Board Member & Former CEO of Desert Angels
Joann MacMaster
Joann MacMaster served as the Chief Executive Officer from December 2019 through August 2024.
Joann continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of Desert Angels, Inc. which she joined in 2019.
Prior to taking on the CEO role with Desert Angels, MacMaster served as the Sr. Director of Venture Development for the University of Arizona’s TLA team focused on the commercialization of university research through the development of startup companies. She’s served as a startup founder, mentor, investor, and educator, and is a recipient of the Larry Hecker and Sherry Hoskinson Lasting Community Builder Award. She is an AUTM board member and UA Academic Leadership Institute Fellow and previously served as President of the Arizona Business Incubation Association. She returned home to Tucson in 2000 after living and working in Europe for over a decade and holds an MBA from Edinburgh University Scotland