Welcome to the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Doherty Center focuses on experiential education, teaching entrepreneurial thinking and preparing students for success as entrepreneurs. It offers scholarships for students interested in entrepreneurship, sponsors a speaker series and awards the Elon Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership annually to a business leader who epitomizes the values of Elon University and the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. The Doherty Center is housed on the third floor of the Ernest A. Koury, Sr. Business Center.

About the Dohertys

The Doherty Center was established by an endowment gift from Ed and Joan Doherty, entrepreneurs from Saddle River, N.J.

The Dohertys are the parents of Kerry Doherty, a 2007 Elon graduate, and they have served on the university's Parents' Council. Ed currently serves as an Elon Trustee.

Their company, Doherty Enterprises, Inc., is one of the nation's leading franchise operators of quality family restaurants, including Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, Panera Bread and Chevy's Fresh Mex.