Nadav Mer

Education

Undergraduate Education

B.A. Communication Studies, University of Rhode Island

Graduate Education

M.B.A. University of Rhode Island

Areas of Expertise

• Employee Ownership
• Entrepreneurship
• Speciality Coffee

Biography

Nadav Mer is an accomplished and recognized educator and serial entrepreneur who has started, grown, and sold several businesses in the IT and specialty coffee industries. Formerly at Texas A&M University’s Department of Agricultural Economics, Nadav was an instructor teaching management and marketing courses in the Agribusiness program. Prior to that, Nadav was the founder and owner of Morning Bell Coffee Roasters in Ames, Iowa, a specialty coffee roasting business with an attached specialty coffee shop. In 2021, Morning Bell Coffee Roasters converted to employee ownership and is recognized as the first workers cooperative in the State of Iowa. Nadav was directly involved in that conversion project, and has since been regarded as an expert source, consultant, and conference presenter on employee ownership transitions. Nadav also currently volunteers as an instructor with Inmates to Entrepreneurs, a national non-profit organization preparing currently and formerly incarcerated individuals to meet their business start-up goals.

Recently, Nadav was awarded the Difference Maker Award from the Iowa Center for Employee Ownership at North Iowa University, and the 5 Year Volunteering Award from the Specialty Coffee Association.