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Clay Blair resigned as chairman of Kansas Bioscience Authority.

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Curtis Brown announced that he will resign as executive director of the Mason City Economic Development Corp., effective July 11, to become the economic development coordinator for the City of Ankeny, Iowa.

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Georgia Tech's Advanced Technology Development Center has named Jason Burr director of its Savannah office.

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Dr. Dean Chang has joined the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute as the new director of MTECH Ventures.

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George Dycio was hired as an economic development specialist for the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council.

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John Gardner will be vice president for economic development and extension at Washington State University, effective July 1. Gardner has been the vice president for research and economic development at the University of Missouri system.

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John Griffin has been named acting director of the Ohio Department of Development's Technology Division.

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Gov. Jodi Rell nominated Joan McDonald to succeed James Abromaitis as Connecticut's commissioner of economic and community development. McDonald had been a senior vice president with the New York City Economic Development Corp.

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Catalyst Connection has named Petra Mitchell as its new president.

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Thom Ruhe is leaving JumpStart Inc., a venture organization in Cleveland, to become director of online initiatives at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

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John Schaerer is the new director of technology development and transfer for Chattanooga's Enterprise Center.

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President Bush nominated William "Woody" Sutton to replace Albert Frink Jr. as the country's manufacturing czar.