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March 02, 2011

Bob Crowley, president of the Massachusetts Technology Development Corp., will step down June 30. Crowley has held the position since 2002 and has been with the quasi-public agency since its beginning in 1978.

Mitch Adams, executive director of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is resigning after leading the agency for nearly a decade.

Michael Cassidy, president and CEO of the Georgia Research Alliance, and Keith Crisco, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Commerce, have been named co-chairs of the Southern Technology Council.

Thomas Guevara has joined EDA as deputy assistant secretary for Regional Affairs.

Gray Swoope has been named president of Enterprise Florida. Swoope most recently was executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority.

Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of Ohio's Board of Regents, has resigned his post a year before his five-year term was set to end. Gov. John Kasich named former State Attorney General Jim Petro as the new chancellor

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