Tanya Hertz

Tanya Hertz has been a lecturer at San Diego State University’s Fowler College of Business since 2011 where she teaches entrepreneurship and business management.

She started the Regional Entrepreneurship Center - REC Innovation Lab at Miramar College in March of 2020 to increase equity and inclusivity in the innovation ecosystem and to help everyone have access to cutting-edge technology and the resources needed to turn their ideas into high-growth ventures.

Hertz has been honored with several teaching and entrepreneurship awards and was chosen at SDSU as “Most Influential Faculty” in 2016 and 2019 and was recently recognized for her advocacy for women and minority entrepreneurs by the Women’s Venture Summit and earned the 2020 Female Founder Advocate award.