthly stakeholder interviews. These initiatives provide actionable insights for regional planning and policy.

Georgann has developed and instructed multiple entrepreneurial training programs, including the 12-week Leading Edge Program and the one-year Competitive Edge Program, both aimed at strengthening small business operations through strategic planning, networking, and business plan development. She also consults with small businesses on implementing accounting software systems.

She brings extensive entrepreneurial experience, having owned and operated a restaurant/bakery, a restaurant/nightclub, and a food manufacturing company whose products were distributed in major U.S. cities. Earlier in her career, she worked in Washington, D.C. for an oil conglomerate’s government liaison office and as a Product Manager for a Los Angeles software startup that became a top IBM reseller.

She currently plays a key role in integrating applied, interdisciplinary business learning into the university curriculum, mentoring students in real-world business operations and strategic decision-making.