Chris Weeks is director of entrepreneurship at Wake Tech, where he is responsible for entrepreneurial education and training programs for the college, including StartUp at Wake Tech, LaunchWakeCounty, the Main Street Entrepreneurs Accelerator program and the Pop-Up Shops at Martin Street.

Weeks previously spent more than 20 years running an entertainment company that managed hip-hop entrepreneurs in film, television and publishing. He also helped to create a dozen entertainment-related companies.

He served as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, the 2nd/325th Airborne Infantry, at Fort Bragg, and he earned a bachelor's degree in political science from North Carolina Central University and a master's degree in adult education from East Carolina University.