The Entrepreneurial Leadership Circle (ELC) supports entrepreneurial education at the McColl School of Business and to foster an entrepreneurial spirit throughout the Carolinas. Through scholarship support, mentoring, coaching and other enrichment opportunities like the Queens Pitch Competition, the ELC encourages entrepreneurial ventures of all sizes in an effort to stimulate economic growth.
The ELC was founded in the early 1990s by Hugh L McColl, Jr., and the late Dr. Billy O. Wireman. By 2003, the group began providing scholarship funds for McColl School students, and created additional membership benefits to add professional value to the ELC. Today, the ELC collectively represent a wide variety of industries and individuals. This diversity provides for unique and meaningful networking opportunities and creates a rich, dynamic benefit for the McColl School and its students.
"The ELC Scholarship has created access to advanced-level knowledge and skills for my career growth in the increasingly complex global business environment." —Carol Steen MBA '14 and ELC Scholarship Recipient
Membership Benefits
ELC members receive a variety of exclusive opportunities. All of these events afford quality networking opportunities with like-minded entrepreneurs as well as business and community leaders:
- Participation in the ELC Series of educational events that include interactive discussion on a hot topic related to business and entrepreneurship, featuring business leaders as well as McColl School faculty
- ELC's signature event—Carolinas Entrepreneur Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony at Quail Hollow Club
- Opportunities to work with students as classroom presenters, mentors, judges and business plan evaluators through the McColl School's entrepreneurship courses
- Invitation to the McColl School's Leaders in Action Series, featuring nationally-recognized CEOs and top managers discussing aspects of leadership (four to six times a year)
Learn More
Interested in becoming a member of the ELC? Contact Terry Broderick, lecturer in business administration, at broderit@queens.edu, or 704-688-2726.
Carolinas Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame
Queens McColl School of Business, along with the Entrepreneurial Leadership Circle, proudly established the Carolinas Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in July 2010 to honor the individuals whose legacies still shape today's business and economy throughout the Carolinas and beyond.