Deborah Novick is the Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation within the Westchester County Office of Economic Development, where she directs Launch1000, the Element 46 incubator program, the Westchester County Biosciences Initiative, and oversees the Biosciences Accelerator program. In addition, she looks for opportunities to enhance and expand the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem in Westchester. Since February 2020, she has been a member of the Board of the Westchester County Association.
Novick was most recently Director of the Biotechnology Incubator at New York Medical College, a position she held since late 2017. Among her responsibilities was creating a collaborative community within the incubator and recruiting new start-ups. She was also responsible for overseeing the design and physical expansion of the incubator, which doubled in size after achieving full occupancy during her tenure.
Her background also includes having served as an instructor for a course on entrepreneurship at the Women’s Enterprise Development Center; co-founded a successful real estate staging firm and served as fund manager for several venture capital funds.
A resident of Larchmont, Novick earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University’s College of Industrial and Labor Relations. She holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
