Carmel entrepreneur Jenna Burd becomes first fellow while her company joins Orr Fellowship as a partner
Current Publishing reports that Jenna Burd, a 22-year-old 2026 Butler graduate and Carmel entrepreneur, became the first person to participate in Orr Fellowship while running her own Orr partner company, Yalla Solutions. Burd also helped launch the Orr Fellowship Foundry, which held its first cohort in August 2026; applications for the 2027 cohort close Sept. 25, 2026.
Jenna Burd told Current Publishing she received an early placement with an Orr partner company in August 2025 but declined the full-time role in October 2025 to keep growing her marketing business, Yalla Solutions. About a week later, Orr Fellowship leadership proposed an alternative: make Yalla an Orr partner company and allow Burd to participate as a fellow. The article reports Burd is the first person to take part in Orr Fellowship while running her own Orr partner company.
As Burd and Orr leadership worked out the arrangement, Burd proposed an entrepreneurship group that became the Orr Fellowship Foundry. The article says the Foundry launched its first cohort in August 2026 and that applications for Orr Fellowship’s 2027 cohort close Sept. 25, 2026.
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