Jorge Colon
Equine veterinarian, Financial and organizational management
Jorge is an associate professor of practice at the College of Veterinary Medicine and serves as the director of Veterinary Business Education for the Cornell Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship. After completing his BS at Cornell University, he received his DVM from the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Cornell in Ithaca, New York, and his MBA from the College of Business at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dr. Colón spent the first 25 years of his professional veterinary career as an equine ambulatory veterinarian in Lexington, Kentucky concentrating in the areas of equine reproduction, neonatology, radiology, and thoroughbred sales. He transitioned into academia in 2020, where he is now tasked with the development and implementation of the veterinary business educational curriculum at the Cornell CVM, and with the management and administration of the Certificate in Veterinary Business and Management program at the Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship (CVBE).