Erin Rennich has spent the last 15 years living and working in Athens County, Ohio. In this time, she has provided critical business support to small businesses, early-stage enterprises, and mission-based organizations as an essential employee, coach, advisor, and key member of the Ohio University entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Erin currently holds two key appointments at Ohio University that support the region’s economic development efforts. As the Director of the Sugar Bush Foundation (SBF), Erin provides key executive support to the SBF Board, manages proposal inquiries and submissions, promotes SBF project and partnership opportunities, and oversees SBF communications and marketing efforts. Erin also serves as a Senior Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor with the Social Enterprise Ecosystem (SEE), a program supported by Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. In this role, Erin provides critical business support to mission-based enterprises in the region.
Erin also serves as the President of the Board of Directors for Paper Circle and is a member of the ACEnet and South East Ohio Hope Center boards. In her free time, Erin enjoys hiking, renovating her 1920s home, doing all things creative, and volunteering. She is a Hospice volunteer and coached soccer for Athens City Schools for 3 years.
Erin earned her master's in business administration from Ohio University and her bachelor's from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
Contact Erin at sugarbushfoundation@ohio.edu.