Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development
Connecting Mines with partners around the world
Office of
Global Initiatives and Business Development
Connecting Mines with partners around the world
Mines supports the world’s need for economic prosperity through scientists and engineers who create knowledge and deliver solutions.
Welcome to the Office of Global Initiatives and Business Development. We support a wide range of projects that include leadership for some of society’s most pressing problems, technical and policy capacity building in the developing world, educational partnerships, continuing professional education, and conference services for a wide range of topics. We work closely with Mines’ Academic Affairs and Office of Research and Technology Transfer to build and manage projects and partnerships.
Our mission is to work with partners to create the opportunities needed to realize their personal, corporate, or government visions. If you are interested in partnering with one of the world’s best science and engineering universities to develop your project, please contact us for a discussion of the possibilities.
Our Strategic Priorities

Increasing prosperity and quality of life globally through science and engineering

Creating opportunities for students to build cultural and technical understanding through global exploration

Building partnerships to advance the frontiers of technical innovation and entrepreneurship

Advocating for a scientific, data-driven approach
to solutions for the global energy future.
Where We Are
This map highlights many of the countries we are currently engaging with. Do you have any global connections? Let’s chat!

Leadership
Office of Global Initiatives
John Bradford
Vice President for Global Initiatives

Office of Global Education
David Wright
Assistant Vice President for Global Education
Office of Global Initiatives
Will Fleckenstein
Director of Strategic Business Development
Research | GeoThermOPTIMAL

Mines Online
Sam Spiegel
Assistant Vice President for Online Education
Mines: A Global University
News
- New Nature article outlines how research led at Mines achieved breakthrough in our understanding of neutrinos
<p>A team of researchers, led in part by Colorado School of Mines Postdoctoral Researcher Joseph Smolsky and Associate Professor of Physics Kyle Leach, along with a large local undergraduate and … - Mines computer scientists developing new algorithms to improve robot motion planning
Moving a robot from Point A to Point B is never the only problem within the complex real-world environments robots operate, Associate Professor Neil Dantam says. - Mines alum takes on new challenges as CEO of beauty company
Chris Staples MS ’96 relied on her innate curiosity and passion for making data-driven decisions to step into role leading Cohere Beauty, a formula incubator and contract manufacturer for the beauty, … - Colorado School of Mines names Stefanie Tompkins as new Provost
Dr. Tompkins, who most recently served as the 23rd director of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), brings a distinguished career in scientific research, public service and exec … - Labriola Innovation Hub celebrates 1 year of helping Mines students turn ideas into reality
Since opening to the campus community in February 2024, the InnoHub has established itself as the go-to place on campus for student-led collaborations, student maker-oriented clubs and project-based c …