JULY 2022 // Flagstaff Business News
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TGen North Director Dave Engethaler, Ph.D., joked with Rich Bowen on Zoom, while presenting the award. Courtesy photo by Sean Openshaw
Rich Bowen Receives Moonshot Mission Control Award Prescott Bark Wins Pioneer Pitch By Ray Newton and Bonnie Stevens, FBN
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enterra Enterprises Senior Vice President Rich Bowen received the Mission Control Award at The 2nd Annual Shoemaker Awards dinner Friday, June 17, at Little America, hosted by Moonshot at NACET (Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology). “I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to be involved from the beginning with several great community leaders in creating and building NACET/Moonshot,” said Bowen in a news release. “It is a prime example of what community collaboration can do to create a vision for building an entrepreneurial and startup community. This award reflects the work of many leaders and collaborators.” Bowen has served Northern Arizona
University as an associate vice president in the Office of the President, and as president and CEO of the Economic Collaborative of Northern Arizona (ECoNA); however, the Mission Control award honors his volunteer work and advocacy in advancing the mission of Moonshot at NACET. “In Flagstaff, the NACET Moonshot 37,000-square-foot startup business incubator and accelerator space, built over the past 15 years, has been critical to building Flagstaff’s fast-growing bioscience, technology, medical products and software companies that are heading towards becoming major employers,” said Bowen. “Under the leadership of NACET Moonshot CEO Scott Hathcock, NACET Moonshot has become a statewide force operating incubators and programs in Phoenix, Tucson, Verde Valley and Winslow. Continued on page 40
Following a five-minute pitch, Prescott Bark Resort Owner Elaine O’Connor won over the judges in Moonshot at NACET’s business startup competition. Courtesy photo by Sean Openshaw
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