About Hayley
2025
Published Work:
USASBE’s Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, Volume 6 | 2025
The Saint Louis University model for curricular and co-curricular entrepreneurship programming
Lewis Sheats, Alex Brinkmeier, and Hayley Johnston
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Conference – Las Vegas, NV | Speaker
SCALE (Student Creatives & Artists Learning Entrepreneurship)
2024
Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference – Boston, MA | Speaker
No System to System Overkill. What is the right mix for your center?
Selected as a 2024 SXSW EDU Mentor.
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Completed Social Entrepreneurship Certificate Program through USASBE
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United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Conference – Birmingham, AL | Speaker
MEDLaunch: An Interdisciplinary approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship and Engaging Key Institutional Partners
2023
Named a 2023-2024 Chaifetz Fellow through Saint Louis University.
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2022
Johnston joins Saint Louis University’s Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship as the Program Manager.
2021
Meet Spark Coworking’s New Community Manager, Hayley Johnston
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2020
Equity-focused entrepreneurship organization makes key hire
“The St. Louis Equity in Entrepreneurship Collective (STLEEC) has added to its leadership team.
The organization has hired Hayley Johnston as full-time coordinator. Johnston was most recently program coordinator for the St. Louis IT Entrepreneur Network (ITEN).”…
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2019
New ‘STL Startup Week’ to spotlight region’s growing entrepreneurial community
Over the past decade, St. Louis’ entrepreneurial community has grown to include more startups, support organizations and coworking spaces. Now, the startup community will take a week to celebrate that success.
The first “STL Startup Week” will take place Nov. 1-9, with events planned throughout the region to showcase St. Louis startups and the assets available to local entrepreneurs.
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United States Patent Pro Bono Administrator Conference – Arlington, VA | Speaker
Best Practices for Invention Screenings
2016
Graduate from Washington University in St. Louis Brown School of Social Work with a Masters of Social Work in Social and Economic Development and Policy. Publi
Published Work:
Design Thinking and College Readiness
CAN DESIGN PROCESS HELP PREPARE FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE?
Heather Corcoran / Liz Kramer / Hayley Johnston
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2015
Graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a bachelors in social work and minor in sociology.