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People & TBED Organizations
Lori Broyles was appointed coordinator of the Women's Business Center in Oklahoma City.
University of Arizona Economic Development recently made three staff changes:
- Molly Gilbert was promoted to assistant director of the Office of Economic Development.
- Ken Marcus, previously the director of the University of Arizona Science and Technology Park (UASTP), continues in the role of chief financial officer (CFO) for UASTP and the Arizona Center for Innovation and expands his duties as the CFO for the Arizona Bioscience Park and the Arizona Research Park Authority.
- Marshall Worden was named director of UASTP.
The Angel Capital Association and Angel Capital Education Foundation have named Stephanie Hanbury-Brown – founder of Golden Seeds LLC, an innovative network of primarily women angel investors who identify and invest in women-led ventures – as the recipient of the 2008 Hans Severiens Award. The award recognizes one person each year for outstanding accomplishments in the advancement of angel investing.
Mike Kluse is now the permanent director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) after having served as PNNL's interim director for 16 months.
Michael Lovell will be dean of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's College of Engineering and Applied Science, effective Aug. 1. Lovell, currently the associate dean for research and a professor of industrial and bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, replaces interim dean Ronald Perez.
Tom Rogers announced he will step down as CEO of Technology 2020 to become director of industrial and economic development partnerships at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective June 2.