Board of Directors

2008-2009

• Eric Ward, Chairman;
  CEO, CropSolution, Inc.
• Charles Hamner, President Emeritus
• Tim Gupton, Treasurer
  Partner, Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LP
  
• Karen Albritton, Executive Vice President, CapStrat
• Lou Arp, Vice President Production Operations, Eisai
• Jonathan Bryant, Managing Director, BASF Plant Science LCC
• Dennis Burns, Managing Partner, TCG Group/Curasan, LLC
• Chris Capel, Partner, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P.
• Jeffrey Collins, Executive in Residence, Pappas Ventures
• John Cox , Vice President of Manufacturing & General Manager, Biogen Idec
• Dr. J. Donald deBethizy, President, Targacept, Inc.
• John Funkhouser, President, nContact Surgical, Inc.
• Dr. Charles Goldstein, Vice President Research & Director, BD Technologies
• Tim Gupton, Partner, Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LP
• Matthew Jennings, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Teleflex Medical
• Kenneth Lee, General Partner, Hatteras BioCapital, LLC
• Dr. Ana Menendez , Senior Director of Bioassays & Biosafety Testing , Catalent Pharma Solutions
• David Miller, Director, R&D Policy, GlaxoSmithKline
• Mark Paige, Vice President, Technical Operations, Novozymes North America, Inc.
• Russ Read, Executive Director, National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce, Forsyth Technical Community College
• John Russell, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs and Health Policy, Quintiles Transnational
• Robert Schotzinger, CEO, Viamet
• Dr. Thomas Staab, Chief Financial Officer, Inspire Pharmaceuticals
• Susan Thomason, Executive Director Global Business Development, NovaQuest, Quintiles Transnational
• Norris Tolson, President and CEO North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• Jan Turek, President and CEO, Biolex Therapeutics
• Mark Weedon, BWA Consulting