Grace Coughlin is a junior at Hanover High School and a passionate proponent of entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology. Specifically, her interests lie at the intersection of health and entrepreneurship. She is a current member of the Governor of NH’s Youth Advisory Council on substance prevention and behavioral health. Grace was recently recognized as the 2022 NH Tech Alliance’s Tech Student of the Year. She is the founder of her high school’s first entrepreneurship club and school store, co-leader of her school’s Class Committee, and a varsity member of the Hanover High field hockey team. Grace is excited to be joining the Center to advance pathways for how technology innovation and commercialization can be accelerated to lead to better patient impact and outcomes.

In her free time, she loves to explore new ideas. She has personally interviewed more than fifty leaders at a variety of public companies and venture capital firms, including founders of billion-dollar technology startups, as research she is doing to uncover their mental attributes and strengths. She lives with her family and her dog, Winnie, in Hanover. She enjoys all things outdoors, including hiking and skiing, and especially loves to travel.